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Jan 23, 2026 | The New York Times
What Doctors Want You To Know About Suppplements
"The supplement industry is essentially unregulated, so you’re basically taking a gamble any time you’re taking one of those products,” said Brian Hitt, assistant professor of neurology at the School of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine.
Jan 23, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Pioneering Research to Prevent and Reverse Blindness
Questioning the irreversibility of retinal death, new research supports preclinical studies in vision restoration by establishing infrastructure, technology and protocols that could pave the way for human donor eye transplantation.
Jan 21, 2026 | UC Irvine News
UC Irvine Receives its First ARPA-H Award to Advance Lymphatic Imaging, Precision Care
UC Irvine has received its first award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, launching a major effort to improve how doctors detect and treat diseases of the lymphatic system. This $7.45 award will support the development of noninvasive assessment technology.
Jan 21, 2026 | MSN
Greenland Sharks Can Survive For Centuries In The Dark, and They Could Hold Clues to Preserving Human Vision
"[As a Greenland shark,] you don't have high resolution," said Dorota Skowronska-Krawcyzk, a co-author of the study and a physiologist at the University of California, Irvine. "You see light and darkness, but you don't really see the shapes very well, or you cannot distinguish probably fast movements." After analyzing genetic material from some of the eyeballs more closely, the team realized that the genes ERCC1 and ERCC4 could be why the sharks' vision has lasted so long.
Jan 21, 2026 | Medscape
Inequalities in Treating Asian Americans for Heart Failure
Andy Y. Lee, MD, an assistant clinical professor at UC Irvine, noted that these patients highlight a persistent systemic failure of healthcare databases to capture the diversity of Asian American populations — despite federal standards for disaggregating Asian subgroup data having been issued in 2011.
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January 20, 2026
Jan 16, 2026 | Smithsonian Magazine
Greenland Sharks Can Survive For Centuries - And Maintain Long-Lasting Vision, Desite Living In The Dark
“[As a Greenland shark] you don’t have high resolution,” study co-author Dorota Skowronska-Krawczyk, a physiologist at the University of California, Irvine, tells the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Peter de Kruijff. “You see light and darkness, but you really don’t see the shapes very well, or you cannot distinguish probably fast movements.”
Jan 14, 2026 | U.S. News & World Report
Hiring An In-Home Caregiver: What To Consider
Sonia Sehgal, an internist and geriatrician at UCI Health, says that while 48 hours is the CMS standard, some patients may experience longer delays between discharge and in-home care, stemming from the time of their discharge. For example, missing orders from doctors, issues with insurance companies or people who are discharged on a weekend may experience more delays to their start of care.
Jan 14, 2026 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
UC Irvine Researchers Explore Vascular Dysfunction in Alzheimer’s Progression
Hypothesizing that vascular dysfunction is a critical pathway driving Alzheimer’s progression in Down syndrome–associated Alzheimer’s disease, Elizabeth Head, PhD, and Vivek Swarup, PhD, investigate molecular pathways that preserve or restore vascular integrity.
Jan 13, 2026 | Healthcare Executive
Sight Lost Slowly: How Glaucoma Turns Late Care into Lifelong Disability
"What makes glaucoma particularly dangerous is that vision loss typically begins in the peripheral vision and progresses slowly toward the center, without pain or noticeable symptoms. By the time patients become aware of a problem, substantial and irreversible optic nerve damage and vision loss have often already occurred,” says Andrew Smith, MD, PhD, ophthalmologist, UCI Health Gavin Herbert Eye Institute.