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May 04, 2024 | The New York Times
Widening Racial Disparities Underlie Rise in Child Deaths in the U.S.
Coleen Cunningham, MD, professor and chair of pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics, talks to The New York Times about the widening racial disparities in child deaths in the U.S.
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Apr 29, 2024 | Medical News Today
Misplaced your keys? How to distinguish dementia from normal age-related memory loss
S. Ahmad Sajjadi, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Departments of Neurology and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, talks to Medical News Today about why we can't remember everything.
Apr 26, 2024 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Office of Continuing Medical Education awarded accreditation with commendation
The Office of Continuing Medical Education (CME) was awarded Accreditation with Commendation from the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME).
UC Irvine study resolves the function of a key vision-supporting protein in cellular-level detail
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have discovered a pivotal role for cellular retinaldehyde protein (CRALBP) in the retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) in supporting the physiology of the light-sensing cells in our eyes, known as photoreceptors.
Apr 25, 2024 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
UCI researchers identified Alzheimer’s disease brain neural circuit alterations
A new study published in "The Journal of Neuroscience" by UCI School of Medicine researchers explores how Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects the brain's wiring, concentrating on a specific brain area called the subiculum, one of the first brain areas impacted by AD.
Apr 24, 2024 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Kevin Beier receives New Investigator Award in Aging Biology and Geroscience Research
Kevin Beier, PhD, assistant professor of physiology and biophysics, has been selected to receive a Hevolution/AFAR New Investigator Awards in Aging Biology and Geroscience Research from the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) and the Hevolution Foundation.
Apr 24, 2024 | UC Irvine News
UC Irvine to lead study of how DNA genetic variations might influence nicotine addiction
A three-year, $1.19 million grant from the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program will allow University of California, Irvine, researchers to explore how specific sections of DNA might influence nicotine addiction. Findings may improve prevention and treatment strategies for smoking and vaping habits.
Apr 24, 2024 | The New York Times
F.D.A. Approves Antibiotic for Increasingly Hard-to-Treat Urinary Tract Infections
Shruti K. Gohil, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine, comments on the approved use of an antibiotic for the treatment of urinary tract infections in women.