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Jun 10, 2024 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
UC Irvine researchers project cardiac benefits from weight-loss medication tirzepatide
New study finds that popular weight-loss medication may reduce the number of U.S. adults with obesity by 55 million and prevent up to 2 million heart attacks and strokes over a 10-year period.
May 15, 2024 | Los Angeles Times
Climate change is driving worsening allergies
Jenny J. Lee, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Basic & Clinical Immunology in the Department of Medicine, comments in this opinion column by Patrice Apodaca about how climate change has impacted people with allergies.
May 07, 2024 | McKnight’s Long-Term Care News
Soap, nasal swabs can go a long way toward cutting nursing home infections, study finds
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News covers a commentary by Susan Huang, MD, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine, on how antiseptic soap and nasal decolonization can prevent infection and hospitalization among nursing home residents.
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.
Apr 15, 2024 | UC Irvine Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences
Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences Faculty Awards
The Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences (COHS) Faculty Assembly is pleased to announce the launch of four new faculty awards. These awards are intended to recognize and honor faculty from any of the four schools comprising the COHS (School of Medicine, Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Program in Public Health).
Apr 15, 2024 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
UC Irvine-led research team shows importance of under-recognized genetic factor lipoprotein(a) in predicting heart disease in a large multiethnic US population
In what is the largest, most ethnically diverse long-term study of a U.S. population, a UC Irvine research team found that an under-recognized genetic cholesterol-like particle called lipoprotein(a) can help predict future cardiovascular disease.
Mar 11, 2024 | UC Irvine News
A match made in medicine
Graduating UCI medical students learn at festive ceremony where they will first practice as doctors.
Feb 19, 2024 | Healthline
The Troubled Sleeper’s Guide to Grabbing Some Zzz’s
Rami N. Khayat, professor in the Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, and medical director of the UCI Health Sleep Medicine Services, offers tips on how to overcome common barriers to good sleep.
Feb 07, 2024 | KCBS / KCAL
Anaheim Ducks super fan with rare disease surprised with box seats
Erin Gregg-Newman, MD, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, finds a way to surprise her patient with a rare disease with box seats to see the Anaheim Ducks.
Jan 31, 2024 | American Heart Association
5 things women should ask their OB-GYN about their heart. Yes, the heart.
Afshan Hameed, MD, professor in the Departments of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Medicine, emphasizes the importance of discussing cardiovascular health with their OB-GYNs.