Apr 16, 2025 | NeurologyLive

Adapting Cognitive Tools for Clinical Trials in Down Syndrome: Elizabeth Head, PhD

Elizabeth Head, PhD, professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, gives clinical insights in this video interview on efforts to refine neuropsychological outcome measures for individuals with Down syndrome at risk for Alzheimer's disease.

Apr 13, 2025 | The New York Times Magazine

Have We Been Thinking About A.D.H.D. All Wrong?

James M. Swanson, PhD, professor emeritus in the Department of Pediatrics, talks to the New York Times Magazine about his study of attention disorders and what he's found after three decades of studying stimulant treatment.

Apr 11, 2025 | Healio

Post-donation risks higher for male vs. female kidney donors with normal blood pressure

Ekamol Tantisattamo, MD, MPH, has been featured on Nephrology News & Issues for his research titled, "Post-donation risks higher for male vs. female kidney donors with normal blood pressure."

Apr 10, 2025 | CJASN

Rurality vs. Non-Rurality of Kidney Transplant Patients and the Potential Role of Telemedicine Services

Fawaz Al Ammary's, MD, PhD, latest publication, titled "Rurality vs. Non-Rurality of Kidney Transplant Patients and the Potential Role of Telemedicine Services," has been accepted into the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

Apr 05, 2025 | Yahoo Life

Teens are delaying getting their driver’s licenses. Parents want to know why

Federico E. Vaca, MD, MPH, professor and executive vice chair in the Department of Emergency Medicine, discusses why teens may be delaying getting their driver's licenses.

Mar 21, 2025 | OC Register

Match Makers: UCI med school grads learn which residency programs they are matched with

The UC Irvine School of Medicine hosted its annual Match Day on March 21, with graduates stepping forward one by one to open their envelopes, discovering which residency programs they had been matched with.

Mar 21, 2025 | Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation

Sex-specific cardiac dysfunction in mice with chronic kidney disease

Wei Ling Lau's, MD, latest publication, titled "Sex-specific cardiac dysfunction in mice with chronic kidney disease," has been accepted into the Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation journal.

Mar 18, 2025 | The Atlantic

The COVID Mistake No One Talks Enough About

Deaths in isolation have been treated as a painful memory, not as a problem that hospitals need to address, writes Sunita Puri, MD.

Mar 14, 2025 | The New York Times

Dr. Sheldon Greenfield, Who Exposed Gaps in Health Care, Dies at 86

The author of numerous studies, Greenfield urged patients to question their physicians and expressed concern about cancer treatment for older adults.

Mar 07, 2025 | People

Doctors Shocked After Woman with Alzheimer’s Disease Stays Cognitively 'Intact’: ‘Remarkable'

Elizabeth Head, PhD, professor in the Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, shares about a study that involved a patient with Down syndrome who had all the “brain changes” of Alzheimer’s disease but didn’t exhibit any of the cognitive symptoms that are characteristic of the progressive dementia.