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Aug 06, 2024 | TIME
Algerian Boxer Imane Khelif Advances to Gold-Medal Round at Paris Olympics
Eric Vilain, MD, PhD, professor in the Department of Pediatrics and director of the Institute for Clinical & Translational Science at UC Irvine, talks to TIME about the ongoing gender controversy at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
Aug 06, 2024 | Healio
Optical coherence tomography shows variability in port wine birthmark density, size
Kristen M. Kelly, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology, talks to Healio about a study on treatment for port wine birthmarks.
Aug 06, 2024 | UCI News
UC Irvine-led team reveals how TREM2 genetic mutation affects late-onset Alzheimer’s
Researchers led by the University of California, Irvine have discovered how the TREM2 R47H genetic mutation causes certain brain areas to develop abnormal protein clumps, called beta-amyloid plaques, associated with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Their first-of-their-kind insights into brain effects could yield new targets for early intervention.
UCI School of Medicine Research Insider
August 6, 2024
Aug 05, 2024 | Healthline
Aspirin Use May Help Lower Colorectal Cancer Risk, Study Finds
Jason Zell, DO, associate professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology in the Department of Medicine, comments on a new study and how its findings may not be strong enough to change recommendations by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).
Aug 05, 2024 | Voice of OC
Orange County Grapples With Summer COVID Wave
Shruti Gohil, MD, assistant professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine, talks about the increasing rate of COVID-19 in Orange County.
Aug 04, 2024 | Business Insider
American's corporate gerontocracy
Mark J. Fisher, MD, professor in the Departments of Neurology and Anatomy & Neurobiology, and director of the UCI Center for Neuropolitics, talks about cognitive decline and how it tends to manifest at different speeds and in different ways.
Aug 04, 2024 | Health Digest
Waking Up To Pee This Many Times Could Be A Warning Sign For Your Prostate
Faysal A. Yafi, MD, associate professor in the Department of Urology, explains to Health Digest about an enlarged prostate, otherwise known as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
Aug 02, 2024 | UCI School of Medicine
Gulab Zode receives 2024 Research to Prevent Blindness Stein Innovation Award
Gulab Zode, PhD, professor of ophthalmology in the UC Irvine Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, recently received the prestigious Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) Stein Innovation Award.
Aug 02, 2024 | UCI News
Decreasing Asian American health disparities
Sunmin Lee, ScD, professor of medicine at UC Irvine School of Medicine, is a social epidemiologist focusing on health disparities faced by the Asian American population.