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Apr 21, 2025 | Medscape
INSPIRE 3 Study Creates Reduction in Unnecessary Extended-Spectrum Antibiotics
Shruti Gohil, MD, MPH, and her team of researchers investigated whether computerized provider order entry (CPOE) prompts, along with patient-specific risk estimates, could safely reduce the empiric use of extended-spectrum antibiotics in patients at low risk for multidrug-resistant infections.
Apr 18, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
School of Medicine Sport Club Volleyball Game
The School of Medicine Graduate Student Sport Club recently hosted a volleyball game for students and faculty.
Apr 18, 2025 | UC Irvine News
Music as medicine
Integrating eclectic interests in latest research, Professor of Emergency Medicine Sean Young finds that mindfully listening to jazz reduces pain.
Study aims to identify at-risk individuals before onset of Alzheimer’s disease
Researchers hope to identify some of the earliest changes in the Alzheimer's disease brain to help identify at-risk individuals, including people previously excluded from current therapies.
Apr 17, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Key enzyme in lipid metabolism linked to immune system aging
Decreased activity of the enzyme ELOVL2 accelerates white blood cell aging and alters the expression of cancer-associated genes, new research suggests.
Apr 16, 2025 | Optometry Times
Researchers develop virus-like particle to edit proteins causing inherited eye diseases
Optometry Times reports on a study by School of Medicine researchers in collaboration with a team from the Helmholtz Munich research institute in Germany. This National Eye Institute-funded research team has developed a virus-like particle (VLP) to enhance how specialists edit proteins causing inherited diseases.
Apr 16, 2025 | UC Irvine School of Medicine
Three Honorees for Latine Excellence and Achievement
The School of Medicine is pleased to recognize three LEAD honorees: Dr. Alberto Manetta with the Luz & Fuerza Award (In Memoriam), Jasmine Chavez for Graduate Student Excellence, and Jenny Ventura as the Alumna Honoree.
Apr 16, 2025 | American Heart Association
Thousands unite in Orange County to build a community of lifesavers
Pranav M. Patel, MD, professor and chief of the Mary & Steve Wen Cardiovascular Division in the Department of Medicine and the American Heart Association Orange County and Inland Empire Board President, discusses the importance of the Orange County Heart and Stroke Walk.
Apr 16, 2025 | UCI Health
Stem-cell therapy is a 'big leap' for Parkinson's treatment
The journal "Nature" reported that a stem-cell therapy improved patients' symptoms in a clinical trial conducted by researchers at UC Irvine, and centers in New York and Toronto.
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.