Jun 05, 2026 | UCI Health

New hospital: a bridge to independent living

The new UCI Health — Irvine Rehabilitation Hospital, opening in July 2026, will expand our academic health system's inpatient rehabilitation services for patients throughout Orange County in need of trauma, stroke, burn, brain, and spinal cord injury care.

May 28, 2026 | Medscape

Conference MDAngle: AHS2026 Migraine Treatment

Nan Cheng, assistant professor, Department of Neurology, University of California, Irvine said, “The AHS Scientific Meeting is my favorite meeting of the year because this is really where the latest, hottest science for headache medicine is shown.

May 28, 2026 | ScienceDaily

Forget LASIK: Safer, Cheaper Vision Correction Without Lasers or Surgery

Researchers from Occidental College and the University of California, Irvine have been developing an experimental technique called electromechanical reshaping (EMR). … "The whole effect was discovered by accident," explains Brian Wong, a professor and surgeon at the University of California, Irvine. "I was looking at living tissues as moldable materials and discovered this whole process of chemical modification."

May 28, 2026 | Being Patient

Treating Alzheimer's Before Memory Loss Begins

Joshua Grill joins us to discuss how new blood tests and biomarkers are changing the way researchers identify Alzheimer’s disease, including the possibility of detecting disease-related brain changes years before memory loss begins. … Grill is the director of UCI MIND and co-director of UC Irvine’s NIA-funded Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center.

May 26, 2026 | BBC – Science Focus Magazine

Feeling Just 'Meh' About Life? It Could Be Anhedonia - Here's How to Reverse It

In past decades, researchers defined anhedonia as simply the loss of the ability to feel pleasure. More recent work has slightly expanded that definition, says Prof Diego Pizzagalli, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Irvine.

May 21, 2026 | Mindbodygreen

Could This Be the Real Reason Women Struggle More with Migraines?

“What we find when we think about estrogen and brain health is that things are a bit more complex than we thought would be. And that is kind of a tough message,” says Tallie Z. Baram MD, PhD, a distinguished professor of neurology at the University of California, Irvine. … When it comes to migraines, Baram says “Data suggests that the combination of high estrogen levels and stress is not great.”

May 21, 2026 | The Orange County Register

Researchers at UCI want to build biggest database ever on Asian American health

Sunmin Lee, ScD, hopes the ASPIRE Cohort helps unravel some mysterious and troubling links between cancer and race.

May 20, 2026 | Becker's Hospital Review

20 Most Trusted Health System Brands

Brand consultancy Monigle surveyed more than 3,000 nationally balanced U.S. healthcare consumers for the report, which examined trust, engagement, compassion and healthcare consumer sentiment. Here are the 20 most trusted health system brands, according to the report: … 10. UCI Health

May 20, 2026 | NPR

The Loh Down on Science

For centuries, Native American communities used conifer trees to treat pain, weakness, and even paralysis. Could this traditional knowledge hold real medical power? Enter Alvin Yu and team from UC Irvine. They studied a rare genetic disorder, Episodic Ataxia Type One.

May 18, 2026 | Everyday Health

8 Daily Rituals to Help You Manage Hereditary Angioedema (HAE)

Building stress busters into your day can help you feel more levelheaded all while potentially keeping attacks at bay, says Donald Levy, MD, an allergist and immunologist with UCI Health in Irvine, California. … “Excessive anything can bring on an HAE attack,” says Dr. Levy, including extreme temperatures, sun exposure, and sweating on a very hot day