IN THE NEWS: The Orange County Register reports that a group of infectious disease and emergency specialists from UC Irvine and the Orange County Health Care Agency attended a special screening of the film Contagion on Friday then held a panel discussion afterward. The verdict: It’s accurate. “I thought one of the lines in the [...]
IN THE NEWS: The Web site Gizmodo recently asked UC Irvine neuro-opthalmologist Dr. Robert Wade Crow why people tend to see stars when struck on the head. “If you irritate the brain, it may create a response like it’s normally used to creating, which is, in this case, a visual response,” Crow said. Read more [...]
Notable levels of calcium buildup in coronary arteries can be strong predictors of heart attacks and strokes in people with diabetes and metabolic syndrome, according to a study led by UC Irvine’s Heart Disease Prevention Program. The researchers also found that individuals with diabetes or metabolic syndrome but no evidence of coronary calcium had cardiac-event [...]
Orange, Calif, Sept. 23, 2011 — UC Irvine’s Michael J. Stamos, MD, has been installed as president of the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery, which sets standards and maintains certifications for surgeons that specialize in colorectal surgery. “I look forward to fulfilling this responsibility to an organization which has assumed increased importance with [...]
Dr. Leslie Randall, assistant professor of gynecologic oncology, will appear this week on Healthy OC to discuss ovarian cancer awareness, treatment and research. Healthy OC airs on PBS SoCal, formerly known as KOCE-50. The interview will be broadcast during the Real Orange news program at 5:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 22. Please [...]
UPDATE: Listen to the KPCC interview about teen driving safety here. +++ Dr. Bharath Chakravarthy is scheduled to appear on KPCC’s Patt Morrison show at approximately 2:05 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 16 to discuss teen driving safety. Chakravarthy, associate director of UC Irvine’s Center for Trauma and Injury Prevention Research, will comment on a recent [...]
IN THE NEWS: An ABC News report about Michigan’s attempts to curb childhood obesity cited UC Irvine pediatrician Dr. Dan Cooper, who questioned whether the effort’s reliance on the body mass index as a measure of obesity is appropriate. “BMI is a very poor tracking mechanism for a child, because it doesn’t look at body [...]
FEATURE: Dr. Robert E. Bristow, director of gynecologic oncology services for UC Irvine Healthcare, has medicine in his blood. His father was the first African American president of the American Medical Association and a trailblazer in developing the field of occupation health. Bristow is blazing his own trail as a national leader in surgery to [...]
UC Irvine’s Program in Geriatrics has been named the National Center on Elder Abuse, a clearinghouse for practical information supporting federal, state and local efforts to prevent, identify and effectively respond to elder abuse. The agency will provide funding of $561,000 annually for three years. The NCEA will be led by Dr. Laura Mosqueda and Mary [...]