IN THE NEWS: Orange County Register columnist Jane Glen Haas described her experiences having her shoulder replaced by UC Irvine’s Dr. Ranjan Gupta: I’ve been replacing joints for a long time. My knees are almost a decade old and my hip was new two years ago. Just four weeks ago, Dr. Ranjan Gupta, chief of [...]
IN THE NEWS: ABC News asks Dr. Manuel Porto, chairman of UC Irvine’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, whether he thinks it is safe for pregnant women to wear stiletto heels: … most pregnant women use an arched back posture to accommodate the change, which often leads to low back pain. Wearing high-heeled shoes and [...]
UC Irvine will honor the memory of Dr. Marianne Cinat by establishing an annual lectureship to highlight leading practices in burn care. Cinat, a trauma surgeon and longtime director of UC Irvine Regional Burn Center, died unexpectedly last June. “Marianne Cinat dedicated herself to healing those with the most horrific and complex injuries, and her [...]
A rockin’ event with a serious purpose will bring dance crews, hip-hop and DJs together in support of desperately ill newborns when UC Irvine students hold their annual Care-a-thon, a dance marathon benefiting UC Irvine Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The fundraiser will be held 6 p.m. to midnight on Thursday, Feb. 23, at [...]
IN THE NEWS: The Los Angeles Times discussed burn wounds and treatment with Dr. Nicole Bernal: We often see the headlines about people around the world setting themselves on fire. But what happens afterward? Nicole Bernal, acting director of the UC Irvine Regional Burn Center, walked us through it. What happens to the body when [...]
Dr. Neal Hermanowicz, director of the UC Irvine’s Movements Disorder Program for the University of California, Irvine, is seeking adults with Parkinson’s disease to participate trials One trial is designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of an investigational drug Pimavanserin in the treatment of hallucinations and/or delusions in Parkinson’s disease. Details below. The other [...]
IN THE NEWS: The Orange County Register‘s “In Your Face” blog discussed the actress Gwyneth Paltrow’s apparent use of laser treatments for wrinkles: Dr. Christopher Zachary, professor and chair of the Department of Dermatology at the University of California, Irvine, said laser treatments can work together with toxins to achieve a variety of fixes, from [...]
If all the world’s a stage, there’s no greater drama than the interaction between doctor and patient. To ensure that this plays out well, the UC Irvine Program in Geriatrics has instituted an innovative live theater performance that highlights the dos and don’ts of patient care for older adults. Dr. Lisa Gibbs, a geriatrician at [...]