Dr. Lisa Gibbs, medical director of the UC Irvine SeniorHealth Center, will appear tonight on the Real Orange news program to discuss innovative approaches to geriatric medicine. The Real Orange airs on PBS SoCal, formerly known as KOCE-50, at 5:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 26. Please check the PBS SoCal Web site [...]
IN THE NEWS: The Orange County Register examined a research study by UC Irvine Medical Center oncologists into whether a robotic baby seal can improve the quality of life for chemotherapy patients: Kirsten Osgood would love a visit from an adorable therapy dog during her long hours of chemotherapy, but her compromised immune system has [...]
For the 12th consecutive year, UC Irvine Medical Center has been ranked among the nation’s best hospitals by U.S. News & World Report. Its geriatrics program placed 35th among the country’s top 50. The program is a national and international leader in the clinical care of older adults. The SeniorHealth Center in Orange is staffed [...]
UC Irvine’s Department of Emergency Medicine is providing iPads to all 18 of its resident physicians, as part of the UC Irvine School of Medicine’s plan to integrate tablet computing into the teaching and practice of medicine. The iPads are loaded with their required text books and lecture materials, and, through their devices, the residents [...]
IN THE NEWS: The Reuters Health news service asked Dr. Deborah Wing, director of UC Irvine’s Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, to comment on a recent study of the effect of cranberry juice on the incidence of urinary tract infections: Recent evidence suggests certain compounds in cranberries – and maybe other berries as well – might [...]
Two UC Irvine surgeons have been elected to leadership positions in their disciplines’ professional societies. Michael J. Stamos, MD, and Ninh T. Nguyen, MD, have been named president-elect of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, respectively. Both will assume the presidency of their organizations [...]
IN THE NEWS: Residents of Huntington Beach can legally purchase fireworks for the first time in 20 years. The Orange County Register talked to UC Irvine’s Dr. Nicole Bernal about potential fireworks-related injuries: Dr. Nicole Bernal, acting director of the UCI Regional Burn Center, said they generally don’t see a high volume of firework-related injuries [...]