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Parents and their Preemies Celebrate Halloween at Cedars-Sinai Premature infants in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Cedars-Sinai Maxine Dunitz Children’s Health Center will be dressed up in one-of-a-kind handmade Halloween costumes on Oct. 29-30. The costumes, made for babies as small as two pounds, are hand sewn by Cedars-Sinai volunteers and specially made with Velcro so that the babies can be placed inside them without disrupting medical care. CONTACT: Soshea Leibler, 213-215-8000; Email [email protected]
Surgeon Employs Novel Technique Using Cadaver Meniscus to Reconstruct Finger JointsArtist Joost van Oss was chopping wood a few years ago when he injured the middle knuckle on his right hand. The intense pain and swelling that followed nearly ended his career as a painter and sculptor. Then he underwent a novel surgery using knee meniscus from a cadaver to reconstruct his finger joint, departing from the customary technique of inserting a hard silicone implant. CONTACT: Duke Helfand, 310-248-6608; Email [email protected]
Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic and Santa Monica Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Group Officially Join Cedars-Sinai Cedars-Sinai Health System has finalized an agreement with the Institute for Sports Sciences for two of the nation’s most prominent orthopedic and sports medicine physician groups -- Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic and Santa Monica Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Group -- to affiliate with Cedars-Sinai.CONTACT: Sally Stewart, 310-248-6566; Email [email protected]
With NIH Grant, Cedars-Sinai Helps Bring Big Data to Neuro Disease ResearchInvestigators at the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Regenerative Medicine Institute have received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to participate in a consortium taking the study of motor neuron disorders – such as Lou Gehrig’s disease and spinal muscular atrophy – to a new perspective.CONTACT: Sandy Van, 808-526-1708; Email [email protected]
Finding Meaning in the Cancer Journey Knowing your cancer will likely not be cured, but rather managed, is a challenging concept for many patients to grasp. A new program at Cedars-Sinai, Growing Resiliency and Courage with Cancer, or GRACE, is designed to help patients with advanced disease address profound existential and spiritual challenges they may experience. CONTACT: Cara Martinez, 310-423-7798; Email [email protected]
Researchers Testing Artificial Liver as Potential Therapy for Patients with Alcohol-Related Organ Failure Cedars-Sinai physicians and scientists are testing a novel, human cell based, bioartificial liver support system for patients with acute liver failure, often a fatal diagnosis.CONTACT: Laura Coverson, 310-423-5215; Email [email protected]
Cedars-Sinai’s ALS Program Becomes First in Southern California to Achieve Center of Excellence StatusThe ALS Program at Cedars-Sinai has become the first in Southern California to be named an ALS Association Certified Treatment Center of Excellence – a distinction that recognizes the quality of its treatment and research programs for patients with Lou Gehrig’s disease. CONTACT: Sandy Van, 808-526-1708; Email [email protected]
Neuropsychologist Works to Improve Cultural Sensitivity in Cognition TestingThe signs of dementia are the same in any language. And symptoms of traumatic brain injury are similar regardless of socioeconomic status or place of birth. But the tools neuropsychologists use to assess and measure cognitive ability are not necessarily standardized from one country to another – or even from one neighborhood to another nearby. Enrique Lopez, PsyD, is collaborating with educators and other neuropsychologists to “increase available norms” for different cultures and languages.CONTACT: Sandy Van, 808-526-1708; Email [email protected]
Cedars-Sinai Hypertension Center Designated a Comprehensive Expert Care Center by the American Society of Hypertension The Cedars-Sinai Hypertension Center has been certified as a Comprehensive Hypertension Center by the American Society of Hypertension (ASH), the largest organization of clinical hypertension specialists and hypertension researchers in the United States. The Cedars-Sinai Hypertension Center is one of only a dozen designated comprehensive hypertension centers in the United States – and the only such center in California -- certified to provide advanced care for patients who have difficult-to-treat hypertension and related conditions. CONTACT: Sally Stewart, 310-248-6566; Email [email protected]
High-Fat Meals Could Be More Harmful to Males Than Females, According to New Obesity ResearchMale and female brains are not equal when it comes to the biological response to a high-fat diet. Cedars-Sinai Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute scientist Deborah Clegg, PhD, and a team of international investigators found that the brains of male laboratory mice exposed to the same high-fat diet as their female counterparts developed brain inflammation and heart disease that were not seen in the females.CONTACT: Laura Coverson, 310-423-5215; Email [email protected]
For 19th Year in a Row, Area Households Say Cedars-Sinai Offers Best Healthcare Quality, Doctors and NursesFor the 19th straight year, Cedars-Sinai has earned a national consumer award for offering the highest quality medical care, doctors and nurses in the Los Angeles area, based on a survey of local households.Cedars-Sinai has won a 2014-15 Consumer Choice Award from the National Research Corporation. It is the only hospital in Los Angeles County to win the award this year for best overall healthcare quality, staff and reputation. The medical center also is one of only 35 hospitals nationwide that have won the award or shared it in their local markets every year since it was launched in 1996.CONTACT: Duke Helfand, 310-248-6608; Email [email protected]
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