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Released: 21-Mar-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Endometriosis Awareness Month: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
Cedars-Sinai

It is one of the most common and painful disorders, affecting more than 6 million women in the United States. Endometriosis is often difficult to diagnose and effectively treat. But Cedars-Sinai experts find patients can now benefit from minimally invasive procedures, medications and integrative medicine.

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Released: 20-Mar-2024 8:05 PM EDT
The Time Is Now for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
Cedars-Sinai

From artificial intelligence (AI) and data integration to natural language processing and statistics, the Cedars-Sinai Department of Computational Biomedicine is utilizing the latest technological advances to find solutions to some of the most complex healthcare issues.

   
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Released: 19-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Genetics, Sex and Smoking Linked to More Health Issues for IBD Patients
Cedars-Sinai

Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have identified risk factors that make inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients susceptible to developing serious conditions in other parts of their bodies.

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Released: 14-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
National AI Campus Helps Advance Medical, Scientific Innovation
Cedars-Sinai

One group is using machine learning to develop a more reliable and efficient screening method for bladder cancer.

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Released: 14-Mar-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Cancer’s Blood and Marrow Transplant Patients Experience Superior Outcomes
Cedars-Sinai

For the fourth consecutive year, the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program in the Division of Hematology and Cellular Therapy at Cedars-Sinai has achieved higher than expected survival rates in patients receiving allogeneic stem cell transplantation, according to a recent report from the Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research.

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Released: 13-Mar-2024 8:05 PM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Launches Singapore Office
Cedars-Sinai

In its latest global expansion, Cedars-Sinai International announced the opening of its new global office in Singapore.

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Released: 12-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Pediatric Cancer Expert Explains New Options for Children with Sarcomas
Cedars-Sinai

Leo Mascarenhas, MD, MS, has an important message for parents whose children have been diagnosed with sarcoma, a type of cancer that develops in the bones or soft tissues.

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Released: 8-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EST
Cedars-Sinai Experts Studying Device for Controlling Treatment-Resistant Hypertension
Cedars-Sinai

The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai recently became one of four institutions in the U.S. and the first on the West Coast to use a new device aimed at lowering blood pressure in patients with difficult-to-treat hypertension.

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Released: 7-Mar-2024 8:05 PM EST
Cedars-Sinai Names Vice Dean of Medical Education
Cedars-Sinai

Laurence Katznelson, MD, a national leader in graduate medical education and a distinguished physician-scientist in endocrinology and metabolism, will join Cedars-Sinai as vice dean of Medical Education on May 1.

   
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Released: 7-Mar-2024 1:05 PM EST
Experts: All Adrenal Tumors Should Be Evaluated
Cedars-Sinai

As an on-the-go mother of two equally on-the-go preschoolers, Yessenia Paez was accustomed to dealing with common parenting stress. But when 24/7 anxiety, heart palpitations, hand tremors and chronic headaches became the norm for the better part of a year, she knew something more was at play.

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Released: 5-Mar-2024 6:05 PM EST
Inspiring the Next Generation of Diverse Healthcare Leaders
Cedars-Sinai

Hundreds of students, parents, educators, healthcare professionals and community leaders from across Southern California turned out at the second annual Black Men in White Coats Youth Summit.

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Released: 5-Mar-2024 11:05 AM EST
Survivor Instinct: Patient Donates Show Proceeds to Cedars-Sinai Cancer
Cedars-Sinai

Rebecca O’Brien turned scribbles on a notepad into an award-winning, one-woman show—and she never saw it coming. The unanticipated work of art helped her uncover the seed of humor after a stage 2 breast cancer diagnosis. Now, six years later, O’Brien—a survivor—wants to pay it forward.

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Released: 29-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
February Monthly Research Highlights Newsletter
Cedars-Sinai

A roundup of the latest medical discoveries and faculty news at Cedars-Sinai for February 2024.

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Released: 29-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
New Frontiers in Treating GI Cancers
Cedars-Sinai

Gastrointestinal cancers were once diagnosed primarily by location. A tumor in the liver was liver cancer, while one in the pancreas was pancreatic. The few chemotherapy treatments available affected the entire patient—sometimes causing difficult side effects.

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Released: 28-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Neuropsychologist Joins Cedars-Sinai Dementia Care Team
Cedars-Sinai

Mitzi Gonzales, PhD, a board-certified neuropsychologist, has joined Cedars-Sinai as director of Translational Research in the Jona Goldrich Center for Alzheimer’s and Memory Disorders in the Department of Neurology at Cedars-Sinai.

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Released: 28-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Some Patients With Liver Disease May Tolerate Small Amounts of Alcohol Without Getting Sicker
Cedars-Sinai

Patients diagnosed with steatotic liver disease (formerly called fatty liver disease) are usually advised to stop drinking alcoholic beverages. But a new study led by Cedars-Sinai found that drinking, on average, a small amount of alcohol a day did not lead to further liver damage in patients with mild disease.

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Released: 28-Feb-2024 2:05 AM EST
New Studies: AI Captures Electrocardiogram Patterns That Could Signal a Future Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Cedars-Sinai

Two new studies by Cedars-Sinai investigators support using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict sudden cardiac arrest—a health emergency that in 90% of cases leads to death within minutes.

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Released: 27-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST
The Latest About Multiple Sclerosis
Cedars-Sinai

Two leading multiple sclerosis (MS) experts—Nancy Sicotte, MD, director of Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology at Cedars-Sinai, and Pascal Sati, PhD, director of the Neuro Imaging Program in the Department of Neurology—are attending the Americas Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis Forum 2024 Feb. 29-March 2 in West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Released: 26-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
Study Details How a Common Bacterium Resists New Antibiotic
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai investigators have detailed a new way that bacteria use iron to cooperate and resist antibiotic treatment. The study, led by the Cedars-Sinai departments of Biomedical Sciences and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, is published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Microbiology and is the first to show this type of antibiotic cross-protection.

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Released: 26-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Heart on a Canvas: Patient Gifts Artwork to Cardiologists
Cedars-Sinai

Jane Ziebart tears up as she describes her health journey. For years, she experienced chest pain so intense, she thought she’d pass out. Yet every physician she went to failed to diagnose her symptoms, with some even suggesting that the acute angina she was experiencing was all in her head.

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Released: 23-Feb-2024 6:05 PM EST
New Cedars-Sinai Study Pinpoints Why Some Injured Kidneys Do Not Heal
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered why some injured kidneys heal while others develop scarring that can lead to kidney failure. Their findings, detailed in a paper published in the peer-reviewed journal Science, could lead to the development of noninvasive tests to detect kidney scarring and, eventually, new therapies to reverse the condition.

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Released: 23-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Measles Makes a Comeback: What Parents Need to Know
Cedars-Sinai

A highly contagious childhood disease once eradicated by vaccination has made a comeback.

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Released: 22-Feb-2024 12:05 AM EST
Patients Diagnosed With New-Onset, Persistent AFib Are More Likely to Have These Risk Factors
Cedars-Sinai

Patients who present with persistent atrial fibrillation at diagnosis are more likely to have certain risk factors as compared with patients with occasional atrial fibrillation (AFib). The findings, led by investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology.

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Released: 20-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Mujeres Obtienen los Mismos Beneficios del Ejercicio que Hombres, Pero con Menos Esfuerzo
Cedars-Sinai

Un nuevo estudio del Smidt Heart Institute del Cedars-Sinai muestra que existe una brecha de género entre mujeres y hombres a la hora de hacer ejercicio.

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Released: 20-Feb-2024 12:05 AM EST
Women Get the Same Exercise Benefits As Men, But With Less Effort
Cedars-Sinai

A new study from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai shows there is a gender gap between women and men when it comes to exercise.

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Released: 16-Feb-2024 11:05 PM EST
Why the Top Cause of Death for Women Has Been Ignored
Cedars-Sinai

Experts at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai who have studied progress made over decades of research say there’s still a long way to go before medical science fully understands how heart disease is different in women than men.

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Released: 14-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
AI Measures Fat Around the Heart, a Key to Predicting Heart Attacks
Cedars-Sinai

A collaborative group of investigators used artificial intelligence (AI) to quickly and accurately measure fat around the heart using a low-dose computed tomography (CT) scan during a routine test.

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Released: 13-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children's Abre Clínica Para el Síndrome de Angelman
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children's inauguró hoy una clínica para ofrecer atención multidisciplinar especializada a niños con síndrome de Angelman, una enfermedad del neurodesarrollo rara y grave.

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Released: 13-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s Opens Angelman Syndrome Clinic
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s opened a clinic today to provide specialized multidisciplinary care for children with Angelman syndrome, a rare and severe neurodevelopmental condition.

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Released: 13-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Defining the Future Language of Medicine
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai physicians in the Department of Medicine have created a taxonomy—a classification system including comprehensive, standardized terminology—for the rapidly evolving field of medical extended reality (MXR).

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Released: 12-Feb-2024 8:05 PM EST
Cedars-Sinai Experts Share Latest Research on Orthopedic Care
Cedars-Sinai

Surgeons and investigators from Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedics bring their leading-edge expertise in treatment and the latest clinical research to the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) in San Francisco February 12-16.

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Released: 12-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Cedars-Sinai Radiation Oncology Earns Top Accreditation
Cedars-Sinai

The Department of Radiation Oncology at Cedars-Sinai Cancer has earned accreditation from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Accreditation Program for Excellence.

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Released: 12-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
How AI and Wearable Technologies Are Transforming Medicine
Cedars-Sinai

Imagine a world in which the digital watch on your wrist tracks not only your step count, but also your blood sugar, heart rate, blood pressure and respiration.

   
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Released: 9-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
Community Conversations: Inspiring Black Youth in Medicine
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai and BlackDoctor.org will host a virtual community conversation to help inspire Black doctors considering a career in medicine, research and healthcare.

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Released: 8-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Cedars-Sinai Introduces Dutch Health-Tech Startups to US Markets
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai will host 10 Dutch health technology startups in Los Angeles to share best practices on bringing innovative ideas and products to the U.S. market.

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Released: 8-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Smidt Heart Institute Physicians Advance Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement
Cedars-Sinai

Physicians in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have achieved two significant firsts: completing the institute’s 100th minimally invasive tricuspid valve replacement and performing the first-ever implantation of a new bioprosthetic tricuspid valve following its approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Released: 7-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
Joint Accreditation Expands Cedars-Sinai’s Interprofessional Continuing Education
Cedars-Sinai

The Continuing Medical Education program at Cedars-Sinai has earned Joint Accreditation with Commendation, enhancing continuing education opportunities for healthcare professionals and signifying that Cedars-Sinai upholds the highest standards in providing relevant, effective, practice-based education.

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Released: 7-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
RESEARCH ALERT: Stopping Multiple Myeloma
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators have discovered a protein expressed on multiple myeloma cancer cells that drives disease growth and development. The new study found that blocking part of the protein’s unique signaling pathway stops myeloma growth in culture and in laboratory mice.

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Released: 6-Feb-2024 7:05 PM EST
RESEARCH ALERT: The New Geography of the Gut
Cedars-Sinai

Investigators from Cedars-Sinai; the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF); Harvard University; and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel conducted a study to determine where individual nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine. For the first time, they identified the molecular markers that define five distinct intestinal regions.

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Released: 6-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
Cedars-Sinai High-Risk Pregnancy Experts Share Latest Research at Annual Scientific Meeting
Cedars-Sinai

High-risk pregnancy specialists from Cedars-Sinai will share their research findings at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine 2024 Pregnancy Meeting, Feb.10-14, in National Harbor, Maryland.

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Released: 5-Feb-2024 6:05 PM EST
Cedars-Sinai Behavioral Health App Launches On Apple Vision Pro
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai clinicians and artificial intelligence experts have developed a new application that takes advantage of the unique capabilities of Apple Vision Pro to support patients’ mental health needs.

   
Newswise: Cedars-Sinai Stroke Experts Present Latest Research at International Stroke Conference Feb. 6-9
Released: 5-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
Cedars-Sinai Stroke Experts Present Latest Research at International Stroke Conference Feb. 6-9
Cedars-Sinai

Physician-scientists from the Comprehensive Stroke Center at Cedars-Sinai will be attending the International Stroke Conference Feb. 6-9 in Phoenix and are available to discuss the latest stroke news and research.

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Released: 2-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
A Record Year for Cedars-Sinai Transplant Patients
Cedars-Sinai

The Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center and Smidt Heart Institute together completed 652 solid organ transplants in 2023, far outpacing Cedars-Sinai’s internal record set just one year ago, when surgeons completed 583 transplants.

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Released: 2-Feb-2024 1:05 AM EST
Nicolas Musi, MD, Named Inaugural Cypres Chair in Diabetes Research
Cedars-Sinai

Nicolas Musi, MD, studies a spectrum of age-related disorders that can impact a healthy lifespan.

Newswise: Cedars-Sinai Experts Present Latest Orthopedic Research at ORS 2024
Released: 1-Feb-2024 1:05 PM EST
Cedars-Sinai Experts Present Latest Orthopedic Research at ORS 2024
Cedars-Sinai

Surgeons and investigators from the Cedars-Sinai Orthopaedic Department will lead sessions featuring a range of orthopedic research at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS), Feb. 2-6, 2024, in Long Beach, Calif.

Released: 1-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Had COVID-19 But Your Friend Didn’t? Why the Difference?
Cedars-Sinai

Investigators in the Department of Computational Biomedicine at Cedars-Sinai wanted to find out which factors influenced susceptibility to COVID-19 infection and disease severity the most. Was it genetics? Or was it home environment, meaning the germs circulating throughout your everyday life?

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Released: 1-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
‘Heart-on-a-Chip’ For Safer Cancer Treatment
Cedars-Sinai

Chemotherapy can be toxic to heart cells. To help protect the hearts of cancer patients, Cedars-Sinai investigators have created a three-dimensional “heart-on-a-chip” to evaluate drug safety.

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Released: 31-Jan-2024 7:05 PM EST
Cedars-Sinai President and CEO Thomas M. Priselac to Retire
Cedars-Sinai

Thomas M. Priselac, whose leadership over the last 30 years as Cedars-Sinai’s president and CEO significantly expanded the scope and quality of its clinical, educational, research and community benefit programs, has announced his plans to retire.

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Released: 31-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
January Research Highlights
Cedars-Sinai

A roundup of the latest medical discoveries and faculty news at Cedars-Sinai for January 2024.

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Released: 30-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
The Fentanyl Epidemic: What You Need to Know to Save Lives
Cedars-Sinai

Like the rest of the country, Los Angeles County has experienced a dramatic upswing in overdoses from fentanyl, an opiate that is 100 times stronger than heroin.



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