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Newswise:Video Embedded heart-on-a-chip-for-safer-cancer-treatment
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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.

Newswise: January Research Highlights
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.

Newswise: Heart of the Matter: Media Tipsheet From Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai
Released: 30-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Heart of the Matter: Media Tipsheet From Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai
Cedars-Sinai

Cardiologists and cardiac and vascular surgeons from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai are available for interviews throughout February to discuss heart-related topics, including the latest advances in research and patient care.

Newswise: 3rd Space Launch of Cedars-Sinai Stem Cells Slated for Jan. 29
Released: 29-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
3rd Space Launch of Cedars-Sinai Stem Cells Slated for Jan. 29
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai and Space Tango are planning their third launch of pilot-scale systems for the automated in-space production of stem cells to the International Space Station.

   
Newswise: Polypharmacy Prescription: Better Interventions Needed to Reduce Risks
Released: 29-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Polypharmacy Prescription: Better Interventions Needed to Reduce Risks
Cedars-Sinai

Interventions to address the risks older people can face taking multiple medications need significant improvement, according to a study by Cedars-Sinai investigators.

Newswise: Smidt Heart Institute Experts to Discuss Study Findings, Techniques at Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting
Released: 26-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Smidt Heart Institute Experts to Discuss Study Findings, Techniques at Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting
Cedars-Sinai

Cardiothoracic surgeons and investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai will lead sessions featuring a range of heart procedures at the 60th Annual Meeting of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), Jan. 27-29, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas.

Newswise: Study: Women With Alcohol-Related Liver Disease Have Greater Mortality Risk Than Men With Condition
Released: 25-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Study: Women With Alcohol-Related Liver Disease Have Greater Mortality Risk Than Men With Condition
Cedars-Sinai

Investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai and colleagues found that women with fatty liver disease related to alcohol consumption have almost twice the risk of dying within a certain time period than men with the same condition.

Newswise: Spotlight on Advancements in Mitral Valve Repair, Research
Released: 24-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Spotlight on Advancements in Mitral Valve Repair, Research
Cedars-Sinai

You may not know Carol Barr, but in the future, she could save your life. Barr’s death at 39 from sudden cardiac arrest was caused by mitral valve prolapse—a heart valve defect that can affect the heart’s ability to pump blood. It can, in some cases, lead to death.

Newswise: Cedars-Sinai Sending Expert Delegation to Arab Health 2024
Released: 22-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Cedars-Sinai Sending Expert Delegation to Arab Health 2024
Cedars-Sinai

A team of experts from Cedars-Sinai International will participate in Arab Health, Jan. 29-Feb. 1, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, underscoring Cedars-Sinai’s commitment to growing its worldwide presence by supporting innovative, advanced collaborative medical care for millions of patients around the globe.

Newswise: The View Hospital, Cedars-Sinai Host
Released: 22-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
The View Hospital, Cedars-Sinai Host "Innovations in Orthopedics Symposium 2024" in Doha, Qatar
Cedars-Sinai

The View Hospital in affiliation with Cedars-Sinai is proud to announce that it will host the inaugural "Innovations in Orthopedics Symposium" on Jan. 27 at the Equestrian Club in Doha, Qatar.

Newswise: Cedars-Sinai Develops New Tools to Improve Pancreatic Cancer Patient Care
Released: 22-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Cedars-Sinai Develops New Tools to Improve Pancreatic Cancer Patient Care
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators have used a unique precision medicine and artificial intelligence (AI) tool called the Molecular Twin Precision Oncology Platform to identify biomarkers that outperform the standard test for predicting pancreatic cancer survival.

Newswise: Cedars-Sinai Cancer 2023 Research and Program Highlights
Released: 19-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
Cedars-Sinai Cancer 2023 Research and Program Highlights
Cedars-Sinai

A roundup of 2023 medical discoveries and innovations at Cedars-Sinai Cancer.

Newswise: Smidt Heart Institute Sudden Cardiac Arrest Expert Receives 2024 Distinguished Scientist Award
Released: 19-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Smidt Heart Institute Sudden Cardiac Arrest Expert Receives 2024 Distinguished Scientist Award
Cedars-Sinai

Heart rhythm expert Sumeet Chugh, MD, associate director of the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai, is the recipient of this year’s American College of Cardiology (ACC) Distinguished Scientist Award-Clinical Domain.

Newswise: Therapy Versus Medication: Comparing Treatments for Depression in Heart Disease
Released: 18-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Therapy Versus Medication: Comparing Treatments for Depression in Heart Disease
Cedars-Sinai

New research by investigators from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences at Cedars-Sinai shows that behavioral activation therapy is as effective as antidepressant medications in treating symptoms of depression in patients with heart failure.

Newswise: Rare-Disease Specialist Joins Cedars-Sinai Movement Disorders Program
Released: 17-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Rare-Disease Specialist Joins Cedars-Sinai Movement Disorders Program
Cedars-Sinai

Yvette Bordelon, MD, PhD, who specializes in some of the most difficult-to-treat movement disorders, has joined the Movement Disorders Program in the Department of Neurology at Cedars-Sinai. She will work on clinical trials and treat patients with Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease and other movement disorders, which currently have no cure.

Newswise: Smidt Heart Institute Expert Named Deputy Editor of NEJM AI
Released: 16-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Smidt Heart Institute Expert Named Deputy Editor of NEJM AI
Cedars-Sinai

One of the Smidt Heart Institute’s leading experts in artificial intelligence, David Ouyang, MD, has been named a deputy editor of NEJM AI—a newly established, peer-reviewed journal from the publishers of the highly respected, New England Journal of Medicine.

Newswise: Flagging Dementia Patients for Better Hospital Care
Released: 11-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Flagging Dementia Patients for Better Hospital Care
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai investigators are using electronic health records to identify hospitalized patients likely to have dementia. The method they developed, detailed in a study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, is designed to help medical staff tailor care to best serve these patients.

Newswise: Study: Pregnant Women More Likely to Get COVID-19 Vaccine if They Got Other Pregnancy Immunizations
Released: 11-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Study: Pregnant Women More Likely to Get COVID-19 Vaccine if They Got Other Pregnancy Immunizations
Cedars-Sinai

Women who received standard recommended immunizations during their pregnancy were more likely to accept the COVID-19 vaccine, according to new research from Cedars-Sinai. Investigators also identified disparities in vaccination linked to race and insurance status.

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Released: 10-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
A ‘Life-Changing’ Treatment for Enlarged Prostate
Cedars-Sinai

The choices that Bruce Gold faced last December to resolve debilitating symptoms from a severely enlarged prostate were to keep using a catheter or have an invasive surgery with unreliable results and a high risk of complications and lingering side effects.

Newswise: Closing in on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Released: 9-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Closing in on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators have analyzed the cells within triple-negative breast cancer tumors before and after radiation therapy with immunotherapy, identifying three patient groups with different responses to the treatment.

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Released: 5-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Rise of the Tripledemic
Cedars-Sinai

As the new year kicks into full swing, so has a trio of respiratory viruses, creating a so-called tripledemic.

Newswise: New Study: Is There a Link Between COVID-19 Vaccination and POTS?
Released: 4-Jan-2024 12:05 AM EST
New Study: Is There a Link Between COVID-19 Vaccination and POTS?
Cedars-Sinai

A new research study from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai aimed to understand the possible connection between COVID-19 vaccination and a difficult-to-diagnose heart condition called postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS.

Newswise: December Research Highlights
Released: 26-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
December Research Highlights
Cedars-Sinai

A roundup of the latest medical discoveries and faculty news at Cedars-Sinai for December 2023.

Newswise: Finding Hope, Meaning This Holiday Season
Released: 26-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Finding Hope, Meaning This Holiday Season
Cedars-Sinai

Wars abroad. Struggles at home, including record-setting inflation and political polarization. Although the holiday season can trigger a range of emotions, this year may feel especially challenging.

Newswise: Smidt Heart Institute Opens Aortic Surveillance Clinic
Released: 22-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Smidt Heart Institute Opens Aortic Surveillance Clinic
Cedars-Sinai

The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai has opened an Aortic Surveillance Clinic for the evaluation and long-term monitoring of patients with enlarged aortas, or aortic aneurysms, for whom surgery may not be necessary.

Newswise: Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy Associated With Lasting Effects on the Heart
Released: 22-Dec-2023 9:30 AM EST
Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy Associated With Lasting Effects on the Heart
Cedars-Sinai

New research from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai found that women who developed signs of elevated blood pressure during pregnancy were more likely to have residual evidence of abnormal heart structure and function up to a decade after the pregnancy.

Newswise: Predicting Lymphoma Patients’ Treatment Outcomes
Released: 21-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Predicting Lymphoma Patients’ Treatment Outcomes
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators have discovered a new way to predict whether a cancer of the immune system will recur in patients treated with a bone marrow transplant.

Newswise: New Cancer Research Consortium Melds Scientific Disciplines
Released: 18-Dec-2023 7:05 PM EST
New Cancer Research Consortium Melds Scientific Disciplines
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai Cancer is part of an unconventional consortium dedicated to fighting cancer through the integration of diverse scientific disciplines.

Newswise: Heart Surgery, Then a Trek to Machu Picchu
Released: 18-Dec-2023 2:05 PM EST
Heart Surgery, Then a Trek to Machu Picchu
Cedars-Sinai

In the summer of 2022, an overwhelmed Jon Anderson was nervously preparing for a big moment—having robotic coronary artery bypass surgery. Just over a year later, in the fall of 2023, Anderson was staring down another major life event.

Newswise: New Artificial Intelligence Tool Predicts Mortality After Surgeries and Procedures
Released: 15-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
New Artificial Intelligence Tool Predicts Mortality After Surgeries and Procedures
Cedars-Sinai

An artificial intelligence (AI) tool developed by investigators at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai and colleagues at two other institutions accurately predicted how patients would fare after surgeries and procedures.

Newswise: Study: Solid Organ Transplant Patients Benefit From COVID-19 Treatment
Released: 15-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Study: Solid Organ Transplant Patients Benefit From COVID-19 Treatment
Cedars-Sinai

New research from Cedars-Sinai’s Comprehensive Transplant Center found that a monoclonal antibody treatment reduced the risk of COVID-19 in a large group of solid organ transplant patients who were administered the drug as a preventive measure against the disease.

Newswise: Experts Offer Virtual Second Opinions for Women With Heart Conditions
Released: 14-Dec-2023 11:05 PM EST
Experts Offer Virtual Second Opinions for Women With Heart Conditions
Cedars-Sinai

The Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai has expanded its popular Virtual Second Opinion Program to women living with or at risk of developing heart disease, the nation’s leading cause of death in women.

Newswise: Trauma Doesn’t Take a Holiday
Released: 14-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Trauma Doesn’t Take a Holiday
Cedars-Sinai

The winter holiday season is a time to slow down, relax, and enjoy time with family and friends. That is, unless you’re a trauma surgeon.

Newswise: Unique Cell-Based Approach for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Shown to Be Safe
Released: 13-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Unique Cell-Based Approach for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Shown to Be Safe
Cedars-Sinai

Infusions of potentially therapeutic cells derived from the heart are safe for people with pulmonary arterial hypertension, a form of high blood pressure that occurs in the blood vessels of the lungs and typically affects middle-aged women, according to a study led by Cedars-Sinai investigators.

Newswise: Cancer Discovery: How the Liver Defends Itself
Released: 12-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Cancer Discovery: How the Liver Defends Itself
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered how the liver defends itself against cancer. Their study, published in the peer-reviewed Journal of Hepatology, suggests targets for therapies to protect the liver both from cancers that originate there and cancers that spread to the liver from other parts of the body.

Newswise: What’s Behind Low Back Pain?
Released: 7-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
What’s Behind Low Back Pain?
Cedars-Sinai

A new Cedars-Sinai study might have cracked the mystery surrounding the cause of a specific type of back pain.

Newswise: Specialized Surgery, Therapy Bring Relief to Cancer Patients
Released: 7-Dec-2023 12:05 AM EST
Specialized Surgery, Therapy Bring Relief to Cancer Patients
Cedars-Sinai

By the time cancer survivor Sydnee Meth found an effective treatment for the pain she had coped with for years, her right arm was so swollen and heavy that she could not lift it past her shoulder.

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Released: 5-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Joy Takes the Holidays Off for Some Older People
Cedars-Sinai

The holidays can be the best of times or the worst of times. High-energy celebrations, the emphasis on good tidings of joy, and reunions with families and friends can bring happiness and comfort, but they can have the opposite effect on people feeling isolated and alone, especially older adults.

Newswise: Triple Transplant Recipient Reflects on Living, Love and Gratitude
Released: 4-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Triple Transplant Recipient Reflects on Living, Love and Gratitude
Cedars-Sinai

This holiday season, Valance Sams, Sr. hopes to finish the most important thank-you note he’s ever written—one he’s been pondering for months. It’s been challenging to get all that he wants to say down on paper, in just the right way. Most days, a flood of emotions gets in his way.

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Released: 4-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
During Holidays, Children’s COVID-19 Vaccines Protect Entire Family
Cedars-Sinai

With the holiday season underway, and families and friends gathering to celebrate, a leading Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s pediatrician has one word of advice for parents: Vaccinate.

Newswise: Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s Selects Pediatric Intensivist to Direct Congenital Cardiac Critical Care
Released: 1-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s Selects Pediatric Intensivist to Direct Congenital Cardiac Critical Care
Cedars-Sinai

David Epstein, MD, a pediatrician who has dedicated his career to caring for very ill children, has been selected as the new director of Pediatric and Congenital Cardiac Intensive Care at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s.

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Released: 1-Dec-2023 12:05 AM EST
Rewired From Head to Toe
Cedars-Sinai

Hailing from Park City, Utah, Riley Mulholland enjoyed an upbringing steeped in the vibrant active outdoor sports culture of his hometown. From an early age, Mulholland took to the slopes, played football and lacrosse; he was the definition of a multisport athlete.

Newswise: November Research Highlights
Released: 30-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
November Research Highlights
Cedars-Sinai

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

Newswise: RESEARCH ALERT: Examination of Fertility Treatments and Genetic Changes in Embryos
Released: 23-Nov-2023 12:05 AM EST
RESEARCH ALERT: Examination of Fertility Treatments and Genetic Changes in Embryos
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai investigators found no established link between the use of assisted reproductive technologies and potential problems in DNA methylation that might impact genetic expression or embryonic development.

Newswise: After Multiple Organ Transplants, Grateful for 25 Extra Years
Released: 22-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
After Multiple Organ Transplants, Grateful for 25 Extra Years
Cedars-Sinai

This Thanksgiving marks a little more than 25 years since Christine Galan became the first person in the Western U.S. to have a combined organ transplant (heart and liver), and nearly five years since she returned to Cedars-Sinai for another organ transplant—this time, a kidney.

Newswise: Chuck Lorre Family Foundation Increases Investment in YED Program
Released: 21-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Chuck Lorre Family Foundation Increases Investment in YED Program
Cedars-Sinai

The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation is doubling down on its commitment to supporting healthcare opportunities for young people, through Cedars-Sinai’s Youth Employment and Development (YED) Health Careers Academy.

Newswise: Racial and Ethnic Disparities Evaluated in Heart Disease
Released: 17-Nov-2023 11:05 AM EST
Racial and Ethnic Disparities Evaluated in Heart Disease
Cedars-Sinai

Investigators from the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have found that among a cohort of women with obstructive coronary artery disease treated at academic medical centers, racial and ethnic disparities did not impact their long-term outcomes.

Newswise: Transgender Health Expert Answers Your Common Questions
Released: 16-Nov-2023 10:05 AM EST
Transgender Health Expert Answers Your Common Questions
Cedars-Sinai

How does anyone know for sure that they were born the wrong gender? What should parents do when their child tells them? And how do transgender patients prepare for gender-affirming surgery, if that’s what they decide to do?



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