A Couple Shares Their Journey Through Kidney Transplant

After Hermine Honarvar Rule was told that she was in critical need of a kidney transplant, two relatives and a friend each volunteered to give up a kidney to help save her. But during the screening process all three candidates were discovered to...
17-Apr-2019 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Cedars-Sinai Funds Psychiatry Fellowship for Primary Care Providers

Family physicians play a crucial role in mental healthcare, but many lack the specific training needed to help their patients. Cedars-Sinai aims to close that gap by funding a new yearlong psychiatry fellowship. Through a $650,000 grant, 30 Los...
15-Apr-2019 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Going the Distance to Donate a Kidney to a Stranger

Here's a great story about a Kentucky woman who donated a kidney to a perfect stranger from New York who 21 years earlier had undergone a heart-liver transplant. The two women met on the Matching Donors website, a non-profit organization that...
11-Apr-2019 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Dan Theodorescu, MD, PhD, Elected to Association of American Physicians

Dan Theodorescu, MD, PhD, director of Cedars-Sinai Cancer and Phase ONE Foundation Distinguished Chair in Oncology, was introduced as a new member of the Association of American Physicians (AAP) at the group's annual meeting in Chicago on April 6.
8-Apr-2019 8:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Study of Multiple Sclerosis Patients Shows 18 Percent Misdiagnosed

A recent study found that nearly 18 percent of patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis before being referred to two major Los Angeles medical centers for treatment actually had been misdiagnosed with the autoimmune disease. The investigators...
8-Apr-2019 6:15 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Study: Protein Key to Charcot-Marie-Tooth, Other Nerve Diseases

A new study provides critical insight into a little-known, yet relatively common, inherited neurological condition called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. The findings point to a pathway to possible treatments for this disease and better understanding...
4-Apr-2019 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

New Treatments Can Prevent Aneurysms From Becoming Critical

For decades, many have considered aneurysms a death sentence, but thanks to innovative, minimally invasive procedures, many can be treated before they become critical. Simi Valley, Calif., resident Roxanne Hanks is living proof that aneurysms are...
3-Apr-2019 6:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Cedars-Sinai Takes Multipronged Approach to Reduce Health Inequities

Cedars-Sinai is front and center in the growing trend of population health studies, which addresses environmental, cultural and genetic factors to understand why certain populations—groups defined by race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status—have...
26-Mar-2019 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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