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Breaking News

This page contains current news releases, as well as media advisories regarding upcoming medical, community and fundraising events. It is updated as news breaks.

For more information or to set up interviews, please call the Public Relations Office at (310) 423-4768.

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• Drugs Commonly Used for Erectile Dysfunction Allowed More Chemotherapy to Reach Brain Tumors in Laboratory Animal Study (July 28, 2008)

• New Protocol Streamlines Therapy That Makes More Kidney Transplants Possible (July 16, 2008)

• Brain Cancer Study: Magnitude of Post-Vaccine Immune Response Linked to Clinical Outcomes; Stronger Immune Response Correlates With Longer Survival, Giving Researchers a New Tool for Evaluating Effectiveness of Experimental Therapies (July 15, 2008)

• U.S. News & World Report Names Cedars-Sinai to the "Best of the Best" Honor Roll; Hospital Highly Ranked in 10 Specialties (July 11, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Expert Serves Up the Skinny on Healthy and Fun School Lunches (July 9, 2008)

• New System Devised to Guide Doctors Treating Patients With Symptomatic Myocardial Bridging (June 25, 2008)

• Scorching Summer Temperatures Pose Health Risks, Cedars-Sinai Doctors Warn (June 20, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and the Watchman Left Atrial Appendage System: Clinical Trial of Non-Surgical Intervention for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (June 20, 2008)

• Cedars-sinai Heart Institute and the Evalve MitraClip: Clinical Trial of Non-Surgical Repair for Severe Mitral Valve Regurgitation (June 20, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and the Sapien Transcather Aortic Valve: Clinical Trial of Non-Surgical Intervention for Aortic Valve Stenosis (June 20. 2008)

• Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion Yields Rapid Recovery; Puts Nursing Student Back on Track to Fulfilling Mid-Life Dream (June 4, 2008)

• Glenn D. Braunstein, MD, Honored With Mastership From American College of Physicians (June 17, 2008)

• Black Enterprise Magazine - America's Leading Doctors features Cedars-Sinai's Dr. Keith Black, Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery; Director, Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute (May 2008)

• Unexpected Results From Study in Mice May Open New Strategy Against Alzheimer's Disease (May 30, 2008)

• Battling a Deadly Foe: Researchers at Cedars-Sinai are racing to develop experimental treatments, and even vaccines, for fast-growing malignant brain tumors like the one Senator Edward Kennedy has been diagnosed with (May 20, 2008)

• Study in Mice Suggests Molecules in Plants Have Beneficial Effect on Alzheimer's Disease (May 6, 2008)

• Denzel Washington's Hometown Hosts Awarding of Scholarships Bearing Washington Family Name (April 29, 2008)

• Scientists Seek to Defeat Brain Cancer by Chipping Away at Its Foundation From Various Angles (April 21, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Opens Patient Trial of Virus That Attacks Brain Cancer Cells (April 14, 2008)

• Barbra Streisand Endows Program at Cedars-Sinai Women's Heart Center (April 16, 2008)

• Helene A. and Philip E. Hixon Create Endowed Fellowships in Investigative Medicine at Cedars-Sinai (April 4, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Pulmonologist Offers Common Sense Advice on Coping With a Prolific Allergy Season in California (March 25, 2008)

• Leo Gordon, MD, Appointed Physician Advisor for Grateful Patient Program (March 24, 2008)

• Southland's Most Promising Olympic Track and Field Athletes Team with Cedars-Sinai Physicians as Part of Breakthrough Training Program (March 21, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Seeks Participants With Type 2 Diabetes for Study of Implantable Devices (March 21, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute Now Enrolling Women With Recurrent Chest Pains for Aware Clinical Trial (March 11, 2008)

• Researchers Describe Mechanisms by Which Capon Gene Causes Heart Rhythm Disturbances (March 3, 2008)

• Mouse Study: Real-Time Imaging Device May Improve Surgery for Congenital Colon Disease (February 28, 2008)

• Gene Therapy "Trains" Immune System to Destroy Brain Cancer Cells and Reverses Behavioral Deficits (February 19, 2008)

• NIH Report on Intracranial Stent Points Out Need for Upcoming Large-Scale Clinical Trial (February 14, 2008)

• New Strategy Cracks Staph Bacterium's "Golden Armor," Making it Vulnerable to Treatment (February 14, 2008)

• Organization of Prominent Black Women Supports Medical History in the Making (February 12, 2008)

• Minimally Invasive Radiofrequency Ablation Successfully Removes Teen Drummer's Painful, Benign Tumor (February 11, 2008)

• Steven Piantadosi, MD, PhD, Named Inaugural Phase One Foundation Chair in Cancer Research at February 6 Ceremony (February 7, 2008)

• Lung Transplant Gave Actor New Life; New Procedure May Offer Emphysema Patients More Time (February 6, 2008)

• Active Life Begins (Again) at 40 After Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery On Two Disks (January 22, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Physicians Elect William W. Brien, MD, as Chief of Staff (January 9, 2008)