VR and the Future of Healthcare
Virtual reality (VR) technology is changing healthcare in new and exciting ways. We talked to Cedars-Sinai's Dr. Brennan Spiegel about how VR is being used in a hospital setting to...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Sep 01, 2020
Graduate Students Are Using AI in Medical Imaging
Directors of the Cedars-Sinai's Master of Science in Magnetic Resonance in Medicine program discuss the impact and future of AI in medical imaging and how it may transform how dise...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jul 28, 2020
The Race to Develop a Vaccine for COVID-19
Scientists around the world are in a race to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. Here's what they're up against.
Discoveries / May 18, 2020
What Is Convalescent Plasma?
As doctors and researchers around the world learn more about COVID-19 (coronavirus), potential treatment options are beginning to emerge. One of these treatment options uses plasma...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Apr 15, 2020
Getting at the Heart of MRIs
For people with heart disease, a new imaging technology, multitasking MRI, may yield better results and a more comfortable experience. We asked the technique's innovator Cedars-Sin...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Mar 09, 2020
New Clinical Trial at Cedars-Sinai for Active Surveillance of ...
Statistically, the incidence of thyroid cancer has increased worldwide over the past few decades, but researchers are unsure if it's an uptick in the prevalence of thyroid cancer o...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Mar 04, 2020
Cedars-Sinai Investigators Exploring the Connection Between th...
Research have come a long way in understanding how changes in our microbiome, specifically gut bacteria, may correlate to certain diseases like diabetes. Now, researcher Ruchi Math...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Mar 03, 2020
New Research Explores Link Among Diabetes, Pancreatitis and Pa...
When Type 2 diabetes is the diagnosis, physicians rarely think chronic pancreatitis is the cause. However, chronic pancreatitis may be more prevalent than many doctors think. Inves...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 18, 2020
Gateway to the Brain
While building a brain capable of powering Frankenstein’s monster remains out of reach, Cedars-Sinai scientists have re-created a critical component—the blood-brain barrier, outsid...
Discoveries / Feb 17, 2020
Tumors & Plants: What They Have in Common
Cancer cells can reshape their surrounding environments—just like invasive plants.
Discoveries / Jan 16, 2020
GH Therapy a Potential Risk to Older Adults
Shlomo Melmed, MB, ChB, cautions against Growth Hormone therapy in individuals who are not Growth Hormone-deficient citing concerns that GH therapy is being prescribed to older adu...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jan 15, 2020
After Decades of Research, New Clinical Trial for Cushing's Di...
Starting in 2001, Ning-Ai Liu, MD, PhD, along with other Cedars-Sinai investigators, began establishing a zebrafish model for pituitary drug testing for Cushing's disease because t...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jan 15, 2020
Cedars-Sinai Researchers May Revolutionize How Orthopaedic Inj...
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai may soon revolutionize how severe orthopaedic injuries are treated by harnessing the power of stem cells, gene therapy and ultrasound.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jan 15, 2020
Family Ties
When Sonja Rosen, MD, was a student at Fairfax High School in Los Angeles, she served as a teen volunteer at Cedars-Sinai. Now it’s her daughter’s turn. Fourteen-year-old Clarissa ...
Discoveries / Jan 09, 2020
No-Fun Fungus: Head and Shoulders and Gut
Dandruff linked to Crohn’s disease.
Discoveries / Dec 19, 2019
