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Cutting Blood Pressure
A new model of care teams pharmacists with barbers to fight the deadly health epidemic of hypertension—which affects African-American men more than almost any other group in the wo...
Discoveries / Feb 25, 2019
Eyes on the Brain
Philanthropic support led to a breakthrough in detecting Alzheimer's disease early: a simple, noninvasive eye exam to detect Alzheimer’s disease up to two decades before it becomes...
Discoveries / Feb 24, 2019
Abreast of Trends in Cancer
Dr. Armando E. Giuliano has a minimally invasive approach toward breast cancer treatment, and thanks to philantropic support, his investigations could serve as the foundation for e...
Discoveries / Feb 24, 2019
Gifts that Count
In 2018, Cedars-Sinai completed an eight-year, $615 million fundraising campaign that inspired collaboration among physicians, surgeons, scientists, and patients. Here we highlight...
Discoveries / Feb 24, 2019
Big Leaps for Baby Steps
With philanthropic support, Dr. Evan Zahn developed a procedure to treat patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), the most common heart problem among extremely premature babies. He also har...
Discoveries / Feb 24, 2019
Married to the Microbiome
Gastroenterologist Mark Pimentel, MD, and endocrinologist Ruchi Mathur, MD, are not only married, but they’ve also successfully united their two fields of research. Here, they retr...
Discoveries / Feb 20, 2019
Edge of Tomorrow
To bring access to tomorrow’s breakthrough therapies, novel devices, and new approaches to today’s patients, academic medical centers must embrace and promote clinical research as ...
Discoveries / Feb 19, 2019
Care Package
The Mitra Microsampler is an at-home blood-draw tool that helps patients collect tiny drops of blood for precise biometric monitoring and heart health.
Discoveries / Feb 19, 2019
From Idea to Innovation
The Cedars-Sinai Technology Transfer Office brings researchers’ innovations to the marketplace. The tech transfer team manages hundreds of discoveries and technologies worldwide, e...
Discoveries / Aug 30, 2018
Innovation 4: The Smart Hospital Room
Discoveries asked Patricia “Peachy” Hain, MSN, RN, executive director of Medical and Surgical Nursing Services—and an ardent Star Trek fan—to imagine the ideal hospital room, with ...
Discoveries / Aug 18, 2018
Innovation 9: (Out on) a Better Limb
The next step in prosthetic technology revolutionizes mobility for one amputee—and may help countless others. Thanks to an innovative new technique that increases stability and ran...
Discoveries / Aug 15, 2018
Innovation 7: A Very Patient Device
A hockey-puck sized virtual assistant aims to smarten up the patient experience.
Discoveries / Aug 11, 2018
Innovation 8: Pro Solutions to Antibiotics Problems
The growing problem of antibiotic resistance threatens to take us back to darker ages of medical care by triggering outbreaks of infections once easily cured. Cedars-Sinai is devel...
Discoveries / Aug 11, 2018
Innovation 6: A Broader Diagnosis
The healthcare of tomorrow will be tailor-made for you—Cedars-Sinai’s director of Nuclear Cardiology and Cardiac Imaging, Daniel Berman, MD, foresees that precision healthcare will...
Discoveries / Aug 11, 2018
Clinical Trials and Tribulations
Most new devices and medications don’t make it through the years of rigorous testing required to gain Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval. Here, numbers tell the story of t...
Discoveries / Aug 11, 2018