Word: CREPITUS
Crepitus, that grating, crackling or popping sounds that noise that accompanies flexing a joint. What is it and should it worry you?
Discoveries / Feb 17, 2020
Improv After Cancer
Laughter may be the best medicine. The director of Cedars-Sinai's Cancer Rehabilitation and Survivorship program, Arash Asher, MD, helped create an improv comedy class and is evalu...
Discoveries / Jan 20, 2020
Tumors & Plants: What They Have in Common
Cancer cells can reshape their surrounding environments—just like invasive plants.
Discoveries / Jan 16, 2020
Kidney School
For children facing kidney failure, a transplant can provide 20 years of function before another donor organ must be found—or until medical advances can provide a lifelong solution...
Discoveries / Jan 10, 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
Recipe for Disaster
The Special Pathogen Response Team at Cedars-Sinai, led by Jonathan Grein, MD, is one of only 10 groups selected nationwide to treat highly infectious diseases, like Ebola and MERS...
Discoveries / Dec 10, 2019
Wholehearted Hobby
A kidney physician combines her knowledge of anatomy with a love of needlework.
Discoveries / Nov 20, 2019
Pregnancy After Cancer
Young women with breast cancer are often cautioned against having children for fear of an increased risk of cancer returning or spreading. Cedars-Sinai investigator Philomena McAnd...
Discoveries / Aug 16, 2019
Surgical Strike Against Stroke
Advanced technique for high-risk patients creates new paths for blood flow to the brain.
Discoveries / Aug 15, 2019
Dangerous Driver: Genetic Factors Fuel Aggressive Prostate Can...
Investigators reveal a genetic factor fueling aggressive prostate cancer.
Discoveries / Aug 12, 2019
Brain Mapping
Infant brain circuitry predicts emotional and cognitive health in early childhood.
Discoveries / Aug 07, 2019
Could Smell Impact Metabolism?
There could be a relationship between your nose and your weight.
Discoveries / Aug 06, 2019
Error Neurons
The neurons that help us recognize our errors may hold the key to improving treatments for psychiatric and mental disorders.
Discoveries / Aug 06, 2019
