Discoveries Magazine
Word: CREPITUS
Crepitus, that grating, crackling or popping sounds that noise that accompanies flexing a joint. What is it and should it worry you?
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 evaluating its benefits to patients.
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.
No-Fun Fungus: Head and Shoulders and Gut
Dandruff linked to Crohn’s disease.
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.
Wholehearted Hobby
A kidney physician combines her knowledge of anatomy with a love of needlework.
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 McAndrew, MD, is challenging that conventional wisdom.
Surgical Strike Against Stroke
Advanced technique for high-risk patients creates new paths for blood flow to the brain.
Dangerous Driver: Genetic Factors Fuel Aggressive Prostate Cancer
Investigators reveal a genetic factor fueling aggressive prostate cancer.
Brain Mapping
Infant brain circuitry predicts emotional and cognitive health in early childhood.