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A Call for Change: Equity and Patient-Centered Care

Patient-centered care is one of the most commonly used phrases in medicine. It’s what physicians believe in and what we promise to deliver. Yet we cannot provide patient-centered care unless we grapple with one of the most urgent challenges in healthcare today: health equity.

Discoveries / May 23, 2023

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Residency Programs Move Toward Greater Diversity

This year, Cedars-Sinai welcomed our most diverse class of residents ever. We hear from our residents firsthand about their experiences.

Discoveries / May 16, 2023

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Can Rethinking CPR Training Benefit Women?

Doctors and bystanders perform CPR less often on women. Offering CPR training on mannequins with breasts may encourage people to help females in need of CPR.

Discoveries / May 11, 2023

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Physician Shadowing Program Offers Students Rare Access

Leaping into a career as a physician requires sure footing. Cedars-Sinai’s Pre-Med Student Volunteer Program gives undergrads a rare glimpse into the real jobs of physicians.

Discoveries / May 10, 2023

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New Tools at the Innovation Center

At the Cedars-Sinai Board of Governors Innovation Center (BOGIC), clinicians are leveraging cutting edge tools to search for the earliest signs of cancer and heart disease.

Discoveries / May 09, 2023

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Regenerative Medicine: A New Path for ALS Treatment

A first-of-its-kind stem cell therapy for ALS passes a critical safety benchmark, advancing the search to slow down, reverse and prevent the disease. In a parallel study, investigators are growing patient-derived stem cells to model ALS, hoping to uncover its mechanisms and classify it with more specificity. Can the cure to this degenerative condition lie in the endlessly regenerative power of stem cells?

Discoveries / May 01, 2023

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Cedars-Sinai Clinicians Publish Collection of Complex Cases in Interventional Cardiology

Interventional cardiologists can consult a broad collection of cases to guide them through management strategies.

Discoveries / Apr 27, 2023

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Living in AI’s Endless Summer

AI is a powerful tool poised to be wielded by any physician, coming at the same time healthcare struggles to overcome the disparities created by bias.

Discoveries / Apr 20, 2023

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AI Predicts Opioid Addiction

Cedars-Sinai investigators are predicting which patients will suffer from opioid dependency after spine surgery.

Discoveries / Apr 20, 2023

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AI Predicts Cancer in Children

Scientists are using artificial intelligence to predict cancer in children.

Discoveries / Apr 20, 2023

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How to Collect Clean Data

To obtain clean data in healthcare research, AI software should be trained with natural language processing.

Discoveries / Apr 20, 2023

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A Better Model of Heart Disease Prediction

Cedars-Sinai investigators are using AI to predict heart disease..

Discoveries / Apr 20, 2023

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The Doctor Is Still the Boss in the AI Era

Clinicians should harness the power of AI in research and patient care—but always maintain responsibility for their tools.

Discoveries / Apr 20, 2023

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Dr. Tiffani Bright: AI Evangelist and Skeptic

Tiffani Bright believes in the power of AI medicine, and she believes developers have the power to wield this powerful tool to support health equity.

Discoveries / Apr 20, 2023

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Machine-Learning Model Predicts Birth Method

Birth and maternal outcomes are a serious area of health outcome disparity in the US. An AI tool aims to better predict who is going to deliver vaginally and who will have a C-section, potentially reducing unnecessary c-sections.

Discoveries / Apr 20, 2023

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AI's Ascendance in Medicine: A Timeline

The 1970s saw scientists begin to explore AI in medicine. Less than a century later, the technology has proliferated.

Discoveries / Apr 20, 2023

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Reducing Bias in AI Models

A Cedars-Sinai team describes how to train an AI model to reduce bias.

Discoveries / Apr 20, 2023

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The Human Factor of Artificial Intelligence

Powerful promise hangs in the balance with potential peril as hospital systems integrate artificial intelligence into research and patient care.

Discoveries / Apr 20, 2023

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Virtual Reality and the Brain-Body Connection

Cedars-Sinai investigators reveal how virtual reality works for nonopioid pain management.

Discoveries / Apr 05, 2023

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Innovation and Collaboration in Pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children's

Guerin Children’s experts offer insights into research and treatment that seeks to serve patients from gestation to graduation.

Discoveries / Apr 04, 2023

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Mastering the Art of Patient Care Provides Readers With a How-to-Guide for Practicing Medicine

Dr. Michelle Kittleson’s new book provides a how-to guide for practicing medicine in a way that centers patients.

Discoveries / Apr 03, 2023

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A Scleroderma Expert on Treating Autoimmune Disease

Dr. Francesco Boin, director of the Scleroderma Program and member of the Kao Autoimmunity Institute, on his vision for the future.

Discoveries / Mar 31, 2023

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Women’s Health and Sex Differences: Research Update

Cedars-Sinai investigators make a coordinated and concerted effort to uncover sex differences in health and disease.

Discoveries / Mar 30, 2023

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How to Conduct Sex Differences Research: A CREWHS Panel Preview

Two Cedars-Sinai experts discuss the importance of considering sex as a biological variable in medical research.

Discoveries / Mar 01, 2023