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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.