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2026
August
26,
2026
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Donations to Cedars-Sinai surpassed $200 million at the close of fiscal year 2026, a milestone now reached only three times in the medical center’s 124-year history. Grateful patients donated most of the gifts.During FY 2026, which ended June 30, …
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2024
December
19,
2024
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06:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
As the Cedars-Sinai Chuck Lorre Allied Health School prepares to enroll its first students, the school’s leaders say their goals go far beyond producing the technicians and therapists that keep hospitals running.“This innovative allied health school …
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November
29,
2024
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America/Los_Angeles
Investigators can increase racial and ethnic diversity in clinical trials by updating language used in promotional materials, demonstrating cultural sensitivity and employing digital tools, a new study from Cedars-Sinai shows.The study, published in …
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November
26,
2024
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07:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cedars-Sinai investigators who previously developed an imaging tool that used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict pancreatic cancer are now working to adapt that tool specifically for Black patients, who have disproportionately high rates of the …
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November
11,
2024
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America/Los_Angeles
Increasing percentages of some older U.S. men with intermediate-risk and high-risk prostate cancers are undergoing treatments that carry risks of side effects that can significantly reduce the quality of life without extending life, …
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October
28,
2024
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Building on an enduring commitment to graduate and medical education, Cedars-Sinai has established Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University to prepare generations of academic scientists, physician leaders and allied health professionals for the …
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October
23,
2024
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America/Los_Angeles
Cedars-Sinai and UCLA investigators studied first trimester placental tissue and found that for some genes, the process that turns their information into a biological function may depend on the sex of the fetus.The findings, published in Biology of …
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July
09,
2024
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10:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Inequities in pain medication treatment received postpartum, after giving birth, were found in a Cedars-Sinai study of 18,000 women. The disparities were observed even among patients reporting the highest pain levels.The retrospective cohort study …
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May
08,
2024
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07:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Women are not “small men,” and gender inequality in medical science harms everyone, not just women. These were among the topics explored at the fifth annual symposium of the Cedars-Sinai Center for Research in Women’s Health Science (CREWHS), held …
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April
10,
2024
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12:21 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cedars-Sinai has joined a White House initiative aimed at ensuring healthcare providers and companies use artificial intelligence (AI) ethically and responsibly. Together with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the AI effort—announced …
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March
18,
2024
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have identified risk factors that make inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients susceptible to developing serious conditions in other parts of their bodies.The study is published in the journal Gastroenterology.“We …
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2023
November
16,
2023
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06:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Investigators from the Barbra Streisand Women’s Heart Center in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have found that among a cohort of women with obstructive coronary artery disease treated at academic medical centers, racial and ethnic …
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October
27,
2023
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13:00 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators have found that Black men respond as well as white men to systemic therapies for advanced prostate cancer when access to quality healthcare is equal, regardless of socioeconomic status. Their study, published today …
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June
30,
2023
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
COVID-19 vaccination helped reduce disparities in disease incidence between low- and high-income communities, according to a new analysis led by Cedars-Sinai investigators.While lower-income communities had lower vaccination rates than higher-income …
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2022
August
18,
2022
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08:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Black and Hispanic patients were significantly less likely than white patients to undergo minimally invasive surgery for uterine fibroids, particularly involving hysterectomy, according to a new study led by investigators from the Department of …
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