Articles tagged with 'Flu' & 'News' | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Sixteen-year-old Rishee Ray is making history at Cedars-Sinai as the first pediatric patient to undergo halo-gravity traction ahead of spinal surgery.Rishee has spent most of his life in a wheelchair due to a condition known as spinal muscular atroph...

Alfred E. Mann possessed a rare superpower: He could seamlessly connect the dots between science and philanthropy to improve the lives of people all over the world. Today, seven years after his passing, Mann extends his legacy as a scientific trailbl...

Pregnant women with a history of substance abuse face a dramatically increased risk of death from heart attack and stroke during childbirth when compared with women without history of substance abuse, a new Smidt Heart Institute study shows.These fin...

A few weeks from now, Lizbeth Sanchez will say goodbye to her job in a Smidt Heart Institute laboratory and walk about 200 steps to a Cedars-Sinai classroom, where she will begin working on her doctorate in biomedical and translational research.It’s ...

Heavy alcohol consumption is associated with acute and repeated episodes of pancreatitis, an inflammatory condition that can cause severe abdominal pain and death. According to a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal Gastro Hep Advances, e...

It still feels like summer outside, but it’s time to prepare for the 2023-24 flu season. Flu season started early in the Southern Hemisphere, which typically gives experts some clues as to what we’ll experience here in the U.S. To avoid getting caugh...

As the use of artificial intelligence continues to rapidly evolve, Cedars-Sinai is tapping its own experts to create and deploy AI-driven solutions to real-time healthcare challenges.  Through new “Idea-thons,” frontline clinical and administrative l...

Suicide rates have increased by nearly 40% over the past 20 years but, according to Carletta Vicain, associate director of Employee Assistance at Cedars-Sinai, suicides are preventable.Ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day on Sept. 10, Vicain spoke w...

In a move that aims to transform the lives of young athletes in underserved communities, Cedars-Sinai Team HEAL (Helping Enrich Athletes' Lives), in partnership with Los Angeles Unified School District, is expanding its program to include more studen...

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 3,200 Cedars-Sinai Medical Center nurses put on their protective gear and kept on going—providing the highest-quality patient care, conducting innovative research and creating new ways for patients to conve...

As summer ends, fall begins, and so does the start of influenza season—a time of year that fills up hospitals and gives healthcare workers an extra layer of stress.At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, however, patient care staff can step into a “Serenity ...

Cedars-Sinai investigators are leaders in the innovation and use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with balloon-expandable valves. They now show that redo TAVR procedures are both safe and effective when compared with situations in whi...

Investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai are one step closer to helping individuals catch a sudden cardiac arrest before it happens, thanks to a study published today in the peer-reviewed journal The Lancet Digital Health.The stud...

In July, the first direct-to-consumer blood test designed to assess a user’s risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease hit the market. The test, which has not undergone Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review, measures the level of a protein called b...

The temperature feels like summer is still in full swing, yet this week, thousands of Los Angeles schoolchildren headed back to the classroom."Everyone knows that the first weeks of school can be stressful for students,” said Suzanne Silverstein, MA,...

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center again has earned a five-star hospital rating from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)—the highest distinction from the federal agency. This is the sixth straight time that Cedars-Sinai has been rated among t...

The start of the school year can be tough for many children. For some, the struggle might last just a few days. For others, however, a difficult transition back to school might be a sign of an undetected behavioral or developmental condition that req...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is capturing the public imagination as the pace of innovation accelerates sharply and easy-to-use AI tools offer new possibilities to transform whole industries.Building on a legacy of innovation, Cedars-Sinai is harnessi...

This summer, like every summer since COVID-19 arrived on the scene, the U.S. is experiencing a spike in infections and hospitalizations.Only this time, there’s good news: The number of infections hasn’t increased as much as in past summers. Plus, mos...

Climate change has supersized summer heat this year, with Southern California expected to again reach more than 100 degrees mid-month.  Along with the rise in outdoor temperatures, physicians are seeing an increase in heat-related illnesses following...

Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators are spearheading a project, funded by a five-year, $11.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to advance scientific knowledge of how biological differences betw...

Cedars-Sinai has been named to the Honor Roll for the eighth consecutive year and tied for #1 in California and Los Angeles in U.S. News & World Report’s "Best Hospitals 2023-24" rankings.  The U.S. News rankings, released Tuesday, are based on patie...

The mass and composition of our bodies can significantly affect the way medications are metabolized and absorbed. Investigators at Cedars-Sinai found that inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients with higher levels of intra-abdominal visceral adipos...

Valance Sams Sr.’s world was turned upside down 10 years ago when he was diagnosed with sarcoidosis, a rare inflammatory disease that caused a buildup of scar tissue on his heart and left him unable to work, exercise or even walk.But today, Sams walk...

Donnè Ward, a Mira Costa High School sophomore, has always been interested in medicine. So interested that his grandmother, Trena Lawson, said he was 5 when he first talked about becoming a doctor.  As a member of the Los Angeles Clippers Mentorship ...

Over the course of four decades, Randy Sherman, MD, earned a reputation as an internationally renowned surgical innovator who built premier plastic surgery programs in Los Angeles and traveled the world caring for children with hard-to-treat deformit...

People belonging to racial and ethnic minority groups are less likely than white people to receive mental healthcare.Anna Solt, MD, a Cedars-Sinai psychiatrist, said that reduced access to mental healthcare, cultural stigmas and even stereotypical be...

Fiscal year 2023, which ended June 30, proved to be the busiest year yet for Cedars-Sinai’s Comprehensive Transplant Center and Smidt Heart Institute, with more than 600 organs transplanted.The kidney/pancreas transplant team completed 317 transplant...

The Cedars-Sinai Accelerator is welcoming 10 health-tech companies from around the world to its ninth accelerator class. The businesses are building a variety of healthcare solutions—from monitoring devices for sepsis, heart failure and stroke, to vi...

Record rain this winter wreaked havoc on Los Angeles area hiking trails, damaging roads and dumping snow at lower elevations than normal. As the weather heats up, and the last of the snow melts, day hikers should plan ahead to avoid on-trail hazards ...