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2023
June
29,
2023
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09:01 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Experts from Cedars-Sinai, BlackDoctors.org, the California Black Women’s Health Project and the Morehouse School of Medicine participated in a recent discussion that addressed the high rate of pregnancy-related deaths among Black mothers.The one-hou...
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May
30,
2023
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06:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cedars-Sinai has opened a new LGBTQ+ Center, bringing together specialists in primary care, pediatrics, transgender surgery, reconstructive surgery and anal cancer screening to meet the needs of patients in an inclusive and culturally sensitive setti...
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April
06,
2023
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07:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Everything physicians and investigators know about medicine, from which drugs to prescribe to how to perform surgeries, is based on research. But for decades, most of this work has left out female participants. This means experts don’t have much to r...
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January
24,
2023
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07:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The Cedars-Sinai Department of Biomedical Sciences has established a new division that is charged with developing a deeper understanding of the impact of social, behavioral and environmental risk factors on human diseases. Investigators working in t...
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2022
December
19,
2022
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06:30 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Maintaining good health is a challenge for many, but it can be especially difficult for people facing social barriers like discrimination and lack of resources. Those social barriers often manifest themselves in health disparities, which the Center...
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October
27,
2022
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14:56 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Ahead of World Stroke Day, Oct. 29, investigators from the Department of Neurology at Cedars-Sinai have new information on stroke-related health disparities. In a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports, they determined that o...
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October
04,
2022
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06:05 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cedars-Sinai is celebrating Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month with a specially curated gallery showcasing the work of Hispanic and Latinx artists.The artwork is available to the public through a digital gallery online, and to patients and visitors a...
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September
08,
2022
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Racial and ethnic minorities in Los Angeles County are more likely to live as far as or farther than five miles from a cardiac rehabilitation facility, according to a new study by investigators at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai. The dispar...
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September
05,
2022
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
People in Los Angeles County experience differences in cancer risk and survival depending on a variety of factors such as race/ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, geographic location and socioeconomic status, according to a new study by investigat...
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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 Obste...
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June
07,
2022
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06:07 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Racial and ethnic minorities diagnosed with advanced liver cancer have a lower chance of receiving immunotherapy, the most effective treatment for patients with the disease, according to a new study led by Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators.The study,...
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May
26,
2022
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14:40 PM
America/Los_Angeles
Experts from Cedars-Sinai Cancer, ranked among the top 10 in the nation for cancer care, will present novel research and clinical advances throughout the 2022 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), taking place in person ...
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May
25,
2022
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08:01 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cedars-Sinai is joining the cities of Los Angeles and West Hollywood in celebrating June as Pride Month, which honors the LGBTQ+ community.“Cedars-Sinai was founded in 1902 on the principles of diversity, inclusion and quality healthcare for all,” sa...
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May
19,
2022
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07:10 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Following a nationwide search, Christina Harris, MD, has been named vice president and chief health equity officer for Cedars-Sinai. In this strategic leadership position, Harris will guide Cedars-Sinai's ongoing efforts to promote health equity, ad...
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May
19,
2022
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07:01 AM
America/Los_Angeles
A first-of-its-kind LGBTQ+ cancer symposium is part of Cedars-Sinai's effort to equalize healthcare access and treatment for all—including patients who identify as LGBTQ+. Studies have shown that the way LGBTQ+ patients are screened, diagnosed and tr...
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May
18,
2022
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06:10 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cardiovascular disease is the primary cause of pregnancy‐related death, yet a new national survey led by doctors at the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai suggests that few cardiologists, trainees or care team members are trained in cardio-obstetr...
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May
13,
2022
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10:10 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Kimberly Gregory, MD, MPH, director of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and vice chair of Women's Healthcare Quality and Performance Improvement in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Cedars-Sinai, has been awarded the Luella Klein Lifetime Achiev...
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April
14,
2022
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06:01 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Pregnant women continue to have reservations about getting vaccinated against COVID-19 despite research indicating the safety of the vaccines and the protection they may offer their unborn children.A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control an...
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2021
July
29,
2021
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08:05 AM
America/Los_Angeles
In the first prospective study of its kind, researchers in the Center for Cardiac Arrest Prevention at the Smidt Heart Institute evaluated sudden cardiac arrest in a Southern California community that included Latinx and Asian American residents. The...
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June
02,
2021
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05:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cedars-Sinai has opened a clinic for children and adolescents under age 18 who are questioning their gender or experiencing gender dysphoria—marked incongruence and distress between their true gender identity and biological sex. The clinic is run by ...
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April
26,
2021
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
With cosmetic procedures in high demand during the pandemic, Cedars-Sinai dermatologist Jasmine Onyeka Obioha, MD, has seen an unfortunate side effect: botched treatments for patients of color.When performed improperly, procedures such as chemical pe...
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February
24,
2021
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Healthcare workers might not be so different from the general population in the factors that determine their risk of getting COVID-19. A new study led by Cedars-Sinai shows that healthcare workers are more likely to have antibodies to COVID-19 in the...
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January
18,
2021
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12:05 PM
America/Los_Angeles
LeVar Burton—the veteran actor, producer and activist—was terrified when he first played the role of Martin Luther King Jr.The host of Cedars-Sinai's 19th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration was then only 11 years old, and Burton's performa...
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2020
October
09,
2020
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07:37 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Cedars-Sinai has been awarded a five-year, $8.3 million grant by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to study the diversity and determinants of the immune-inflammatory response to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 (coronavirus). Using compre...
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June
12,
2020
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10:27 AM
America/Los_Angeles
It was an extraordinary communal conversation: a racially and ethnically diverse collection of physicians, scientists and administrators speaking simply and honestly about racism and what they hope will be a national awakening to the ills of systemic...
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May
21,
2020
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07:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Six of Los Angeles County’s largest nonprofit health systems with hospitals, clinics and care facilities across the region have come together united in a mission to encourage community members to put health first and access care when needed.
Cedar...
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2019
November
13,
2019
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06:00 AM
America/Los_Angeles
Maria Robles Garcia was sure her uncomfortable abdominal symptoms weren't caused by irritable bowel syndrome or from being overweight, no matter that her local doctors repeatedly told her that was the case. Eight months of escalating abdominal and ba...
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October
11,
2019
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09:02 AM
America/Los_Angeles
The Asian Journal recently featured a story about a meeting between Philippine Ambassador to the United States Jose Manuel Romualdez and several leaders at Cedars-Sinai, including several Filipino American staff members.
Philippine Consul General ...
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