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

New Bladder Cancer Classification Predicts Treatment ResponseInvestigators from Cedars-Sinai Cancer, working in collaboration with colleagues in Colorado and the Netherlands, have identified a specific type of bladder cancer most likely to resist fir...

The school year is winding down, summer is around the corner and that means more children are splashing into swimming pools, whether in a backyard, at summer camp, or at recreation center pools. Along with the fun, though, are the very real dangers o...

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...

Investigators from Cedars-Sinai Cancer, working in collaboration with colleagues in Colorado and the Netherlands, have identified a specific type of bladder cancer most likely to resist first-line treatment. Their study, published today in the peer-r...

Memorial Day marks the unofficial start of the summer fun season, and that means your blood could be a lifeline. "Any time there’s a holiday, that means there are more cars on the road, and unfortunately, that does also mean more things like traffic ...

Long-awaited outcomes data of transcatheter edge-to-edge procedures to repair patients’ leaky mitral valves revealed the minimally invasive procedure to be safe and effective in nearly 90% of patients, according to Cedars-Sinai physician-scientists.T...

Investigators at Cedars-Sinai and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke have pioneered a way to monitor the self-repair of brain lesions in a nonhuman primate model of multiple sclerosis (MS). Their study, published in the peer-...

Investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai found that women who experience an adverse pregnancy outcome—such as gestational hypertension, preeclampsia or preterm birth—have a higher risk of developing stroke in their lifetime, and a...

Blood vessel abnormalities in the eye are a major factor in the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, according to research from Cedars-Sinai investigators published in the peer-reviewed journal Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's As...

A tattered loose-leaf notebook, “9-22-17” neatly penned on the inside cover, reveals a glimpse into a small part of the remarkable life of Mary Yone Akita, the first registered nurse of Japanese descent in California and at Cedars-Sinai (known as Ced...

By studying the cells that line the intestines, Cedars-Sinai investigators have discovered a biological process that helps these cells repair themselves. The findings, published in the journal Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, i...

Most new mothers experience one or more changes in their mood before childbirth and for two weeks after the baby arrives.Having a child is a major life event accompanied by physiological changes and the stress of caring for a completely dependent lit...

Investigators at Cedars-Sinai Cancer found that fatty liver, a condition closely associated with obesity, promotes the spread of colorectal cancer to the liver. Their study, published today in the peer-reviewed journal Cell Metabolism, details the pr...

The Cedars-Sinai Department of Computational Biomedicine recently sharpened its focus on advancing artificial intelligence and machine learning by establishing the Center for Artificial Intelligence Research and Education.The center’s scientists are ...

Aaron Denmark always wanted to be a doctor but assumed he didn’t have what it would take to get into medical school. After graduating from California State University, Dominguez Hills, in 2021, he enrolled in an internship with Cedars-Sinai, thinking...

Digestive Disease Week (DDW) is the largest international gathering of physicians, researchers, and academics in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy, and gastrointestinal surgery. DDW2023 will take place May 6-9 in Chicago and showc...

Fred Tallaksen is a performer and choreographer with 35 years in the industry and four Emmy nominations under his belt. But for more than a decade, between dancing and drumming and teaching others to step to the beat, he hid terrible pain that threat...

Cedars-Sinai recently appointed distinguished surgical oncologist Cristina Ferrone, MD, as chair of the Department of Surgery.Known as a collaborative and highly effective leader, Ferrone succeeds Bruce L. Gewertz, MD, surgeon-in-chief and vice dean ...

What if your physician could predict if—or when—you might experience a heart attack, cardiac arrest or another heart-related problem?Investigators are one step closer to achieving this breakthrough in preventive healthcare and offering patients perso...

Research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer detailing the largest examination to date of prostate cancer in transgender women, as well as treatment options that improve outcomes in patients with recurrent prostate cancer, will be presented during the American ...

Study: Post-COVID-19 Conditions Alter a Person’s Immune ResponseA new study led by Catherine Le, MD, and Susan Cheng, MD, MPH, suggests long COVID-19 might be caused by a dysfunction of the immune system. The study, published in BMC Infectious Diseas...

Cedars-Sinai investigators are working to develop a more effective treatment for one of the most common and hard-to-heal musculoskeletal injuries: torn tendons. Investigators led by Dmitriy Sheyn, PhD, assistant professor in the Cedars-Sinai Board of...

A new study by investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai suggests long COVID-19 might be caused by a dysfunction of the immune system. The study, published in BMC Infectious Diseases, found that after people with long COVID-19 rece...

As the nation takes notice of the importance of organ donations during April, National Donate Life Month, Cedars-Sinai is reporting a record-setting year for calendar year 2022.Together, surgeons at the Cedars-Sinai Comprehensive Transplant Center an...

Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have created computer-generated models to bridge the gap between “test tube” data about neurons and the function of those cells in the living brain. Their study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communicatio...

Cedars-Sinai’s commitment to excellence in nursing is being celebrated again because the organization has earned its sixth-consecutive Magnet designation, widely considered the highest honor in nursing.The first Southern California hospital to earn M...

The first prospective study comparing outcomes in patients with pituitary apoplexy—sudden bleeding or death of a pituitary tumor—found that patients managed medically fared as well as those treated surgically in the majority of cases. The multicenter...

MaryAshley Barbot waited 10 years for a new kidney, but the hospitals near her South Carolina home were unable to find a match. Now, the teenager is in the best health of her life, six months after receiving a kidney transplant at Cedars-Sinai.Barbot...

Cedars-Sinai investigators are developing a novel way to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and retinitis pigmentosa using engineered stem cells that may eventually lead to personalized treatments. The new approach uses cells derived from huma...

Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified a genetic variant that increases people’s risk of developing perianal Crohn’s disease, the most debilitating manifestation of Crohn’s disease.The variant generates changes to DNA that lead to a loss of prote...