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By the time cancer survivor Sydnee Meth found an effective treatment for the pain she had coped with for years, her right arm was so swollen and heavy that she could not lift it past her shoulder. She had trouble finding blouses that fit. Seemingly s...

The holidays can be the best of times or the worst of times. High-energy celebrations, the emphasis on good tidings of joy, and reunions with families and friends can bring happiness and comfort, but they can have the opposite effect on people feelin...

This holiday season, Valance Sams, Sr. hopes to finish the most important thank-you note he’s ever written—one he’s been pondering for months. It’s been challenging to get all that he wants to say down on paper, in just the right way. Most days, a fl...

With the holiday season underway, and families and friends gathering to celebrate, a leading Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s pediatrician has one word of advice for parents: Vaccinate.Shervin Rabizadeh, MD, chair of Pediatrics at Cedars-Sinai Guerin C...

Hailing from Park City, Utah, Riley Mulholland enjoyed an upbringing steeped in the vibrant active outdoor sports culture of his hometown. From an early age, Mulholland took to the slopes, played football and lacrosse; he was the definition of a mult...

This Thanksgiving marks a little more than 25 years since Christine Galan became the first person in the Western U.S. to have a combined organ transplant (heart and liver), and nearly five years since she returned to Cedars-Sinai for another organ tr...

The Chuck Lorre Family Foundation is doubling down on its commitment to supporting healthcare opportunities for young people, through Cedars-Sinai’s Youth Employment and Development (YED) Health Careers Academy. The foundation has pledged an addition...

Sitting in his cardiologist’s office at Cedars-Sinai one Friday afternoon in 2022, Cornelius Albert suddenly was unable to move or speak.“I had an attack,” said Albert, 76, who runs a court filing service and lives in View Park. “My limbs went limp l...

How does anyone know for sure that they were born the wrong gender? What should parents do when their child tells them? And how do transgender patients prepare for gender-affirming surgery, if that’s what they decide to do?In recognition of Transgend...

Sudden cardiac arrest remains a deadly and complex condition, but investigators in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have discovered a new method—using a widely available cardiovascular test—for predicting the heart malfunction.“This is proof...

Parents often miss the signs that their child has epilepsy, according to Deborah Holder, MD, a neurologist at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s and a pediatric epilepsy expert.“Every day in clinic I see children who have had for years what many people c...

Imagine mailing a blood sample to a laboratory and a scientist being able to tell you if you have hidden cancer or whether your arteries are blocked.This is the future envisioned by Jennifer Van Eyk, PhD, director of the Advanced Clinical Biosystems ...

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has embarked on a three-year Emergency Department expansion project that will enhance access and efficiency as well as enable more specialty healthcare. When the project is complete, it will add 16,550 square feet to the d...

In a vibrant display of unity and community spirit, Cedars-Sinai joined Charles R. Drew University, Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital and other local organizations as sponsors of the Los Angeles Sentinel’s 18th annual Taste of Soul festival.A...

As the number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) sharply rises in the U.S., new evidence suggests that a common antibiotic—doxycycline—could help prevent the spread of some bacterial infections. Based on results from new clinical trials, the C...

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 i...

It was another boo-tiful Halloween celebration at the Cedars-Sinai Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) on Thursday. Hand-sewn costumes had been specially made for the smallest babies by Cedars-Sinai volunteers and were laid out in the NICU for parent...

She was five days postpartum. Her first child was a perfect baby girl. What was supposed to be among the happiest times in Marisa Dominguez’s life was, instead, the scariest.Dizzy, lightheaded and having trouble breathing, Dominguez rushed to her nei...

Artificial intelligence (AI) already is making a difference in healthcare by helping medical professionals interpret tests, clarify diagnoses and identify the most effective treatment approaches to a range of diseases.As Cedars-Sinai explores new use...

Patients with a dysfunctional aortic heart valve who received a new, prosthetic valve through a minimally invasive procedure had similar outcomes at five years as those who underwent open-heart surgery, a new study shows.The international multicenter...

Huntington Health recently marked the two-year anniversary of its affiliation with Cedars-Sinai Health System. In this brief time, the relationship has brought important benefits to both organizations, their staffs and the patients they serve.Hunting...

In a major push to help bring medical care to people experiencing homelessness, Cedars-Sinai has donated a mobile medical unit to Venice Family Clinic.  Cedars-Sinai also is giving $1 million to the nonprofit community health center to help fund the ...

Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators have identified two promising new treatment options for men with recurrent prostate cancer—both of which helped patients live longer without their disease progressing than the current standard treatment. The results ...

Investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai found that an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm can detect an abnormal heart rhythm in people not yet showing symptoms.The algorithm, which identified hidden signals in common medical ...

As the seasons transition from warm fall nights to cool and wintry evenings, children with asthma often experience a rise in wheezing or chest tightness, because weather changes and cold temperatures are often asthma triggers.And for approximately 4....

Hispanics and Latinos with chronic kidney disease are at significant risk for suffering from sudden cardiac arrest, according to a new study from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai.During sudden cardiac arrest, the heart unexpectedly stops bea...

Cedars-Sinai is expanding virtual healthcare for patients in California through a new mobile app that allows individuals to quickly and easily access Cedars-Sinai experts for sick, chronic, and preventive care.Through the new virtual healthcare optio...

Amanda Butler and Isabella Bugatti, both just entering their 30s, were blindsided by a diagnosis that is on the rise among women their age: breast cancer.They are not the only ones. A recent study in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA Network Open found ...

Three Cedars-Sinai Health System hospitals—Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Huntington Hospital and Torrance Memorial Medical Center—will hold free community flu vaccine clinics on the same day, Sunday, Oct. 8.“We urge everyone in our community to get va...

Cedars-Sinai International has opened a new, conveniently located office in Mexico City.  The new office will help connect patients who live in Mexico with Cedars-Sinai experts in cardiology, oncology, neurology and other specialty areas. Consultants...