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G’bari Gilliam was living the life he had dreamed about since childhood. The professional hip-hop dancer had moved to Los Angeles, built a successful career and was rehearsing for his next performance when his heart suddenly stopped.Gilliam, 32, …

Para muchos niños, gran parte de la diversión del verano consiste en ir a la piscina, al parque acuático, la playa, el lago o el río; cualquier lugar donde puedan refrescarse y jugar en el agua.Sin embargo, una de las consecuencias no deseadas de …

For children, a big part of summer fun is hitting the pool, water park, beach, lake or river—anywhere they can cool off and play in the water. But one of the unwanted consequences of spending lots of time in the water is ear infections, commonly …

Reflecting its expanding international reach, Cedars-Sinai is building clinical, scientific and education partnerships with healthcare institutions in Israel. Now, during Jewish American Heritage Month, the organization is recognizing ongoing …

Thursdays are simply magical at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s. That’s when volunteer Patrick Heitkam entertains patients and their families with his magic tricks.Walking into a patient room, he pulls a banana out of the pocket of his uniform …

Professional dancer Mataya Dade remembers the morning two years ago when she felt a lump in her breast. At 30, she wasn’t expecting breast cancer. But Dade turned out to be part of a growing trend of breast cancer diagnoses in young women.According …

Most people give little thought to gravity, the natural force that keeps all of us grounded to Earth. Without gravity, earthlings would be floating about like untethered astronauts.But gravity does much more than that, according to Brennan Spiegel, …

A 10-year-old stem cell donor, the youngest donor ever at Cedars-Sinai, hopes stem cell transplant cures father’s leukemia

In what’s become an annual tradition, the newest Los Angeles Rams class of rookies was welcomed to Cedars-Sinai. The players were greeted by Bryan Croft, Cedars-Sinai executive vice president and chief operating officer.“We know you’re going to take …

It was a sunny day in L.A.— typical, aside from unusually strong winds—and Eugene Kim, MD, surgeon-in-chief at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s, was seeing patients when he got a text message from his daughter’s school.The tone was urgent: “Please …

To mark National Volunteer Week, Cedars-Sinai is spotlighting two of the medical center’s youngest volunteers, who have a very special bond: They are identical twins.Zoie and Midori Punzalan, 20, are both studying to become registered nurses, and …

Anxiety and elation. Uncertainty and admiration. Isolation and connection. Five years since the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown, memories still are vivid and emotions, contrasting.In January 2020, before COVID-19 was officially declared a pandemic, …

Healthcare workers at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s turned a wish into a reality for a 21-year-old patient hospitalized with stage 4 osteosarcoma, a type of bone cancer.Diego Cruz told his healthcare team that his lifelong dream was to travel to …

While flu season in the U.S. typically runs from October through March, California flu season peaks in January and February. The Cedars-Sinai Newsroom spoke with Priya Soni, MD, pediatric infectious disease specialist at Cedars-Sinai Guerin …

‘Twas the days before Christmas and a singing Santa Claus made the rounds at Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s.Santa wheeled a wagon through the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center campus as he brought toys to young patients and their siblings. Santa also sang …