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November 18, 2024
Support hospitalized kids during virtual holiday toy drive
Want to make the holidays brighter for sick and injured children treated at UC Davis Children’s Hospital? Donate a toy.
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November 15, 2024New study shows how salmonella tricks gut defenses to cause infection
A study led by distinguished professor Andreas Bäumler uncovered how Salmonella, a major cause of food poisoning, can invade the gut despite the presence of protective bacteria.
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November 15, 2024UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center names physician-in-chief
David Tom Cooke is now the permanent physician-in-chief of UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center after serving in an interim capacity for the past year.
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November 14, 2024Want to learn about Alzheimer’s disease and help fight it? Be a Beta Catcher!
Researchers are calling people of Hispanic descent to help find and trace plaques linked to dementia. Their work, supported by an NIH grant, helps speed up research on Alzheimer’s.
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November 14, 2024Anti-anxiety and hallucination-like effects of psychedelics mediated by distinct neural circuits
A new UC Davis study suggests it may be possible to separate treatment from hallucinations when developing new drugs based on psychedelics.
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November 13, 2024Community partners key to success of vaccine clinic focused on neurodevelopmental conditions
Community partnerships led to a specialized clinic delivering COVID and flu shots to individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions like autism at the MIND Institute.
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November 13, 2024Asthma may place children at risk of memory difficulties, new UC Davis research finds
Asthma is associated with memory difficulties in children, and early onset of asthma may exacerbate memory deficits, according to a new study.
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November 12, 2024Vice Dean for Research Kim Barrett wins John Snow Public Health Innovation Prize 2024
In recognition of her outstanding research on gut health, Vice Dean for Research Kim Barrett was awarded the John Snow Public Health Innovation Prize 2024.
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November 07, 2024Willow Clinic student volunteers host health and resources fair Saturday in Sacramento
Physical exams, flu vaccines and housing resources are among the services students will provide Saturday at the annual Veteran’s Day Health Fair.
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November 06, 2024The value of a negative result
Spinal imaging for back pain may not be needed, but patients might still ask for it. A program designed to help clinicians engage patients with back pain did not help reduce imaging rates.
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November 05, 20243 faculty honored for excellence in pediatric care
Three UC Davis Health faculty will be honored at the Western Medical Research Conference next year in Carmel.
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November 01, 2024How understanding the secrets of herpesviruses helps fight cancer
Herpesviruses stay dormant in the body until they take over normal cell functions to replicate and cause disease. UC Davis Health researchers are learning about herpesvirus strategies and reversing them to help prevent cancer cells from growing.
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November 01, 2024UC Davis Health convenes experts to seek solutions to national primary care crisis
UC Davis Health hosted a who’s who of state and national thought leaders and physicians eager to improve the declining state of primary care.
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October 31, 2024Medical school awarded grant to share best practices on socially accountable admissions reform
UC Davis School of Medicine and UMass Chan Medical School have partnered to create a toolkit on socially conscious admissions to change the landscape of medicine.
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October 31, 2024The roots of fear: Understanding the amygdala
A new UC Davis study reveals new cell types in the amygdala. The findings may suggest new ways to treat anxiety.
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October 30, 2024Does fidgeting help people with ADHD focus?
During ADHD Awareness Month, a MIND institute expert shares the science behind the link between fidgeting and focus.
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October 29, 2024UC Davis Health recognized as 2024 CHIME Digital Health Most Wired
For the 13th year in a row, UC Davis Health has received the Digital Health Most Wired recognition from the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME). The Medical Center earned a certified Level 9 out of 10 for acute and ambulatory care.
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October 28, 2024UC Davis Children’s Hospital provides life-saving care to Lodi baby
Ruthie Eyer was born with Down syndrome and a heart defect. Coming to UC Davis Children’s Hospital helped save her life.
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October 28, 2024COVID and flu vaccine clinic for individuals with autism, ADHD and other conditions
A specialized clinic at the UC Davis MIND Institute is offering COVID and flu shots for individuals with neurodevelopmental conditions like autism.
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October 28, 2024UC Davis Health acquires innovative cardiovascular CT scanner
The Radiology Department has a new, state-of-the-art cardiovascular CT scanner that provides superior resolution and allows a more comfortable and faster scan for patients.
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October 25, 2024UC Davis Health offers Lung Cancer Screening Day on Saturday, Nov. 9
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and UC Davis Health is making it easy for eligible patients to get screened.
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October 25, 20249 trick-or-treat safety tips for Halloween
With Halloween almost here, injury prevention specialist Jennifer Rubin provides important tips for safe trick-or-treating.
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October 25, 2024Got fever, sore throat and cough? It may be ‘walking pneumonia’
We asked infectious diseases expert Dean Blumberg to answer some questions about walking pneumonia and what families can do to keep children healthy.
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October 24, 2024UC Davis medical residency programs expand to Central Valley
UC Davis resident physicians training in OB-GYN and cardiothoracic surgery are caring for patients in Modesto under a new partnership with Doctors Medical Center.
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October 24, 2024Could a new medical approach fix faulty genes before birth?
A new biomedical tool successfully delivers genetic material to edit faulty genes in developing fetal brain cells. This might stop disease progression of genetic-based neurodevelopmental conditions and provide a cure by the time the baby is born.
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October 23, 2024Orthopaedic project aims to reduce children’s exposure to opioids
Surgeon Amanda Whitaker has received a grant from the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America to study how to reduce opioid use in children.
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October 23, 2024Nathaen Weitzel appointed chair of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at UC Davis Health
Nathaen Weitzel has been appointed professor and chair of the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine at the UC Davis School of Medicine.
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October 22, 2024AI tech helps partner hospital reduce stroke-transfer time by half
UC Davis Health affiliate hospital Adventist Health Rideout is transferring stroke patients for specialty care about twice as fast, thanks to a new AI tool.
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October 22, 2024New Head and Neck Malignancies Innovation Group launched
Cancer center creates innovation group to take on head and neck cancers. Diverse team of scientists and clinicians come from both Davis and Sacramento campuses.
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October 18, 2024Video series aims at improving indoor air quality
Experts at the UC Davis College of Engineering and California Department of Public Health developed a new video series about improving indoor air quality.
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