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Wearing a mask doesn't just protect others from COVID, it protects you from infection, perhaps serious illness, too
07/17/2020
A new report from a hair salon in Springfield, Missouri, shows wearing a face mask isn't just altruistic – it also helps keep the person wearing it from getting COVID-19. And some infectious disease experts increasingly think wearing a mask could mean that even if a person is infected, they are more likely to get a milder or even asymptomatic form of the disease.

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South Korean COVID-19 Patient Recovering After Double Lung Transplant
07/09/2020
After a record 112 days on a specialized life-support system, a South Korean COVID-19 patient is recovering from double lung transplant surgery. The patient was treated by Professor Hyoung Soo Kim and Professor Sunghoon Park of Hallym University Medical Center, in Korea. Both physicians had participated in a medical observership at UCLA Health under the guidance of Professor Abbas Ardehali, Professor of Surgery and Medicine Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Director of the UCLA Heart, Lung, and Heart-Lung Transplant Programs.

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Welcome, Robin the AI robot
07/07/2020
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital launches an innovative project to support the emotional needs of children.

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Statin Usage is Linked to a Lower Death Rate in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients
07/03/2020
A new study led by Chinese researchers in collaboration with UCLA's Dr. Yibin Wang, PhD, has shown that people hospitalized with COVID-19 who took statin drugs were less likely to die and less likely to need mechanical ventilation than those who did not take the cholesterol-lowering drugs.

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Woman Receives Double Lung Transplant at UCLA Health After Being Turned Away from Over 20 Hospitals
06/25/2020
She was deemed too “high risk” for surgery but the transplant team at UCLA accepted the challenge of treating her. Miriam Merianos was a healthy woman in her 40s when she got the flu. The virus attacked her lungs and Miriam was placed on a machine called ECMO that worked for her heart and lungs and kept her alive. Her only chance for survival was a double lung transplant, but she was told she was too high-risk for surgery. However, her family was not willing to take “no” for an answer.

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UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital rated among best children’s hospitals in U.S.
06/19/2020
UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital has been recognized for its broad excellence in pediatric care in the 2020–21 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings, published today by U.S. News & World Report. The hospital ranked among the best in the nation in seven pediatric specialties: diabetes and endocrinology, neonatology, cancer, neurology and neurosurgery, nephrology, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, and orthopedics.

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Post-COVID 19 Plans to Provide Exceptional Care to the People of Los Angeles and the World
06/16/2020
Please join us for a webinar hosted by leading Los Angeles medical centers - UCLA Health, Cedars Sinai, City of Hope, and Keck Medicine of USC - that combines the expertise of clinicians, researchers and innovators alike. Join the city's top specialty care providers as they discuss their plans for continuing to provide excellent medical care post COVID-19 pandemic.

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Johnese Spisso of UCLA Health recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of the “50 Most Influential Clinical Executives” of 2020
06/15/2020
Johnese Spisso, president of UCLA Health and CEO of the UCLA Hospital System, has been recognized by Modern Healthcare as one of this year’s 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives. The program acknowledges clinicians who are deemed by their peers and an expert panel to have demonstrated the most influential leadership and impact in the health care industry.

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UCLA Health launches telehealth genitourinary cancer genetics program
06/09/2020
In an effort to help identify people who have inherited genes for genitourinary cancers, UCLA Health and the Department of Urology at UCLA have created a new telehealth cancer genetics program that will provide rapid access to high-quality genetic counseling and testing. According the National Institutes of Health, five to 10 percent of cancers are hereditary.

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Some types of prostate cancer may not be as aggressive as originally thought
06/05/2020
Researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center analyzed gene-expression patterns in the most aggressive prostate cancer grade group — known as Gleason grade group 5 — and found that this grade of cancer can actually be subdivided into four subtypes with distinct differences. The findings may affect how people are treated for the disease.