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Children's Hospital Los Angeles Completes 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment to Help Understand and Strengthen Its Neighborhood

Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 11:05:34 EST

Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) completed the 2022 Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), part of the hospital's continual commitment to better understand the health of its primary "neighborhood" - Los Angeles County - and the people who live there. The CHNA takes a deep dive into the community's health and social needs enabling the hospital to implement strategies to address the key areas of the report's findings.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles Awarded $8.3 Million to Study Long-Term Effects of COVID in Children

Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:00:09 EST

A team of experts at Children's Hospital Los Angeles has received $8.3 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study long-term effects of COVID-19 in children and young adults in order to determine the most effective ways to treat the serious consequences of this condition.

Robots Help Nurses Get the Job Done-With Smiles and Beeps

Cedars-Sinai — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 10:30:13 EST

You can't miss Cedars-Sinai's newest helpers: identical twin robots named Moxi.

COVID-19 Vaccine Available for Children 5 and Older

Cedars-Sinai — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 10:25:50 EST

Cedars-Sinai's COVID-19 vaccine drive-thru is now open to children 5 and older, following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorization and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendation that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is safe and effective in children.

Dr. Lara Cushing Appointed to Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health — Fri, 01 Oct 2021 15:05:30 EST

Dr. Lara Cushing, whose research identifies the disproportionate impacts of harmful environmental exposures on low-income populations and communities of color, has been appointed the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, where Cushing is an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences.

Cedars-Sinai Urgent Care Moves to Updated Clinic

Cedars-Sinai — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 10:05:18 EST

To offer a better patient experience, Cedars-Sinai is moving its Beverly Hills Urgent Care clinic to a modern, updated facility on Sept. 18. The new space--only six blocks from the current clinic--is in the same building as other Cedars-Sinai services, including Primary Care.

Mountain lions moved less, downsized territory during LA's pandemic shutdown

University of Nebraska-Lincoln — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:30:42 EST

As people sheltered in place at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, sightings of wildlife in urban areas helped spawn a meme, "Nature is healing," that reflected an intuitive belief: Carnivores were stretching their legs, and their ranges, by expanding into long-lost territory.

COVID-19 Uptick Triggers Concern

Cedars-Sinai — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 10:15:48 EST

A month after the governor eased pandemic restrictions, it feels almost like a normal summer in Southern California's crowded restaurants, airplanes and beaches.

Angelenos versus New Yorkers: What do they talk about online?

University of Southern California (USC) — Mon, 28 Jun 2021 12:40:32 EST

A new novel computational social science tool detects similarities/differences of topics in online conversation

UCLA Research Suggests COVID-19-related Evictions Will put Californians' Healthcare at Risk

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health — Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:00:50 EST

UCLA Research Suggests COVID-19-related Evictions Will put Californians' Healthcare at Risk The team, made up of researchers from across UCLA and Cedars-Sinai, including Frederick Zimmerman, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of health policy and management, found those who move, even if voluntarily, face reduced access to prescribed drugs and medical services

Due to the COVID surge, ambulances in the Los Angeles area are refusing to transfer patients with no chance of survival

Newswise — Tue, 05 Jan 2021 13:50:15 EST

As the surge of COVID-19 cases increase exponentially across the U.S., the hospitals in the Los Angeles metro area have been particularly hit hard. There are now more than 7,600 people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Los Angeles County. Ambulance crews in the area have been advised to cut back on their use of oxygen and to not bring to hospitals patients who have virtually no chance of survival in order to increase capacity and triage care to focus on the sickest patients.

UCLA Model Identifies Neighborhoods That Should Have Priority for Vaccine, Other COVID-19 Help

UCLA Fielding School of Public Health — Wed, 18 Nov 2020 11:20:34 EST

To help slow the spread of COVID-19 and save lives, UCLA public health and urban planning experts have developed a predictive model that pinpoints which populations in which neighborhoods of Los Angeles County are most at risk of becoming infected.

Many in LA jails could be diverted into mental health treatment

RAND Corporation — Wed, 08 Jan 2020 12:40:48 EST

More than 3,300 people in the mental health population of the Los Angeles County jail are appropriate candidates for diversion into programs where they would receive community-based clinical services rather than incarceration, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

Hypertension Study Based in African-American Barbershops Honored

Cedars-Sinai — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 12:05:33 EST

The Clinical Research Forum recognized the Cedars-Sinai's Smidt Heart Institute with a 2019 Top Ten Clinical Research Achievement Award today for its study aimed at developing a blood pressure control program for African-American men in the comfortable and convenient environments of their barbershops. In just six short months, the study improved the outcomes and control of high blood pressure in more than 60 percent of participants.

A Pioneering Transplant Turns a Baby's Heart Around (Literally)

Children's Hospital Los Angeles — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 08:00:50 EST

Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) recently performed its first dextrocardia heart transplant. The child, known as Baby Ruben, was born with dextrocardia and complex heterotaxy syndrome--including a single ventricle and discontinuous pulmonary arteries, along with other defects. The child received a heart transplant at CHLA at 2 years of age.

New Method Uses AI to Screen for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder

University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 14:35:55 EST

Scientists at the University of Southern California (USC), Queen's University (Ontario) and Duke University have developed a new tool that can screen children for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) quickly and affordably, making it accessible to more children in remote locations worldwide.

Surgery for uncomplicated appendicitis in adults is effective and safe

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 18:05:09 EST

FINDINGS Researchers found that more than 97 percent of the surgeries for appendicitis were laparoscopic, or minimally invasive, and most patients were discharged the same day or the next day. Only 3 percent of the procedures resulted in complications. Rates of unnecessary surgery -- removing a "normal" appendix -- were low (less than 4 percent), but were much higher in people without imaging studies before their operation (nearly 20 percent).

Lab-grown mini tumors could help identify personalized treatments for people with rare cancers

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:05:28 EST

UCLA scientists have developed a new method to quickly screen hundreds of drugs in order to identify treatments that can target specific tumors.

Cedars-Sinai Taps Alexa for Smart Hospital Room Pilot

Cedars-Sinai — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 08:05:55 EST

A pilot program underway in more than 100 patient rooms at Cedars-Sinai is allowing patients to use an Alexa-powered platform known as Aiva to interact hands-free with nurses and control their entertainment. Aiva is the world's first patient-centered voice assistant platform for hospitals. In the pilot project, patient rooms are equipped with Amazon Echos and patients simply tell the device what they need.

Potential of Strategic Partnerships to Form a Health Equity Network of the Americas (HENA)

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 17:05:42 EST

Recognizing the persistence of health inequities in the Americas, an emerging Health Equity Network of the Americas (HENA) describes its approach to promoting health equity through intersectoral partnerships in a newly released issue of Ethnicity & Disease.