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Breaking News

This page contains current news releases, as well as media advisories regarding upcoming medical, community and fundraising events. It is updated as news breaks.

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• Scientist Targeting Mechanisms and Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders Receives Endowed Chair at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (December 22, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Expert Serves Up Recipe for Healthy Holiday Eating (December 21, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Alumni Association Honors Two Noted Cardiologists as it Celebrates 50 Years (December 21, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai First Heart Transplant Recipient, 82, Returns for 20th Anniversary Reunion (December 9, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Expert Offers Prescription for Holiday Blues: Focus on the Joy, Not the Toy (December 5, 2008)

• Patients Sought For Clinical Trial Studying The Cause Of Tremors (November 25, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Researchers Present New Findings at Neuroscience Meetings (November 19, 2008)

• National Leader in Sudden Cardiac Death Research Named Associate Director of Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute (November 18, 2008)

• Study Co-Authored by Cedars-Sinai Expert Shows Testosterone Improves Well-Being in Post-Menopausal Women (November 5, 2008)

• A Heart at Last for Alice (After two years of living with congestive heart failure, Chino woman receives a lifesaving VAD and a new heart (October 17, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Group Ranked One of California's Best (October 16, 2008)

• To Reduce Costs of Medical Care, Pay for Procedures That Are Known to Work, Say Authors of Editorial in Journal of the American Medical Association (October 15, 2008)

• Technology Can Reverse the Effects of Some Strokes, But Stroke Onset Needs to Be Treated Like the Emergency Situation It is (October 10, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Stroke Program Awarded Joint Commission Certification as a Primary Stroke Center (October 10, 2008)

• Combined Minimally Invasive Procedures Offer New Option for Lumbar Degenerative Scoliosis (October 3, 2008)

• Trilogy Image-Guided Radiosurgery System Precisely Targets Tumors and Lesions Near The Spinal Cord and Other Critical Structures (October 1, 2008)

• New Methods Identify and Manipulate "Newborn" Cells in Animal Model of Parkinson's Disease (September 2, 2008)

• Clint Eastwood to be Honored by the Thalians Mental Health Center (August 29, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Surgeons Perform First Two Incision-Free Procedures for Obesity in the Western United States (August 20, 2008)

• Brain Cells Called Astrocytes Undergo Reorganization and May Engulf Attacking T Cells - Understanding the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying this newly discovered response could improve therapy for viral infections, brain tumors and neurodegenerative disorders (August 19, 2008)

• Monthly Group Provides Support for Survivors of Strokes in the Prime of Their Lives (August 18, 2008)

• Teen Athlete With Debilitating Deformities Back on Feet After Complex Surgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (August 4, 2008)

• Drugs Commonly Used for Erectile Dysfunction Allowed More Chemotherapy to Reach Brain Tumors in Laboratory Animal Study (July 28, 2008)

• New Protocol Streamlines Therapy That Makes More Kidney Transplants Possible (July 16, 2008)

• Brain Cancer Study: Magnitude of Post-Vaccine Immune Response Linked to Clinical Outcomes; Stronger Immune Response Correlates With Longer Survival, Giving Researchers a New Tool for Evaluating Effectiveness of Experimental Therapies (July 15, 2008)

• U.S. News & World Report Names Cedars-Sinai to the "Best of the Best" Honor Roll; Hospital Highly Ranked in 10 Specialties (July 11, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Expert Serves Up the Skinny on Healthy and Fun School Lunches (July 9, 2008)

• New System Devised to Guide Doctors Treating Patients With Symptomatic Myocardial Bridging (June 25, 2008)

• Scorching Summer Temperatures Pose Health Risks, Cedars-Sinai Doctors Warn (June 20, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and the Watchman Left Atrial Appendage System: Clinical Trial of Non-Surgical Intervention for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation (June 20, 2008)

• Cedars-sinai Heart Institute and the Evalve MitraClip: Clinical Trial of Non-Surgical Repair for Severe Mitral Valve Regurgitation (June 20, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute and the Sapien Transcather Aortic Valve: Clinical Trial of Non-Surgical Intervention for Aortic Valve Stenosis (June 20. 2008)

• Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion Yields Rapid Recovery; Puts Nursing Student Back on Track to Fulfilling Mid-Life Dream (June 4, 2008)

• Glenn D. Braunstein, MD, Honored With Mastership From American College of Physicians (June 17, 2008)