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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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• Study in Mice Suggests Molecules in Plants Have Beneficial Effect on Alzheimer's Disease (May 6, 2008)

• Denzel Washington's Hometown Hosts Awarding of Scholarships Bearing Washington Family Name (April 29, 2008)

• Scientists Seek to Defeat Brain Cancer by Chipping Away at Its Foundation From Various Angles (April 21, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Opens Patient Trial of Virus That Attacks Brain Cancer Cells (April 14, 2008)

• Barbra Streisand Endows Program at Cedars-Sinai Women's Heart Center (April 16, 2008)

• Helene A. and Philip E. Hixon Create Endowed Fellowships in Investigative Medicine at Cedars-Sinai (April 4, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Pulmonologist Offers Common Sense Advice on Coping With a Prolific Allergy Season in California (March 25, 2008)

• Leo Gordon, MD, Appointed Physician Advisor for Grateful Patient Program (March 24, 2008)

• Southland's Most Promising Olympic Track and Field Athletes Team with Cedars-Sinai Physicians as Part of Breakthrough Training Program (March 21, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Seeks Participants With Type 2 Diabetes for Study of Implantable Devices (March 21, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute Now Enrolling Women With Recurrent Chest Pains for Aware Clinical Trial (March 11, 2008)

• Researchers Describe Mechanisms by Which Capon Gene Causes Heart Rhythm Disturbances (March 3, 2008)

• Mouse Study: Real-Time Imaging Device May Improve Surgery for Congenital Colon Disease (February 28, 2008)

• Gene Therapy "Trains" Immune System to Destroy Brain Cancer Cells and Reverses Behavioral Deficits (February 19, 2008)

• NIH Report on Intracranial Stent Points Out Need for Upcoming Large-Scale Clinical Trial (February 14, 2008)

• New Strategy Cracks Staph Bacterium's "Golden Armor," Making it Vulnerable to Treatment (February 14, 2008)

• Organization of Prominent Black Women Supports Medical History in the Making (February 12, 2008)

• Minimally Invasive Radiofrequency Ablation Successfully Removes Teen Drummer's Painful, Benign Tumor (February 11, 2008)

• Steven Piantadosi, MD, PhD, Named Inaugural Phase One Foundation Chair in Cancer Research at February 6 Ceremony (February 7, 2008)

• Lung Transplant Gave Actor New Life; New Procedure May Offer Emphysema Patients More Time (February 6, 2008)

• Active Life Begins (Again) at 40 After Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery On Two Disks (January 22, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Physicians Elect William W. Brien, MD, as Chief of Staff (January 9, 2008)

• Cedars-Sinai Studying Whether Omega-3 Fatty Acids Can Help Depression (December 14, 2007)

• Renowned Plastic Surgeons Join Cedars-Sinai Medical Group; Specialists Perform Pediatric Reconstructive and Adult Cosmetic Surgery (December 3, 2007)

• A Baker's Dozen: Cedars-Sinai Nutritionist Offers Holiday Weight Management Tips for Parents and Their Kids (November 30, 2007)

• Avoid the Holiday Blues With These Tips for a Happier Holiday Season (November 29, 2007)

• Patient's Symptoms of Cushing's Disease Beginning to Abate After Endoscopic Pituitary Care (November 28, 2007)

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Group Receives Top Performance Award (November 18, 2007)

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Group Receives Top Rating in State-Sponsored Quality of Care Survey (November 18, 2007)

• Reader's Digest - Heart-Liver Transplant on 23 year old Patient at Cedars-Sinai - Waiting for a Miracle (November, 2007)

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Signs Payment Agreement with Guam Health Insurance Companies (October 15, 2007)

• Cedars-Sinai Wins Award for Excellence in Medical Office Building Management (October 15, 2007)

• Varicose Veins Treated Quickly and Effectively With Next-Generation Ablation Catheter (October 1, 2007)

• New, Non-Invasive Imaging Test Could Help Prevent Heart Attacks (September 27, 2007)

• Cardiologists and Heart Surgeons Meet for "Controversies and Advances" Conference (September 25, 2007)

• Cedars-Sinai's Beth Karlan, MD, Named Editor-in-Chief of Society of Gynecologic Oncologist's Medical Journal (September 21, 2007)

• Cedars-Sinai Hormone Expert Outlines Causes and Treatments for Breast Growth in Men in New England Journal of Medicine (September 14, 2007)

• Treating Arrhythmias with Sub-Zero Temps Helps Patients Lead Active, Symptom-Free Lives (September 12, 2007)