How to Think Like a Scientist: A Crash Course
How does a scientist work? We’ve condensed some of the most important insights about scientific thinking into a six-lesson minicourse you can take right now.
Advances in Congenital Heart Disease Have Improved Survival Ra...
Major advances in the field of congenital heart disease have dramatically improved survival rates for babies born within the last 50 years—and outcomes are only improving. Learn mo...
Alone Together - Facing Cancer During a Pandemic
For some, COVID-19 collided with a cancer diagnosis. Cancer patients and experts shared how what they learned helped them navigate the pandemic and beyond.
Breast Cancer Has No Gender
If breast cancer had personal pronouns, they wouldn't be she/her, he/him, or even they/them. Breast cancer has no gender, and that means people of all genders need to learn to asse...
Researchers at Cedars-Sinai are Looking at the Possible Migrai...
The link between migraines and heart disease has long been recognized, but finding the mechanism behind the connection is a bit of a headache.
What to Expect This Flu Season
Last year, the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic overshadowed the absence, for the first time in recorded history, of our usual global pandemic: the flu. That event—or non-event—h...
Discoveries / Aug 11, 2021
Community Exposure
A new study suggests that even for healthcare workers, community—rather than the workplace—is the more common source of coronavirus exposure.
Discoveries / Aug 02, 2021
Enzyme Targeted by Coronavirus Influences Gut Inflammation
Although the coronavirus usually strikes the lungs first, it can inflame and damage organs in the body. A study at Cedars-Sinai shows that the enzyme facilitating these attacks is ...
Discoveries / Aug 02, 2021
Your Head and Your Heart: Understanding the Connection
Research around the link between cognitive health and heart health is growing, with recommendations increasingly mirroring each other. A better understanding could create more targ...
Discoveries / Aug 02, 2021
The Beat Goes On: How Minimally Invasive Surgery Saved A 77-Ye...
Just a decade ago, surgical options were limited for people like 77-year-old drummer Denny Seiwell, who came to Cedars-Sinai with a life-threatening aortic aneurysm. But advances i...
Discoveries / Feb 17, 2021
Being Patient: The Delicate Timing of Organ Transplantation
Organ transplantation involves waiting, rushing, and waiting. With long delays finding the donor organs, the race begins with the transplant, then a lifetime of antirejection maint...
Discoveries / Feb 15, 2021
A Double-Edged Sword: Inflammation and Your Health
Inflammation is the body's defense against injury and infection but, left unchecked, it can ravage organs and trigger disease. Cedars-Sinai scientists are seeking ways to dampen th...
Discoveries / Feb 12, 2021
Employees Jump Into New Roles to Help Cedars-Sinai
More than 400 staffers currently are helping Cedars-Sinai and the community through the Employee Resource Bank, or ERB, a makeshift internal temp-employment service set up in the e...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Dec 10, 2020
20/20 Vision: The Most Critical Discoveries This Century
At the dawn of a new decade, let’s look back with 2020 vision at how some of the biggest medical advances of the past 20 years have emerged from Cedars-Sinai’s labs and transformed...
Discoveries / Oct 22, 2020
Fearless—and No Longer Breathless
Despite an incurable lung condition, Shalini Waran is thriving following treatment including stem cell therapy. Today, she can walk farther and go up and down stairs without being ...
Discoveries / Oct 22, 2020
