ALS Patient Matt Ashley Shares Learnings From 'Heartbreaking' ...
Matt Ashley is an aerospace engineer who was diagnosed with ALS in March 2021. He shares his experience as a patient at Cedars-Sinai's ALS Clinic and what he's learned from living ...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / May 09, 2022
How to Navigate a High-Risk Pregnancy
Born with heart disease, pregnancy posed a life-threatening risk for Erin Laber. Then she got help from Cedars-Sinai's High-Risk Perinatal Program.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / May 04, 2022
After Lung Transplant, a Return to Running
After years of chronic illness, Toni Perez found life-restoring treatment at Cedars-Sinai and is now back to running 5Ks.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Apr 27, 2022
Teen Back on His Feet After Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Surger...
Growing up in Alaska, 17-year-old Connor McBride had access to many outdoor activities, but had difficulty running, biking and even walking. Cedars-Sinai orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Gl...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Apr 01, 2022
Living with Colon Cancer
Lois Buckman values every second of her time. In an emergency surgery, doctors discovered her colon had been completely blocked by tumors. She learned from Dr. Zuri Murrell that he...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Mar 11, 2022
Double the Joy: Moms Bring Twins Home From NICU
First-time parents, Victoria Green and Emily Mendez, spent two-and-a-half months navigating the NICU after their twins were born early. Cedars-Sinai social workers helped guide the...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Mar 02, 2022
How a 101-Day NICU Stay Led to Bliss
What's a 101-day NICU stay really like? Fransiska, Michael and baby Bliss can tell you all about it.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Feb 18, 2022
This Blood Donor Has Likely Saved Hundreds of Lives
When Michael Hausknost first gave blood at Cedars-Sinai in 1999, he had no idea this initial donation would be followed by 165 others.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Jan 14, 2022
A Kidney Transplant and a Visit from Rampage: Jordan Kirkland'...
When Jordan Kirkland was born prematurely at just 25 weeks of gestation, doctors didn't know if the 1-pound baby was going to make it. She was born with a condition called persiste...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Dec 20, 2021
Best Gift Ever: Patient Gets New Heart and Kidney
On December 25, 2020, advertising executive Shana Pereira finally got the Christmas gift she had been waiting for: a new heart and kidney. Despite a lot of bad news leading up to t...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Dec 06, 2021
Tackling Cancer With Targeted Therapy
DiAnn Smith was first diagnosed with lung cancer in 2007. During a regular follow-up in 2017, doctors found traces of cancer in her left lung. When DiAnn moved to California, she w...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Nov 22, 2021
First-in-human experience of transcatheter mitral valve therap...
Raj Makkar, MD, interventional cardiologist at Cedars-Sinai, used Eos device to treat clinically significant, symptomatic mitral valve disease with transcatheter mitral valve repla...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Nov 18, 2021
Artist Perseveres Through ALS
Ken Brenner continued to make art despite a diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), which gradually paralyzed his legs, arms and hands. Read more.
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Oct 15, 2021
Changing the Conversation Around Pregnancy Loss
After pregnancy loss, many well-meaning people make upsetting comments to grieving women that are meant to be comforting. Rethinking the ways you approach and discuss pregnancy los...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Oct 06, 2021
Nurse Shares Congenital Heart Journey
Jacqueline Avalon was born with a congenital heart condition known as ventricular septal defect, a condition where there is a hole in the wall that separates the two ventricles of ...
Cedars-Sinai Blog / Sep 24, 2021
