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• Cedars-Sinai Researcher: Fat Behaves Differently in Patients with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (February 1, 2010)

• National Leaders in Heart Transplantation and Heart Failure Join Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute (January 21, 2010)

• Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute Named a Top Provider of Cardiac Bypass Surgery by Worth Magazine (January 6, 2010)

• Study Investigates Immune System Alterations in the Brain and May Shed Light on Alzheimer's Disease-Like Changes (January 6, 2010)

• Cedars-Sinai's Bariatric Surgery Program Recognized for High Quality of Care by American College of Surgeons (December 9, 2009)

• Cedars-Sinai Regenerative Medicine Institute to Supply Stem Cells to Scientists Developing Treatments for Huntington's Disease (December 7, 2009)

• A Primary Stroke Center: The Right Treatment at the Right Time - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Stroke Program is one of the largest, most comprehensive centers in Southern California (December 3, 2009)

• Stroke Tipsheet: Technology Can Reverse the Effects of Some Strokes but Onset Needs to be Treated Like the Emergency Situation It Is (December 3, 2009)

• Stroke Specialists Expect County's New Emergency Stroke System to Save Lives and Improve Outcomes through Earlier Interventions (December 3, 2009)

• Cedars-Sinai IBD Expert Awarded Inaugural Endowed Chair Marla C. Dubinsky, MD awarded Abe and Claire Levine Chair in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (December 1, 2009)

• Minimally Invasive Surgery Corrects Scoliosis and Relieves Retired Teacher's Chronic Pain (November 23, 2009)

• Women Suffering Sudden Cardiac Arrest Have Lower Prevalence of Structural Heart Disease Compared to Men (November 16, 2009)

• Cedars-Sinai Perspective on Healthcare Reform Posted Online in New England Journal of Medicine(White paper available at : http://healthcarereform.nejm.org/?p=2303 )(November 11, 2009)

• Obituary: William Ganz, MD, 90, Pioneering Cardiologist and Co-Inventor of the Swan-Ganz Catheter (November 11, 2009)

• Cedars-Sinai Researchers Awarded $5.5 Million from California Institute of Regenerative Medicine to Develop Novel Stem Cell Treatments for Heart Attack Patients (October 28, 2009)

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Group Ranked One of California's Best (October 9, 2009)

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis May Involve a Form of Sudden, Rapid Aging of the Immune System (October 8, 2009)

• Larry King to Moderate Panel of Leading Cardiologists and Cardiac Surgeons Discussing How Healthcare Reform Could Affect Cardiovascular Medical Advances (October 1, 2009)

• Calcium Scans May Be Effective Screening Tool for Heart Disease (September 29, 2009)

• Wildfire Tipsheet (Zab Mozenifar, MD, Medical Director, Women's Guild Lung Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) (September 3, 2009)

• Neurosurgeon Keith Black, MD, to Receive Research Award at Brain-Mapping Congress (August 28, 2009)

• After 11 Years of Back Pain Following an Auto Accident, Newport Beach Resident Finds Relief in Neurosurgery for the Spine (August 25, 2009)

• Stroke Tipsheet - Technology Can Reverse the Effects of Some Strokes, But Stroke Onset Needs to be Treated Like the Emergency Situation It Is (August 18, 2009)

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Offering Genetic Screening for the Persian Jewish Community First 1,000 participants will receive free screening for four common disorders (August 17, 2009)

• Stroke Survivor Talks Prevention to African-American Community and Anybody Who Will Listen (Greg Taylor hopes his eight-year struggle will provide motivation for others) (August 12, 2009)

• Minimially Invasive, Non-surgical Procedure Shrinks Uterine Fibroids (August 6, 2009)

• Rabbi Jason Weiner Appointed New Jewish Chaplain at Cedars-Sinai (July 23, 2009)

• Renowned Stroke Researcher to Chair Department of Neurology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (July 17, 2009)

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Recognized in 11 of 16 Specialty Lists in U.S. News & World Report's "America's Best Hospitals" List (July 16, 2009)

• Cedars-Sinai Medical Group and Cedars-Sinai Health Associates Receive Top Score From California's Leading Managed Care Organization (July 14, 2009)

• Study Identifies Biomarker That Safely Monitors Tumor Response to New Brain Cancer Treatment; Paves the Way to Phase 1 Clinical Trial (July 1, 2009)

• Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute physicians have completed the world's first procedure in which a patient's own heart tissue was used to grow specialized heart stem cells that were then injected back into the patient's heart in an effort to repair and re-grow healthy muscle in a heart that had been injured by a heart attack. Eduardo Marbán, MD, PhD Director of the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, who developed the technique, recently spoke to CBS about the Institute's Phase 1 investigative study. Watch the CBS "Early Show" interview. (June 30, 2009)

• First Human Receives Cardiac Stem Cells in Clinical Trial to Heal Damage Caused by Heart Attacks Heart attack patients receives his own heart stem cells as part of medical study to determine safety of new technique to repair injured heart muscle (June 30, 2009)

• First-Degree Relatives of Patients With The Most Common Cardiac Birth Defect Should Be Screened for Larger-Than-Normal Aortas, New Study Shows (June 9, 2009)

• "Outsmarting Brain Tumors": Cedars-Sinai Researchers, Neurosurgeons and Other Experts Present Free Conference for Adult Brain Tumor Patients and Caregivers (June 1, 2009)

• "Loose Chains" Drummer Eddie Cleland Resumes Life After Brain Surgery (June 1, 2009)

• Stem Cell and Neurobiology Expert Clive Svendsen, PhD, Joins Cedars--Sinai to Head New Regenerative Medicine Institute (May 28, 2009)

• Cedars-Sinai's Women's Cancer Research Institute Recognized as One of the Nation's Top Centers for Gynecologic Oncology National Publication Releases List of Top 10 Programs (May 22, 2009)

• Cedars-Sinai Women's Heart Center Launches Advance Preventive Women's Clinic for Women with Menopause Symptoms Who Are At Risk for Heart Disease ; Customized approach focuses on each woman's heart risk factors and medical history to identify the most appropriate hormone and non-hormone treatment options) (May 19, 2009)

• Pauletta and Denzel Washington Scholarships Awarded May 20 to Three Young Neuroscientsts; Sixth annual presentation takes place at the Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Middle School in Los Angeles (May 18, 2009)

• Study Suggests Women with Difficult to Diagnose Chest Pain Symptoms are at Elevated Risk for Future Cardiovascular Events - First prospective study to examine implications of chest pain in the absence of coronary artery disease (May 11, 2009)

• Renowned Cedars-Sinai Cancer Specialist Awarded Inaugural Endowed Chair - Howard M. Sandler, MD, Receives First Ronald H. Bloom Family Chair in Cancer Therapeutics (May 8, 2009)