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Patients and community benefit from drug discount program
UC Davis Health uses federal 340B savings to reduce medication costs for vulnerable patients and improve community health
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Children's HealthJULY 10, 2026UC Davis Health now offers pediatric gastroenterology services at Folsom Turn Pike Clinic
Infants, children and teens with gastrointestinal conditions can now receive care at Folsom Turn Pike Clinic.
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Children's HealthJULY 07, 2026New biologic therapy at UC Davis Health delays onset of type 1 diabetes
UC Davis Health now offers Tzield (teplizumab), a first-in-class biologic therapy designed to delay the onset and progression of type 1 diabetes.
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SurgeryJULY 07, 2026UC Davis Health study highlights health equity challenges, financial burden of aesthetic surgery complications
Researchers from UC Davis Medical Center have identified significant socioeconomic disparities among patients seeking treatment for complications after aesthetic surgery.
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Medical CenterJULY 03, 2026A patriotic flyover from the falcon family
One of the UC Davis Health peregrine falcons seemed to join the Independence Day weekend celebrations this morning with a timely flyover above the medical campus.
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Emergency CareJULY 02, 2026Aimee Moulin named Denny and Jeanene Dickenson Endowed Chair
Aimee Moulin was named the inaugural Dickenson Chair in Emergency Medicine, advancing addiction treatment through research, education, clinical innovation and expanded patient support programs.
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Abril 30, 2026NIH otorga $15.8 millones a UC Davis Health para estudio cerebral latino
Los Institutos Nacionales de Salud otorgaron $15.85 millones a UC Davis Health para un amplio estudio sobre el envejecimiento cerebral en comunidades hispanas/latinas.
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Marzo 06, 2026Estudio muestra que la primera terapia intrauterina de células madre es segura para la reparación de espina bífida
UC Davis Health realizó con seguridad el primer tratamiento de espina bífida combinando cirugía fetal con células madre en un ensayo de Fase 1.
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Febrero 27, 2026
Tipos de dolores de cabeza: sus causas y tratamientos
Es necesario saber identificar cuando un dolor de cabeza es leve o serio para buscar el tratamiento o intervención médica adecuada.
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Diciembre 30, 2025
¿Qué hacer para tratar y prevenir un ataque cerebral?
Una experta nos habla sobre las prácticas médicas y las rutinas de estilo de vida necesarias para evitar los derrames cerebrales.
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Diciembre 15, 2025Las pruebas genéticas salvan vidas, pero muchos desconocen riesgos hereditarios de cáncer
UC Davis Health inicia un estudio para conocer las barreras que enfrentan las sobrevivientes latinas de cáncer de mama para acceder a consejería y pruebas genéticas.
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Cultivating HealthBlood pressure basics: What’s normal, ways to lower it, and when to get help for high blood pressure
Lots of things we do every day can influence our blood pressure, as well as some factors we can't control. Learn about some lifestyle habits that can help lower or manage your blood pressure.
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Kids Considered™ PodcastEpisode Replay - Bedwetting
In this episode replay, we revisit a past episode on bedwetting or nocturnal enuresis.
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Patient StoriesFrom paralysis to cheer practice: UC Davis neurosurgeons help Emily “be a kid again”
After a year of worsening symptoms, she flew to UC Davis — where doctors used augmented reality to get her cheering again.
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Kids Considered™ PodcastEpisode Replay- Summer Sun Protection
In this episode replay, just in time for summer vacation we revisit a past episode on sun protection.
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Kids Considered™ PodcastEpisode Replay- Talking to Teens About Relationships and Sex Part 2
In this podcast replay we visit a past episode talking with psychologist Dr. Brandi Lilies about discussing and modeling healthy relationships, teaching consent, exploring healthy sexuality with teens
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Ranked among the nation’s best children’s hospitals
U.S. News & World Report ranked UC Davis Children’s Hospital among the best in pediatric nephrology, orthopedics*, and pulmonology & lung surgery. (*Together with Shriners Children’s Northern California)
Ranked Sacramento’s #1 hospital
Ranked Sacramento’s #1 hospital by U.S. News, and high-performing in aortic valve surgery, back surgery (spinal fusion), COPD, colon cancer surgery, diabetes, gynecological cancer surgery, heart arrhythmia, heart failure, kidney failure, leukemia, lymphoma & myeloma, lung cancer surgery, pacemaker implantation, pneumonia, prostate cancer surgery, stroke, TAVR, cancer, orthopedics, gastroenterology & GI surgery, and urology.
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UC Davis Medical Center has received Magnet® recognition, the nation’s highest honor for nursing excellence.
World-class cancer care
One of ~59 U.S. cancer centers designated “comprehensive” by the National Cancer Institute.
A leader in health care equality
For the 13th consecutive year, UC Davis Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the educational arm of America’s largest civil rights organization.