In February 2021, Eyes for India held its annual eye camp in Barabanki district, India. At this year's camp, the It Is Written project was able to restore sight to thousands of people. Jacob Prabhakar, an ophthalmologist, thanked God for a successful camp, despite the continuing pandemic. Eyes ...
A multidisciplinary team at Loma Linda University Health has developed a semi-automated care pathway that significantly decreases time of treatment for severe high blood pressure in pregnant women, lowering numbers of morbidity and mortality and potentially reducing disparities in care. The new c...
A record 64 million Americans live in multigenerational households – that’s one in every five U.S. residents with family members ranging from newborns to older adults, all living under one roof. The omnipresent threat of COVID-19 has already heightened concerns for those living in the tiered gene...
As early as April 2020, editorials and small pilot studies in the global medical literature predicted a flood of relapsing and new-onset eating disorders. This was an expected consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent quarantine. As a psychiatrist who specializes in treating patients ...
Stem cell transplantation not only signaled an end to unexpected ICU trips for 62-year-old Moreno Valley resident Margarita Martinez, but also marked the first haploidentical stem cell transplant performed on an adult at Loma Linda University Cancer Center . “It was a historic day,” said Mojtab...
Loma Linda University health professions students are playing a crucial role in the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in San Bernardino County by administering tens of thousands of vaccines to patients from throughout the Inland Empire. Several hundred students from School of Allied Health Profe...