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Cancer CareMARCH 20, 2026Free community health and cancer screening set for April 18
UC Davis Health invites the Oak Park community to a free wellness celebration on April 18 to mark Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Month.
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MARCH 18, 2026Building a more sustainable health care model
UC Davis Health has received national awards for its leadership in sustainability and community investment.
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SurgeryMARCH 16, 2026New training model helps surgeons practice minimally invasive spina bifida repair
Engineers at UC Davis Tech Foundry and medical professionals at UC Davis Health have developed a teaching model to train surgeons on fetoscopic repair of spina bifida.
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Cancer CareMARCH 13, 2026National recognition elevates UC Davis Health for its premier lung cancer care
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center earned national recognition for excellent lung cancer care and a strong dedication to supportive screening that helps with early diagnoses.
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Children's HealthMARCH 13, 2026Adrienne Hoyt-Austin receives Eli Gold Prize
Pediatrician Adrienne Hoyt-Austin received the 2026 Eli Gold Prize for excellence in teaching, recognizing her clinical care, mentorship, research, community service and health equity efforts.
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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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Noviembre 12, 2025
Las células madre podrían revertir la ceguera causada por el glaucoma
Una experta y su equipo de UC Davis desarrolla modelos de laboratorio para curar la ceguera causada por el glaucoma utilizando células madre.
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Ranked among the nation’s best hospitals
A U.S. News & World Report best hospital in cardiology, heart & vascular surgery, diabetes & endocrinology, ENT, geriatrics, neurology & neurosurgery, and pulmonology & lung surgery.
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.
Ranked in Tier 1, or top, category for primary care
U.S. News & World Report ranked the UC Davis School of Medicine in Tier 1, or top, category for primary care.
Ranked highly for medical research
U.S. News & World Report ranked the UC Davis School of Medicine in Tier 2 for research.
Nursing master’s degree
U.S. News & World Report ranks the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing’s Master’s Entry Program in Nursing #30 (tie) in the nation.
One of America’s best physician assistant programs
U.S. News & World Report ranks the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing’s Master of Health Services — Physician Assistant Studies Degree Program 35th in the nation (tie).
The nation’s highest nursing honor
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.