IN THE NEWS 2003
A summary of some of the UCSD faculty and staff who have been spreading the good word about UCSD Healthcare through the media, brought to you by Health Sciences Communications . If you have a newsworthy story, click here for our new online form GOT NEWS?, or call 619/543-6163
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Daniel Lozano, M.D., clinical director, UCSD Regional Burn Center, was featured in numerous media stories regarding the pre-Thanksgiving departure of the Novato Fire Department captain who was critically burned last month while fighting the devastating Cedar Fire. In addition, Cox Cable Channel 4 produced a special segment on patients from the wildfires and the burn center staff members who cared for them.
Dr. Lozano, Mayer Tenenhaus, M.D., reconstructive surgery, Gordon Lindberg M.D., burn fellow, nurses Ann Malo, Nancy Coplin, Janine Dubina and Leann Cortimiglia, and administrative assistant Laura Everett were featured in a Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union Tribune articles detailing how the recent fires tested the limits of the unit, which treated 23 victims of the event.
Elizabeth Gilpin, M.S., Cancer Center and Family & Preventive Medicine, was interviewed by the Associated Press about the national American Stop Smoking Intervention Study (ASSIST), on which she was a co-author. The study found that federal anti-smoking efforts are helping to cut down on the number of smokers. Articles appeared in the Chicago Tribune, CNN, USAToday, Newsday, as well as the NBC and ABC news websites.
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Richard Kronick, Ph.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, co-authored an editorial in the San Francisco Chronicle discussing the health plan proposal that is a key issue in the current grocery store labor dispute.
Beatrice Golomb, M.D., Medicine, discussed her recent statin study with the Washington Times. Golomb is studying the effects of statins on cognition and mood. New Scientist magazine says she has documented at least 100 cases of memory problems possibly caused by statins.
Ajit Varki, M.D., Medicine, was interviewed by India Abroad and the UK's Globe and Mail about his findings that a non-human molecular in red meat eaten by humans generates an immune response that could lead to inflammation of human tissues associated with diseases such as cancer.
Stephen Spector, M.D., Pediatrics, was interviewed for a North County Times article that discusses his new study that demonstrates a child's genetic factors are important in determining disease progression and cognitive impairment associated with HIV. The study, published this month in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, reports that monitoring of 1,049 HIV-infected children showed even slight genetic alterations can affect how the virus enters a cell or how the immune system responds to the virus.
John McQuaid, Ph.D., Psychiatry, discussed the effect of the recent fires on the Thanksgiving holiday with the Sacramento Bee.
R. Jeffrey Chang, M.D., Reproductive Medicine, was featured in the Los Angeles Times in an article about polycystic ovarian syndrome.
Steven Garfin, M.D., Orthopedics, was interviewed by Advance Magazine for Imaging and Radiation Therapy on new treatment options in the management of spine fractures resulting from osteoporosis involving crushed or collapsed bone through fracture reduction and the creation of voids in cancellous bone.
Susan R. Hopkins M.D. Ph.D., Medicine, was profiled in the North County Times Entertainment/Arts sections. Hopkins, a watercolorist, is one of two featured artists in the MiraCosta College's Kruglak Gallery November show that is a testament to the powerful pull of art.
Jane Burns, M.D., Pediatrics, discussed Kawasaki disease with The San Diego Channel. Burns has been studying the disease for 22 years. There is still no known cause, but early diagnosis is critical.
Loren Mosher, M.D., Psychiatry, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times for a feature health article discussing electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT.
Gary Firestein, M.D., Medicine, commented for the Associated Press and Newsday on an experimental drug designed to shut down the body's misguided assault on its own joints is showing promise against rheumatoid arthritis, relieving its crippling effects with few, if any, side-effects. It could give doctors another weapon in their arsenal of drugs against rheumatoid arthritis.
John West, M.D., Ph.D., Medicine and Physiology, discussed a study published in the Geological Society of America Bulletin with San Diego Union-Tribune. The study proposes a new explanation to the massive die-off of 90% of earth's creatures more than two hundred fifty million years ago: The denizens of the Permian period died of altitude sickness caused by a drastic decline in atmospheric oxygen.
Ron Rothenberg, M.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, was quoted in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle that discussed the “off-label” use of human growth hormones by athletes and aging Baby Boomers hoping to feel young again.
Doris Trauner, M.D., Pediatric Neurology, was interviewed by The North County Times about a new sound therapy for treating autism.
Mark Wallace, M.D., Cancer Center and Anesthesiology, was interviewed by The San Diego Channel regarding new medications being developed to help treat Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, a neurological problem that usually develops in response to a traumatic injury or medical procedure.
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Daniel Kripke, M.D., Psychiatry, was featured on NBC/Channel 7/39 in a segment on snoring research and treatments.
The UCSD Regional Burn Center’s 30th anniversary was highlighted on Channel 10. The special followed a boy who was burned while playing with a toy gasoline truck.
Marquis Hart, M.D., and Ajai Khanna, M.D., Transplant Surgery, were featured on KFMB/Channel 8's Healthcast in a story about how pancreas transplants are curing patients with Type One Diabetes.
Clifford Shults, M.D., Neurology, was
interviewed by KGTV/Channel 10's "Staying Healthy" segment, discussing a
devastating illness called Multiple Systems Atrophy and a $7 million NIH grant
he's received to coordinate a 12-site study of the disorder.
Daniel Sewell, M.D., Psychiatry, was
interviewed by KFMB/Channel 8 news about tips for including seniors with memory
impairment or behavioral problems in holiday events.
Doug Richman, M.D., Medicine,
discussed AIDS research for a KUSI/Channel 51 segment on World AIDS Day.
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R. Jeffrey Chang, M.D., Reproductive Endocrinology was interviewed by KUSI/Channel 51 on polycystic ovarian syndrome and his study currently underway to treat the disorder.
Andrew Hull, M.D., Reproductive Medicine was interviewed by Fox/Channel 6 regarding a first trimester test to determine Down's Syndrome. The news story also featured SICU nurse, Angela Cloud, as the patient.
Firestorm: UCSD Healthcare In The News
Look for a feature on our UCSD Regional Burn Center in the Sunday, Nov. 9 Los Angeles Times. A reporter and photographer spent two days at UCSD Medical Center this week chronicling the activities of our staff, physicians and patients as part of the newspaper's post-fire coverage.
Governor Gray Davis (D), Governor-Elect Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), Assemblymember Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego) and Joe Browning, senior congressional field liaison for Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-El Cajon), each paid a visit to the UCSD Burn Unit this week to talk to patients and their families. While the nursing and patient care staff was incredibly busy, a few were able to speak about their critical role in responding to this tragedy.
William Hughson, M.D.,
Occupational and Environmental Medicine was interviewed on how air quality is affecting San Diegan’s lungs and precautions they should take to minimize risk. He was interviewed by the San Diego Union-Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, the New York Times, ABC News, Channel 8 and Reuters News Service.David Hoyt, M.D.,
Interim Chair, Surgery, and Daniel Lozano, M.D., clinical director, UCSD Regional Burn Center, were interviewed by the New York Times, CBS Nightly News, the San Diego Union-Tribune, and Channels 10 and 7/39 on patients brought to the hospital from San Diego County Fires. Lozano also explained the condition of the injured fire captain, Doug McDonald, to the San Francisco Chronicle in an article describing the return of the Novato fire crew.Nick Kim, M.D.,
Pulmonary Medicine, was interviewed by Channel 8 on the effects of air quality on the lungs. He was also interviewed by the Union-Tribune on how the air quality is affecting asthma sufferers in the black community.Mark Bracker, M.D.,
Family Medicine, was interviewed by the San Diego Union-Tribune on cessation of exercising during times of poor air quality.Steve Hickman, Psych. D.,
Psychiatry, was interviewed by Channel 8 about normal and abnormal emotional reactions to the fires.Stephen Shuchter, M.D.,
Psychiatry, discussed grief responses to loss of homes with the San Diego Union-Tribune.Jim Dunford, M.D.,
Emergency Medicine, was interviewed live on MSNBC about the physical effects of the strenuous week on firefighters, specifically the dangers of exhaustion.*******************************************************************************************************************
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Gerit Mulder, M.D.,
Surgery, was interviewed by the San Diego Union-Tribune about a gene therapy treatment for diabetic foot ulcers. Mulder was also interviewed by Ivanhoe Broadcasting, a television news distribution service. The segment will be distributed to TV new stations all across the U.S.Lawrence Goldstein, Ph.D.,
Cellular and Molecular Medicine, was featured in the publication New Scientist and the web site Science Now regarding his research that linked a defective protein in Huntington's disease to gridlock in the transportation system that moves signals and vital proteincargoes within the brain, eventually leading to neuron cell death.
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Robert Naviaux, M.D
., Medicine and codirector of the Mitochondrial and Metabolic Disease Center was featured in U.S. News & World Report. Naviaux and some of his colleagues petitioned the National Center for Health Statistics, a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, to officially recognize nearly 400 newly described mitochondrial disorders.Michael Karin, Ph.D.,
Pharmacology, and Michael Geoffrey Rosenfeld, M.D., Medicine, were two of the six La Jolla researchers listed among the world’s most-cited scientists in the past 20 years in Science Watch. Karin is ranked 12th worldwide and Rosenfeld, was ranked 46th on the list. The Diane Bell column in the San Diego Union-Tribune announced the rankings.Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D.,
Pediatrics, was interviewed for the feature story on childhood obesity in the October Rolling Stone.Dennis Carson, M.D.,
the new director of the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center, is featured in the cover story of San Diego Metropolitan. The Cancer Center is also featured in a separate article in this issue.Theodore Friedmann, M.D.,
Pediatrics and Division Head, Molecular Genetics, was interviewed for a Copley News Service report on the status of gene therapy in the on-going battle against major illnesses.Kirk Hammond, M.D.,
Medicine, and Roger Tsien, Ph.D., Pharmacology, were among the UCSD researchers mentioned in a San Diego Union-Tribune article on "technology transfer," the process of transferring research from university laboratories to the private sector.Jon Isenberg, M.D.,
Medicine, died of cancer on October 10. Kim Barrett, M.D., Medicine and Ken Kaushansky, M.D., chair of Medicine, both commented on Isenberg’s contributions in the obituary which appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune and the La Jolla Light.Leon Thal, Ph.D., Neurosciences, discussed the announcement of approval for the first drug treatment proven effective for late stages of Alzheimer’s disease with the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Bing Ren, Ph.D.
and Xiang-Dong Fu, Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Medicine, were featured in a San Diego Union-Tribune article regarding NIH grants they received for studies to discover parts of the human genome that are crucial to biological function.Georgia Sadler, Ph.D.,
and Ann Wallace, M.D., both of Cancer Center and Surgery, were featured in a San Diego Magazine article discussing breast cancer. Cheryl Rock, Ph.D., R.D., Cancer Center and Family and Preventive Medicine, was also featured within the article discussing nutrition and breast cancer.David Burns, M.D.,
Cancer Center and Family and Preventive Medicine, commented in an article carried by the Associated Press about a no-nicotine cigarette that may become a tool to help smokers quit.Leslie Lenert, M.D.,
and Theodore Chan, M.D., Medicine, were interviewed by the San Diego Union-Tribune and all local television news stations about Wireless Internet Information System for Medical Response in Disasters (WIISARD), an NIH-funded, three-year project to develop sophisticated wireless technology to coordinate and enhance care of mass casualties in a terrorist attack or natural disaster.Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D.,
Family and Preventive Medicine, lent her opinion to a San Diego Union-Tribune article detailing the balancing act many menopausal women face weighing the risks vs. the benefits of hormone therapy.A UCSD survey, reported in United Press International, found that most parents will turn to counseling over medication, to help a child who suffers from social anxiety.
The UCSD Regional Burn Center was the recipient of a $21,000 donation from the San Diego Parrot Head Club; it was reported in the San Diego Union-Tribune Night and Day. The Parrot Head Club is also known as the local Jimmy Buffett Fan Club.
Mark Wallace, M.D.,
Cancer Center and Anesthesiology, was featured in the San Diego Business Journal, discussing modern and groundbreaking pain treatment therapies. Wallace is the medical director of the UCSD Center for Pain and Palliative Medicine.Daniel Blanchard, M.D
., Cardiology, discussed coronary stents laced with the new drug sirolimus with Copley News Service. These stents are far less likely to cause obstructive artery scarring than older, uncoated stents, and many patients are demanding them.Michael Kalichman, Ph.D.,
Pathology, was quoted in the New York Times about medical ethics.Ajit Varki, M.D.,
Medicine, discussed the pros and cons of research on chimpanzees in the Seattle Weekly and was interviewed by New Scientist regarding the gene differences between humans and apes. Varki was also interviewed by media throughout the U.S. regarding his paper in Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences showing that a non-human, cellular molecule is absorbed into human tissues as a result of eating red meat and milk products.Victor Nizet, M.D.,
Pediatrics, explained how many people greatly underestimate the importance and influence of the blood-brain barrier, or BBB for the Copley News Service. This barrier helps the body fend off numerous neurological attacks.John West, M.D., Ph.D.,
Pulmonary Physiology, discussed the use of prescription medications for Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) in a special feature section on Mt. Whitney in the Los Angeles Times.TELEVISION:
Gregory Feld, M.D.,
Cardiology, commented on the risks of taking ephedra for a Channel 7/39 story about the more than 200 bills waiting to be signed on Governor Davis' desk. One of the pending bills, SB 582, would ban ephedra products from being sold in California.Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D.,
Pediatrics, appeared on the KPBS program “Full Focus” discussing childhood obesity.RADIO:
Francesca Torriani, M.D.,
Infectious Diseases, was interviewed by KPBS radio on the recent outbreak of E coli in San Diego.STAY TUNED:
Lawrence Goldstein, Ph.D.
and Donald Cleveland, Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Medicine; Victor Nizet, M.D., Pediatrics; and Donna Kritz-Silverstein, Ph.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, will be interviewed by the UC/CBS radio news program "Science Today" regarding their research.Barbara Parry, M.D.,
Psychiatry, will be featured in Woman's World magazine in an article on sleep treatment for PMS.R. Jeffrey Chang, M.D.,
Reproductive Medicine, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times for a November 17 article on his polycystic ovarian syndrome study currently underway.Karen Klein, M.D.,
Pediatric Endocrinology, will be interviewed by KPBS on Thursday, November 13th on whether young girls are reaching puberty earlier and the reasons behind the change.Ulrika Green, M.D.,
Cardiology, will be a guest on KQED's morning show, The Forum, on Tuesday, November 11. She will participate on a panel discussing Women and Heart Disease.Marquis Hart, M.D.,
Transplant Surgery, will be featured on Channel 8, November 21st in a story about pancreas transplant surgery that cures diabetes.Andrew Hull, M.D.,
Reproductive Medicine, was interviewed by Fox Channel 6 for a story on first trimester tests that determine if a pregnant mother is carrying a child with Down's Syndrome.Richard Gallo, M.D.,
Dermatology was interviewed by U.S. News and World Report for an upcoming article on new treatments for skin diseases.
More than 90 UCSD physicians are listed in the October San Diego Magazine's "Best Doctors in San Diego" section. John Drummond, M.D., Anesthesiology, and Theodore Ganiats, M.D., Community and Family Medicine, are featured in the section. In the same issue, David Hoyt, M.D., Trauma Center, is featured in a story about the San Diego trauma system, and Anne Wallace, M.D., Cancer Center and Surgery, is quoted in an article about breast cancer.
Read the news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/10_01_BestDocs.html
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Ajit Varki, M.D., Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, led a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that determined that a non-human, molecule is absorbed into human tissues as a result of eating red meat and milk products, generating an immune response that could potentially lead to inflammation in human tissues. The study received international coverage, including the Glasgow Herald, Newsday, and the Press Association.
Palmer Taylor, Ph.D., Dean, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, was featured in stories about the SPPS groundbreaking and a new collaboration with The Center for Advancement of Genomics, headed by UCSD alumnus Craig Venter, to use large-scale genome analysis to predict the occurrence and outcome of disease. The event was covered widely, including by the San Diego Union-Tribune and Genome Web, Fox 6, Channel 10 and KUSI 51.
Dennis Carson, M.D., Medicine and Cancer Center, has been named to head the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center, replacing Dr. David Tarin, who resigned Jan. 1. The announcement of this appointment was carried in the San Diego Union-Tribune, KFMB Channel 8 news and City News Service.
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Beatrice Golomb, M.D., Medicine, was quoted in USA Today and the Los Angeles Times about a study showing that 1991 Gulf War veterans appear to have a significantly higher risk of the neuromuscular disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Lawrence Goldstein, Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Medicine, was the senior author of a study featured on the "Science Now" website of the journal Science, New Scientist and on the website betterhumans.com. His team found that a protein helps explain a gene defect's role in gumming up and blocking traffic along axons in patients with Huntington's. Goldstein was also quoted about stem cell research in a San Diego Union-Tribune article.
Marilyn Farquhar, Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Medicine, was quoted in a Knight Ridder wire service story about her research on the ubiquitin system, with specific reference to her recent study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
David Burns, M.D., Cancer Center and Family and Preventive Medicine commented for the Associated Press about a preliminary study on nicotine that suggests a renegade cigarette company's no-nicotine smoke deserves more attention as a tool to help quit the habit.
Donald Cleveland, Ph.D., Medicine, Neurosciences and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, discussed with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution the results of the multi-center study he led that found that in mouse models of ALS, the nerve cells (neurons) involved in ALS can either be damaged or saved from degeneration by neighboring non-neuronal cells.
William Bradley, M.D., Radiology, commented in a USA Today story covering this year’s Nobelists in medicine, two scientists whose work on magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, revolutionized the field of medical diagnostics.
Daniel Blanchard, M.D., Medicine, was quoted in a San Diego Union-Tribune article about coronary stents laced with the new drug sirolimus that are four times less likely to cause obstructive artery scarring than older, uncoated stents, according to a new report released today.
Sandra Brown, Ph.D., Psychiatry, discussed her research results with United Press International. Brown’s MRI research indicates that teenage drinkers have impaired brain function on a variety of spatial and visual tasks compared to teenagers with no alcohol problems. The UPI article cited several studies that indicate that alcohol and nicotine have even more adverse effects on teens than adults.
Victor Nizet, M.D. and Kelly Doran, Ph.D., Pediatrics, were highlighted and quoted extensively in a San Diego Union-Tribune "Quest" science feature article about the blood-brain barrier. The article noted a recent paper published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation, in which the UCSD researchers described the first line of defense used by the human blood-brain barrier in response to bacterial meningitis.
Read the original release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/09_02_Nizet.html
Sanjay Nigam, M.D., Medicine, was featured in NewScientist magazine for his research in regenerative medicine, specifically as related to kidney development.
David Bazzo, M.D., Family and Preventive Medicine discussed UCSD’s efforts to improve doctor-patient rapport in an article for the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Gary Firestein, M.D., Medicine and Edward Holmes, M.D., Vice Chancellor for Heath Sciences, were featured in a San Diego Union Tribune article that detailed the how the School of Medicine is preparing to become the first institution in the country to develop a research center devoted exclusively to the treatment and care of osteoarthritis patients.
Barbara Parry, M.D., and Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Ph.D., both of Psychiatry, were featured in a special health section in the San Diego Union-Tribune article discussing how illness and aging affect our sleep patterns.
Dilip Jeste, M.D., Psychiatry, discussed his research results regarding depression in older people with the San Diego Union-Tribune. An estimated 6 million people between ages 35 and 55 have some form of depression. As the baby boomer generation ages, that number is expected to double in the next 30 years. Jeste also discussed the prevalence of prescription drug abuse among the baby-boomer generation in a related article in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Tom McAfee, M.D., UCSD Physician in Chief, discussed health check-ups in a special health section of the San Diego Union-Tribune.
J. Christian Gillin, M.D., Psychiatry, internationally known and widely honored for his seminal research on sleep and mood disorders, has died of cancer. Dr. Gillin was the author of more than 500 scientific articles. The news of his death was carried by the San Diego Union Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times newspaper as well as numerous publications within the institutions he was affiliated with during his career. http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/09_16_Gillin.html
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Kenneth Chien, M.D., Ph.D., Medicine, appeared on the annual Multiple Dystrophy Telethon, broadcast nationally, describing heart failure in patients with multiple dystrophies and how his research may help find answers to the causes of heart failure.
Kim Faris, R.D., Nutrition and Dietetics, was interviewed by Channel 7/39 on low carbohydrate diets such as Atkins.
Philip Anderson, Pharm.D., Drug Information Services, was interviewed by Channel 10 on fire retardant chemicals found in breast milk.
Alan Hargens, M.D., Orthopaedics, appeared in a Channel 10 story on the UCSD/NASA identical twin study in which the twins stay in bed for 30 days to establish a scientific basis for use of exercise to maintain fitness in space.
Steven Garfin, M.D., Orthopaedics, was interviewed live on the Fox 6 News Morning Show. Fox interviewed Dr. Garfin about being chosen as one of San Diego's Best Doctors by his peers in the latest issue of San Diego Magazine.
Maria Savoia, M.D., Vice Dean, Medical Education, and medical students Christian Hamlat, Oscar Casillas and Kelly Hodgkiss-Harlow were interviewed by KGTV/Channel 10 about medical students increasingly considering their lifestyle when choosing specialties. A recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association said more future doctors are choosing specialties with a set schedule because they want a family life. However, many medical students at UCSD School of Medicine seem to be bucking the trend. The feature also appeared on TheSanDiegoChannel.com.
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Daniel Kripke, M.D., Psychiatry, was interviewed by NBC 7/39 for a November special news segment on snoring.
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Christopher Cannavino, M.D.,
Pediatrics, and Mark Bracker, M.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, were the authors of a study on a transdermal anti-inflammatory cream that can be applied directly to the site of a sports injury or overused muscle. The San Diego Union-Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Copley News Service and Pittsburgh Post Gazette carried stories about the study. Read the original release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/07_11_Bracker.htmlPRINT:
COILS, the College of Integrated Life Sciences, was featured in a prominent San Diego Union-Tribune article that described the program's multiple components, with special mentions of the Institute of Molecular Medicine and the Clinical Investigation Institute (with new director Gary S.
Firestein, M.D., who was pictured in the article). The goal of COILS is to rapidly move discoveries from university labs into local biotechs and pharmaceutical companies for further development, and then back to the university for clinical trials and ultimately, for patient care. Contributing to the article were Edward Holmes, M.D., Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences; Jerrold Olefsky, M.D., Medicine; Thomas Kipps, M.D., Ph.D., Cancer Center and Medicine; Edward Dennis, Ph.D., Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Tony Yaksh, Ph.D., Anesthesiology.Larry Schniederman, M.D., Medicine and Family and Preventive Medicine, was interviewed by the San Diego Union-Tribune regarding his report published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that found a significant reduction in non-beneficial life sustaining treatments for dying patients in hospital intensive care units (ICUs), when health care providers and family members were provided with ethics counseling. Read the original news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/09_02_Schneiderman.html
Katie Bogue, R.D., Community Pediatrics, was featured in an article in the San Diego Union Tribune that discussed the San Diego "5 a Day" campaign, and her goal to get kids past the "ick" factor when it comes to food and come to see fruits and vegetables as their friends.
UCSD researchers have discovered a second site for a gene or genes that cause Joubert syndrome, reported United Press International. City News Service also reported on the research. Read the original release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/09_03_Gleeson.html
David Bazzo, M.D., Family Medicine, was interviewed by the National Medical Records Journal on communication with patients, specifically, patients with low education and poor understanding of the medical system.
Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Ph.D., Psychiatry, was featured in a San Diego
Union-Tribune article about her studies showing that ancient religious
references to sleep disorders are related to much of what science has learned
about sleep problems.
Harvey Karten, M.D., Psychiatry and Neurosciences, was featured in a San
Diego Union-Tribune "Quest" feature on bird research.
Leon Thal, Ph.D.,
Neurosciences, was the lead quote in a Business Week article about the future of memory enhancing drugs. At least 60 pharmaceutical and biotech companies around the world are working on novel memory pills.The Center for Autism Research has become the hub for studying autism, reports the San Diego Union-Tribune. Autism is a lifelong disability that is challenging to any family. But when that family is composed of immigrants --many of whom don't speak English, are poor and lack education -- the burden is overwhelming.
Kelly Doran, Ph.D., Pediatrics, was featured in a report on United Press International regarding her research study that has discovered how strep bacteria, the leading cause of bacterial meningitis in newborns, are able to penetrate the defensive membrane -- called the "blood-brain" barrier -- around the brain, and how the resulting infection provoked acute swelling.
Read the original release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/09_02_Nizet.html
Sara Steinhoffer, Health Sciences Communications and Public Affairs, was featured in a San Diego Union Tribune sports article. Steinhoffer has been a competitive swimmer from age 5, and recently swam in the women’s Masters division of the famed La Jolla Rough Water Swim.
Madhu Alagiri, M.D., Surgery, was interviewed by the San Diego Union Tribune regarding the question of whether physical attributes can adequately define one’s sex, especially when those attributes are contradictory, as with hermaphrodites or intersex babies.
Igor Grant, M.D., Psychiatry, was featured in a WebMD article that discussed how clinical studies of medicinal cannabis are vital in providing meaningful data to inform the medicinal cannabis debate. Grant discussed the research going on to discover how cannabinoid receptors in the human brain are providing a wealth of basic science research that will hopefully have clinical and practical applications to many different medical indications.
William Bradley, M.D., Radiology, was featured in a San Diego Business Journal article announcing the new agreement between UCSD and Molecular Imaging Corp. to be the first PET/CT facility in San Diego County. Read the original news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/08_28_Hoh.html
James Dunford, M.D., Emergency Services, was interviewed for a feature article in the San Diego Union-Tribune about "frequent fliers", mentally ill patients who make repeated trips to the local county Emergency Rooms.
Howard Taras, M.D., Pediatrics, was interviewed by HealthDay for Yahoo News regarding the ABCs of medicine use. Taras outlined safe and useful ideas for school children who need to take medications during the school day.
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Eric Courchesne, Ph.D., Neurosciences, was interviewed on CNN about his autism research. The interview was part of an audience participation segment on autism.
Ori Ben Yehuda, M.D., Cardiology, was interviewed by KGTV/Channel 10 about a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that reports patients receiving a drug cocktail of sugar (glucose), insulin, and potassium, can greatly increase the chance of survival for certain heart attack victims. As a deputy editor of the publication, Dr. Ben-Yehuda was very familiar with the study and therapy.
David Guss, M.D., Emergency Medicine, was interviewed by KGTV/Channel 10 on emergency room care changes being instituted in November by the federal administration.
Barry Greenberg, M.D., Cardiology, was interviewed by Fox/6 for a story on the CHARM study, a nationwide clinical trial that showed that Atacand, a new drug to treat cardiomyopathy, is an important new addition to the treatments now available for management of chronic heart failure. Dr. Greenberg was a leader in the local and national components of the study.
Daniel Blanchard, M.D., Cardiology, was interviewed by Channel 10 on aortic dissection, a heart condition that killed actor John Ritter.
Bret Pickering, M.D., Pediatrics, was interviewed by NBC 7/39 for a story on the rising incidence of obesity in toddlers. The focus was to urge parents to limit their use of strollers and carriages to transport their children, and whenever possible to encourage young children to walk and to be active. The goal is to prevent early obesity and also to develop healthy habits in children rather than to encourage sedentary behavior.
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John Kelsoe, M.D., Psychiatry, was interviewed by KPBS radio about his discovery of the first gene for bi-polar disorder.
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Victor Nizet, M.D., and Kelly Doran, Ph.D., Pediatrics, were interviewed by the San Diego Union-Tribune for an upcoming science feature on their work that described the first line of defense used by the human blood-brain barrier in response to bacterial meningitis.
Maria Savoia, M.D., Vice Dean, Medical Education, and medical students Christian Hamlat, Oscar Casillas and Kelly Hodgkiss-Harlow were interviewed by KGTV/Channel 10 about medical students increasingly considering their lifestyle when choosing specialties.
Terry Davidson, M.D., Otolaryngology, was filmed by Cox Channel 4 performing sinus surgery on a patient who has lost her sense of smell due to polyps. The segment will air some time in the fall.
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Edward Holmes, M.D., Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, was the lead quote
in an article carried in the New York Times that reported that UCSD, along with
UCSF and Stanford, is joining with SRI International in a consortium called
PharmaSTART. Numerous other newspapers and scientific news outlets (including
the Scientist, the San Diego Union-Tribune, San Jose Mercury News and San
Francisco Chronicle) carried the announcement about this collaborative effort
that will help convert promising scientific discoveries into investment-worthy
drugs. Also quoted was Jerrold Olefsky, M.D., Medicine and a member of the PharmaSTART steering committee.
Read the original news release:http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/08_05_Olefsky.html
Edward Dennis, Ph.D., Chemistry and Biochemistry, and principal investigator
for the collaboration, was interviewed by several newspapers and scientific news
outlets, including Nature, GenomeWeb, San Diego Union-Tribune and the Scientist,
about the $35 million, five-year grant the National Institute of General Medical
Sciences awarded to the Lipid MAPS consortium to study the full complement of
lipids in the cell.
Read the original news release:http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/08_05_Dennis.html
Mark Wallace, M.D., Cancer Center and Anesthesiology, was interviewed by numerous local television stations and La Jolla Village News about the importance of seeing a pain management specialist to treat chronic or recurring pain. This was done in conjunction with a live presentation by comedian Jerry Lewis at UCSD Medical Center, Hillcrest, who discussed his long battle with pain.
Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D., Pediatrics, was interviewed by NBC's "Dateline" for a special on obese children. The network is following several children over a few months as they participate in different weight loss programs. Schwimmer was also interviewed by the San Diego Union-Tribune for an article that will examine whether it is healthy or dangerous for children to pursue strength training.
UCSD biomedical research has received a $12 million gift from the Leichtag Family Foundation to increase biomedical research on childhood illness and developmental problems, such as blindness, deafness and brain disorders. The news of the gift was reported both in the San Diego Union-Tribune, La Jolla Light and City News Services.
Joel Dimsdale, M.D., Psychiatry, was mentioned in a report carried by the Associated Press regarding the vote by the faculty of the University of California to revise the institution's policy on academic freedom, endorsing changes that would allow professors more latitude to express their political and personal beliefs in the classroom. Dimsdale proposed amending the revision to include the anti-coercion wording as well as a phrase banning the use of instruction as a means to nonacademic ends. Similar articles appeared in the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle.
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Eliezar Masliah, M.D., Neurosciences, was featured in Advance News Magazine discussing the collaborative research findings involving a molecule that naturally degrades a protein linked to Alzheimer's disease. The molecule appears to reduce the levels of that protein by nearly 50 percent when delivered by gene therapy.
Mark Bondi, Ph.D., Psychiatry, in a USAToday article, discussed brain scans as a tool for early discovery and drug effectiveness testing for memory-loss cures and the scientists who are finding answers to why old and young Americans struggle to remember.
Igor Grant, M.D., Psychiatry, was featured in a medical news and perspectives article on "medical marijuana" in the Aug. 20, 2003 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. Grant is the director of UCSD's Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research.
Beatrice Golumb, M.D., Ph.D., Medicine, commented on a Canadian study for United Press International. The study maintains that a diet composed of specific plant foods can lower cholesterol as effectively as conventional drug treatment.
David Williams, Ph.D., Pharmacology, commented about the prospect of an eventual genetic cure for Usher syndrome for the San Diego Union Tribune in a 3-part story about a family that is fighting the disease. KOGO/Channel 10 also recently carried a segment profiling Williams’ Usher syndrome research.
Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D., Pediatrics, commented in an article in the Union Tribune on the safety of weight training for children. He stated that in addition to building muscle mass, increasing metabolism and bone density, it also sets a positive lifelong fitness precedent.
Cheryl Rock, Ph.D., R.D., Cancer Center and Family & Preventive Medicine, was interviewed by Cooking Light magazine about healthy foods for women.
Mark Ellisman, Ph.D., Neurosciences, was quoted in Advance News Magazine in a report describing how Taiwan, one of the regions hardest hit by SARS, recognized the potential value of Telescience technologies developed by UCSD affiliates, and contacted the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research for help combating the spread of the virus.
David Burns, M.D., Cancer Center and Family and Preventive Medicine, was interviewed by Woman's World magazine about the health risks of smoking even a few cigarettes a day.
Karen Oppenheimer, M.D., Medicine, was profiled in the sports section of the San Diego Union-Tribune. She rode in the California AIDS Ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 1996, moved to San Diego later that year for her internship and entered her first triathlon in '97.
John Pierce, Ph.D., Cancer Center and Family and Preventive Medicine, provided expert commentary for the Sacramento Bee in an article stating that illegal cigarette sales to California teens dropped 37 percent over the past year, according to statistics gathered during an annual sting operation by state law enforcement officials.
Frank Mannino, M.D., Pediatrics, expressed his opinion in a story carried by City News, that California is shortchanging babies by screening them for only four metabolic disorders, rather than the minimum of nine that the March of Dimes recommends.
Fred Millard, M.D., Cancer Center and Medicine, was interviewed by American Medical News for a story about PSA tests for prostate cancer.
Leon Thal, M.D., Neurosciences, offered his opinion in the San Diego Union-Tribune regarding a new study about an enzyme discovered by San Diego scientists eight years ago and found in all human cells, which helps prevent the devastating brain damage seen in Alzheimer's disease.
Steven Edelman, M.D., Medicine, was featured in a profile of Diabetes Talk Radio, a local radio program designed to encourage dialogue and dispense the latest information on the fourth leading cause of death by disease in the country.
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William Taylor, M.D., Neurosurgery, was filmed by Fox/Channel 6 performing an ACD operation on their evening news anchor, Brian Christie. The patient used the opportunity to turn the surgery into a news story promoting the benefits of the operation.
Nikhil Kansal, M.D., Vascular Surgery, was interviewed by KSWB/Channel 5 regarding a leg surgery that saves the legs of diabetics and other patients with severe vascular insufficiency who would otherwise have to undergo amputation.
Ori Ben-Yehuda, M.D., Cardiology, was a guest on KUSI/Channel 9/51. He discussed his study examining the relationship between sleep apnea and hypertension. Dr. Ben-Yehuda demonstrated the breathing device that patients wear during the study and answered questions on why sleep apnea may contribute to refractory hypertension. After the interview the research coordinator received 18 phone calls from interested volunteers who watched the show.
James Dunford, M.D., Emergency Department, was interviewed by Fox/Channel 6 for tips on staying healthy in the heat.
Gregory Feld, M.D., Cardiology was featured on KGTV/Channel 10 about his recent cryoablation feasibility study to successfully ameliorate atrial fibrillation.
Georgia Robins Sadler, Ph.D., Cancer Center and Surgery, was interviewed for comment by KFMB/Channel 8 regarding new research from another institution strengthening the notion that breastfeeding reduces a woman's risk of developing breast cancer.
David Hoyt, M.D., Trauma Center and Dan Davis, M.D., Emergency Department, were interviewed by KGTV/Channel 10 regarding a trauma center study using blood substitute on trauma patients.
Tom Kipps, M.D., Ph.D., Cancer Center and Medicine, was interviewed by KGTV/Channel 10 about a new UCSD clinical trial of an experimental immune therapy using the patient's own T cells to fight chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL).
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James Dunford, M.D., Emergency Department, was interviewed on "Talk of the City", KPCC Southern California Public Radio (NPR) about the campaign for people to use Urgent Care Centers instead of emergency departments.
Christy Jackson, M.D., Neurology, was interviewed by KPBS, on strokes and stroke prevention. During the segment Dr. Jackson fielded numerous calls, answering questions ranging from the effects of stroke to the use of hormone replacement therapy to the warning signs of stroke. The show received so many phone calls that the producers were not able to accommodate all of them by the end of the program segment.
Theodore Friedmann, M.D., Pediatrics and Division Head, Molecular Genetics, was a guest on National Public Radio's "Science Friday" to discuss gene therapy and recent attempts to utilize the therapy for Parkinson's patients.
David Bazzo, M.D., Family Medicine, was interviewed by KPBS about patient safety and educating medical students on how to develop physician/patient relationships.
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Several UCSD physicians and administrators were interviewed by the San Diego Union-Tribune for an upcoming special supplement on various health topics, including arthritis, substance abuse, sleep disorders and physician-patient relationships.
Georgia Robins Sadler, Ph.D., Anne Wallace, M.D., (both of the Cancer Center and Surgery) and clinical nurse Debi Noel were interviewed by San Diego Magazine for three articles in the magazine's October issue, which will carry a special health section on breast cancer.
Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Ph.D., Psychiatry, is the focus of a San Diego Union-Tribune feature article Thursday, Aug. 28 regarding her study that showing sleep references in religious teachings.
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With a two-page spread including a large photo, Newsweek featured a story about research by
Eric Courchesne, Ph.D., Neurosciences, and associates Natacha Akshoomoff, Ph.D. and Ruth Carper, Ph.D., showing that the development of autism is linked to infants with a small head circumference at birth, and rapid brain growth during the first year of life. The study led by Courchesne and done with Children's Hospital and Health Center, appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). Similar news stories appeared worldwide, including the first page of the Wall Street Journal's "Marketplace" section, the first page of the Washington Post's health section, the London Times, the BBC, the Montreal Gazette, the Sydney Morning Herald, and in newspapers throughout the United States and the world via Associated Press and Reuter's wire services. Additional stories were done by MSNBC, the Los Angeles Times, New Scientist, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Oakland Tribune and more. Courchesne's findings were highlighted on Fox network news, and his work was featured in a lengthy segment on NBC's Today Show and on a segment repeated throughout the day on CNN as well as CBS Nightly News. JAMA produced a video news release on the study (including interviews with Courchesne) for its weekly "JAMA Report," which was distributed to TV news stations throughout the United States.Associated Press Online carried the news of a new study that shows that the anthrax bug
swiftly disarms the sentinels of the body's immune system, hampering their ability to defend against the potentially lethal bioterrorism agent. The story referenced and quoted Michael Karin, Ph.D., Pharmacology, regarding his previous anthrax study, published in Science. The AP story was carried worldwide, including The Globe and Mail of Canada, and the Kansas City Star. CBS news also included his observations on the study in their report.ScienceDaily reported on the research of
Mark Bracker, M.D., Family and Preventive Medicine. The study, reported in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, has shown that a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) applied as a cream directly to the skin is safe and effective in lessening muscle soreness experienced 24 to 48 hours following exercise, when soreness reaches its peak. In addition to senior author Bracker, Christopher R. Cannavino, M.D., Pediatrics, and Lawrence A. Palinkas, Ph.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, were involved in the study. The report was also carried by Ascribe news service.PRINT:
Science Daily reported that UCSD researchers led by senior author
Steven Hillyard, Ph.D., Neurosciences, have provided new evidence that resolves a long-standing scientific controversy regarding human visual attention and the ability to divide that attention between more than one stimulus within a broad visual field. Their research was published in the July 17 issue of the journal Nature. Read the original news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/07_16_Hillyard.htmlComments by
John Kelsoe, M.D., Psychiatry, appeared in an article on Dr. Koop.com regarding research that indicates that vulnerability to depression may lie in your DNA.San Diego Union-Tribune discussed the current San Diego County campaign message for people who crowd busy emergency rooms with simple ailments: If it is not a true medical crisis, go to an urgent-care center or community clinic instead. Otherwise, you could delay treatment for people with life-threatening conditions.
Jim Dunford, M.D., Emergency Medicine, and medical director for San Diego's 911 system, was featured in the article discussing the importance of this message.The San Diego Union-Tribune printed a feature story on scar tissue and the work of Richard Gallo, M.D., Dermatology in the field of wound repair and scar tissue.
Mario Chojkier, M.D., Medicine, and his research work in the field of liver scarring were also cited in the article.Marilyn Farquhar, Ph.D., chair, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, noted on Bionity.com that the findings from their latest research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences should be of interest to the pharmaceutical industry since G proteins regulate everything from hormone secretion to the beating of the heart. Read the original release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/07_22_Farquhar.html
Janine Dubina, nurse manager, was interviewed for the inaugural website Nurse Managers.com on Nurse Zone.com, regarding the budgets for nursing floors in a hospital. The interview included positive patient outcomes at affordable prices, devising a budget for employees and patients, as well as shrinking hospital budgets over the years.
The work of
Jeffrey Esko, Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Medicine, was highlighted in the July 11 issue of the journal Science, which noted that Esko was the "main innovator" in a promising approach in cancer research that involves diverting specific gylcosylation pathways into a metabolic dead end.Stephen Wasserman, M.D., Medicine, expressed his skepticism about a recent European study to the San Diego Union Tribune. The study indicated that swimming in chlorinated indoor pools could be an important cause of the global surge in childhood asthma.
Diane Bell's column in the San Diego Union Tribune mentioned the August Redbook Magazine article on miracle babies that featured Neil Finer, M.D., Neonatology, and Taylor Mugg, the smallest surviving baby ever born at UCSD Medical Center.
Good Housekeeping picked up the USAToday story that featured comments by Contance Nagi, M.D., Dermotology, on the safety of sunless "spray tanning."
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KUSI ran a story on the annual Infant Special Care Unit Little Grad picnic that took place on Saturday, July 19 in Balboa Park. The story featured footage of the many healthy, active children playing at the picnic, who lived their first weeks and months in the Hillcrest unit.
Channel 10 reported that researchers, led by David Williams, Ph.D., Pharmacology, have recently made an important discovery that could one day lead to a treatment for a rare disease that leaves children profoundly deaf and later in life steals away their sight. The story was also carried on Channel 10's website, The San Diego Channel:
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Bruce Barshop, M.D., Ph.D., Pediatrics, was interviewed by Kenny Goldberg of KPBS regarding the cancellation of the California Expanded Newborn Screening Program.
Igor Grant, M.D., Psychiatry, was a guest on NPR Science Friday to discuss the status of medicinal cannabis.
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Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D., Pediatrics, was interviewed by Rolling Stone magazine for a feature on quality of life for obese children.
Dennis Goodrich, director, Facilities and Safety Management, was interviewed by San Diego Metropolitan Magazine for the August issue on the state legislation requiring hospitals to meet life-saving earthquake standards by 2008 and additional improvements and expansions at UCSD hospitals.
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Eric Courchesne, Ph.D., Neurosciences, was interviewed by numerous news media for a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The team, which included Natacha Akshoomoff, Ph.D. and Ruth Carper, Ph.D., found that a small head circumference at birth, followed by a sudden and excessive increase in head circumference during the first year of life, appears to be an early indicator of autism. Among those interviewing the team were NBC network news, CNN, Associated Press, Bloomberg News, National Public Radio, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, the news section of the journal Lancet, the BBC, AP radio news, and various local news media. In addition, JAMA selected this study to highlight in a news release and in a video presentation that was made available to television stations throughout the United States. Read the original news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/07_15_Courchesne.html
Reuters wire service, the LA Times, the news section of JAMA, and numerous other news media wrote about a study led by Igor Grant, M.D., Psychiatry, regarding long-term effects to the central nervous system of smoking marijuana. The research team analyzed data from 15 previously published, controlled studies to determine that there were only minimal long-term effects on the neurocognitive ability of adults. Read the original news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/06_27_Grant.html
Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune, announced the death of Leland Rickman, M.D., Infectious Diseases. Rickman died of natural causes, June 24 while on a teaching assignment in Lesotho, a small country bordered on all sides by South Africa.
Channel 51 interviewed Mayri Sagady, C.N.M., M.S.N., Birth Center, and Ann Fulcher, C.L.E., C.D., Hearts and Hands Doula Program, on midwife and doula services available in the UCSD Hillcrest Birth Center. KPBS and La Jolla Light both covered the event also.
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Tom McAfee, M.D., Physician in Chief, was interviewed by the San Diego Union-Tribune regarding the current rates for Medi-Cal that are lower than those the government pays for comparable care in 41 other states.
Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D., Pediatrics, was interviewed by Family Circle magazine for an article on childhood obesity--the epidemic, consequences, prevention, and treatment.
Newsweek reported on technology that is now helping to pinpoint changes in socially anxious brains. Using MRI scans, Murray Stein, M.D., Psychiatry, has found that when people with the disorder are shown pictures of angry faces, their amygdala--the brain's fear center--lights up with more activity than it does in people without the condition. Now Stein is looking deeper to see if the amygdala itself is overreacting or if the problem starts even earlier, in the processing of fear.
United Press International announced that UCSD medical researchers have found a skin cream that can help alleviate muscle pain, not just mask it. Reporting in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine, the researchers said a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, or NSAID, named ketoprofen appeared to relieve muscle soreness when applied as a cream 24 to 48 hours following exercise, when muscle soreness peaked. Read the original news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/07_11_Bracker.html
USA Today discussed "spray tanning" with Constance Nagi, M.D., Dermotology. "Spray tanning" has spread beyond the big cities into salons, health clubs, spas, and malls across the country as a safe alternative to UV tanning.
Redlands Daily Facts discussed proper nutrition for cancer patients with Cheryl Rock, Ph.D., R.D., Cancer Center and Family & Preventive Medicine. Cancer patients are encouraged to eat whatever they can to keep up their strength during treatment. With early detection efforts and treatments improving the odds of surviving cancer, an increasing number of Americans are asking how they should eat after treatment.
Jim Dunford, M.D., Emergency Department, was interviewed by the Union-Tribune on the County's project to encourage people to use Urgent Care Centers to help alleviate San Diego County's overcrowded emergency rooms.
The August issue of Redbook Magazine, featured Taylor Muggs, the smallest surviving baby ever born at UCSD Medical Center, and Neil Finer, M.D., Neonatology, who oversaw her lengthy NICU stay. Taylor was born at 23 weeks in November 2000, weighing only 12 ounces. The article follows medical staff interventions and Taylor's struggle to survive.
City News Service carried the announcement that William Bradley, M.D., chair, Radiology, has received the highest honor from the Radiological Society of North America. Bradley is the youngest member to receive this honor. Read the original release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/07_07_Bradley.html
San Diego Union-Tribune featured Ellen Beck, M.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, and her efforts to team with UCSD medical students in downtown San Diego at night to provide care to dispossessed people who otherwise might not see a doctor.
Science Daily announced that a research team led by Judith Varner, Ph.D., Cancer Center and Medicine, and colleagues from throughout the state, describe a new class of proteins that not only promotes therapeutic angiogenesis in an entirely new way, but also avoids vascular permeability - a troubling side effect seen with other agents now being tested. Read the original release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/07_01_Varner.html
The Seattle Times reported that doctors at the University of California, San Diego identified a gene linked to bipolar disorder in up to 10 percent of sufferers, aiding understanding of the illness and paving the way for a possible diagnostic test. Read the original release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/06_15_Kelsoe.html
Dan Lozano, M.D., Burn Center, was interviewed by the North County Times on children and adults injured with firecrackers.
Science Daily reported that the precise molecular interactions that allow cyclooxygenase-2 enzymes to promote the development of colon cancer have been described for the first time by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. Health News in the United Kingdom also carried the story. Paul Insel, M.D., Pharmacology and Medicine, and lead author of the study, was quoted in the article. Read the original news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/06_30_Insel.html
Allison Helm, OT, Occupational Therapy, was interviewed by Advance Magazine (Rehabilitation Trade Magazine) on therapy for seniors with burn injuries.
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Channel 5 interviewed Lee Cantrell, PharmD, for a story on how budget cuts are affecting funding for the Poison Center.
Ted Chan, M.D., Emergency Department, was interviewed by Channel 6 on San Diego's overcrowded emergency departments.
Channel 8 filmed a donation of a TV/VCR/DVD unit to the UCSD Medical Center transplant floor by the family of Norma Venrick, a patient who died in 2001 while waiting for a liver donation. The family wanted to make the TV unit available to other families waiting for organs and to thank the staff for the care they gave to Norma. El Latino newspaper also ran the story with a photo.
Dan Lozano, M.D., Burn Center, was interviewed by Channel 7/39 regarding the severe sunburns caused by people falling asleep at the beach or by people who don't use proper sunscreen.
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Jeffrey B. Schwimmer, M.D., Pediatrics, was interviewed on These Days on KPBS for a discussion about obesity and weight loss.
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The front page of the Los Angeles Times health section reported on the latest findings from John Kelsoe, M.D., and Thomas Barrett, M.D., Ph.D., Psychiatry, whose research identifies a gene that is linked to bipolar disorder. Related stories also appeared in numerous newspapers throughout the world, as well as on radio and TV broadcasts internationally, based on a wire story by the Associated Press. Additional stories appeared in CNN.com, The London Times, Wall Street Journal, San Diego Union-Tribune, Ottawa Citizen and other daily papers. Business Week plans to do an upcoming feature story soon. Kelsoe was also interviewed on Channels 7/39, 8 and KUSI.
Read the original news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/06_15_Kelsoe.html
A front page San Diego Union-Tribune story described a $20 million grant to UCSD School of Medicine for a seven-center national study directed by David Braff, M.D., Psychiatry, to solve the mystery of schizophrenia by identifying the genes that cause behavioral traits associated with mental illness. Additional articles will appear in the North County Times and San Diego Business Journal. Read the news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/06_02_Braff.html
San Diego TV news stations Fox 6, NBC 7/39, 8, 10, KUSI (9) and Univision, plus the San Diego Union-Tribune, did stories on a $5 million grant to the UCSD Stroke Center for a study of pioneering new techniques that could potentially extend brain-saving stroke treatment to more patients. The techniques include contrast-enhanced ultrasound, brain-cooling in collaboration with INNERCOOL Therapies, and long-distance wireless consultation through collaborative efforts with the Jacobs School of Engineering and the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology. The TV crews interviewed Patrick Lyden, M.D., Brett Meyer, M.D. and Kama Guluma, M.D., UCSD Stroke Center. Read the news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/06_05_NINDS.html
Science Daily reported that an essential step in understanding how the brain develops and related brain disorders that occur when the movement of neurons is defective, has been announced by UCSD researchers, led by Anthony Wynshaw-Boris. M.D., Ph.D., Pediatrics and Medicine. The study is published in the journal Nature Genetics and also on the Nature website as well as the BreakThrough Digest website. An additional article and photos will appear in "Today's Science On File," an educational science news publication. Read the release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/06_08_WynshawBoris.html
Fred Millard, M.D., and Maurizio Zanetti, M.D., both of Cancer Center and Medicine, were interviewed by various news media about development of an experimental vaccine for prostate cancer (Zanetti) and the clinical trial in which it is being tested (Millard). News media covering the story were Channels 6, 8, 9, 10 and Univision.
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Discover Magazine interviewed Harold Oster, M.D., Medicine, on common diseases people can contract from their pets and what they should do to prevent transmission.
The July issue of San Diego Magazine includes a first-person account of a man's struggle with mental illness and his treatment at several local mental health facilities. He praises UCSD's Senior Behavioral Health Program, with its professional, caring staff and Daniel D. Sewell, M.D., Psychiatry, the unit's director.
The UCSD Student Run Free Clinic was included in a San Diego Union-Tribune profiled the Lutheran Church in downtown San Diego that serves the homeless through several programs. The Clinic is directed by Ellen Beck, M.D., Family and Preventive Medicine. The U-T is planning a follow up on a homeless outreach effort being conducted by the students.
The Los Angeles Times cover stories in the Health Section outlined research on statins, and included interviews with Beatrice A. Golomb, M.D., Ph.D., Medicine, for two of the articles. Golomb has carved out a niche investigating a less-publicized aspect of these cholesterol-lowering drugs: patients' complaints of memory loss, irritability, and nerve and muscle pain. Studies also suggest that statins may have other significant benefits, from strengthening bones to lowering the risk of Alzheimer's disease.
The San Diego Union-Tribune pictorial and article on the School of Medicine Commencement Ceremony noted that the 79 men and 65 women in the 2003 graduating class was an "eclectic mix of talents." U-T columnist Diane Bell also mentioned that Nobelist Sydney Brenner, M. D., gave the commencement address with a speech titled "The Worst Medical Student of 1950: A Personal Memoir."
Fred Millard, M.D., Medicine and Cancer Center, was interviewed by the San Diego Business Journal, regarding the lift of the yearlong clinical hold on Canvaxin, a cancer vaccine for melanoma patients that is seeking final drug approval.
United Press International interviewed David Burns, M.D., Cancer Center and Family and Preventive Medicine, regarding the unresolved issues of whether tobacco's unhealthful effects extend to other types of illness besides cancer and whether secondhand smoke is as dangerous as suspected.
A feature article on the dangers of daytime sleepiness on the website ConsumerReports.org described research by UCSD School of Medicine investigators. A similar article appeared in the London Guardian. Read the original news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2002/02_08_Kripke.html
Copley News Service reported that a boost in exercise can provide insomniacs with nature's own sleeping pill, according to Shawn D. Youngstedt, Ph.D., Psychiatry. "Sleep-deprived individuals should even try experimenting with different intensities of exercise at different times of the day."
Maria Rosa Araneta, M.D., Pediatrics and Epidemiology, spoke with the Associated Press, commenting on a government study that found that children of veterans of the first Gulf War are more likely to have three specific birth defects than those of soldiers who never served in the gulf.
Lawrence Schneiderman, M.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, was consulted by the San Diego Union-Tribune regarding the California Supreme Court ruling that hospitals may no longer get a share of court awards paid to Medi-Cal patients who win lawsuits against those who caused their injuries.
U.S. News & World Report discussed the science of slimming with Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D., Pediatrics. Schwimmer's comments were also the lead on USNews.com.
The heart failure research of Kenneth Chien, M.D., Ph.D., Medicine was extensively featured in a Science magazine article June 6 titled "How to Subdue a Swelling Heart."
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Jake Jacoby, M.D., Emergency Services, discussed the Pentagon's plan to medically screen everybody coming home from the war in Iraq with Channel 7/39.
Janet Crow, M.D., Pediatrics, was interviewed by Channel 7/39 for a story on caffeine in children's diets, including "hidden" caffeine found in foods and beverages that parents might not be aware of. She also advised on the effects of caffeine in children.
A film crew from Mona Lisa Productions in Lyon, France filmed Dolores Pretorius, M.D., Thomas Nelson, M.D., Radiology, and Michael Bailey, Ph.D., SuperComputer Center, on sculptures they create from 3D ultrasounds using rapid prototyping equipment. The sculptures are part of a comprehensive research project looking at advanced visualization technologies. The jet-like ink printer translates complex 3D data into a visual form easy for patients and physicians to understand. The goal of the research project is to determine if making data more understandable will enhance patient care. The filming was part of an hour-long documentary called The Inner Adventure that will appear on cable next year.
Doris Trauner, M.D., Neurosciences, was interviewed by KPBS TV "Full Focus" for a segment on autism. Trauner was also interviewed on KUSI regarding a recent report issued by the California Department of Developmental Services showing a 97% rise in childhood autism over the last 4 years.
Nadine Benador, M.D., Pediatrics, was interviewed by Channel 7/39 for a story on pheresis treatments. It featured a seven year-old San Diego Blood Bank poster child who receives pheresis transfusions every two weeks at the Hillcrest medical center.
Channel 7/39 interviewed Dolores Pretorius, M.D., Radiology, about her baby bonding ultrasound study examining how seeing images of their babies during pregnancy influences the behavior of pregnant women and whether it helps parents feel more connected to the baby.
Denise Hermann, M.D., Cardiology, was interviewed live on Channel 51 during the morning news. The five-minute interview explored women and heart disease, and helped promote the upcoming Cardiovascular Center Ambassador Lecture where Dr. Hermann will speak on the same topic.
Channel 8 interviewed Richard Clark, M.D., Emergency Medicine regarding the hallucinogenic properties of Salvia and it's growing prevalent use among teens and young people.
Robert Langer, M.D., Family and Preventive Medicine was interviewed by Channel 10's "Staying Healthy" regarding a new hormone study indicating an increased incidence of breast cancer in women on combination hormone therapy. Langer was one of the authors of a study that was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Cecilia Smith, D.O., Medical Director, UCSD Medical Center, and William Norcross, M.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, were interviewed by NBC 7/39's "Consumer Bob" Hansen for an upcoming segment on professional dress for physicians.
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The ScienceDaily website described the work of UCSD's Christoph J. Binder, M.D.,Ph.D., Joseph Witztum, M.D., and Gregg Silverman, M.D., Medicine, which is published in the June issue of the journal Nature Medicine. In studies with mice, the researchers found that a vaccine for pneumonia also triggers elements of the immune system that reduce atherosclerosis. Similar articles appeared in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, St. Petersburg Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, Yahoo News, Copley News, Associated Press and United Press International. Read the news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/05_12_Witztum.html
Scientists recently reported that women age 65 or older who take a common form of hormone replacement have twice the risk of developing dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease. Leon Thal, M.D., Neurosciences, and a principal investigator in the study, lent his expertise regarding this study to the San Diego Union-Tribune, as well as Copley News Service and numerous local television news broadcasts. Robert Langer, M.D., Community and Family Medicine, also contributed to the Union-Tribune article. Read the news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/05_27_Thal.html
The San Diego Union-Tribune and local radio stations reported that Ming Tsuang, M.D., Ph.D., of Harvard University, will join the UCSD Department of Psychiatry this summer as head of a proposed Institute of Human Behavioral Genomics. Read the news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/05_21_Tsuang.html
"Bright Light Exposure Increases Male Hormone," a UCSD news release
detailing the research results of Daniel Kripke, M.D., Psychiatry, was
among the 10 most frequently accessed stories in its category in the latest
monthly report from Newswise. Newswise maintains a comprehensive database of
news releases from top institutions engaged in scientific, medical, liberal arts
and business research and makes that database available to participating media.
Read the release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/04_16_Kripke.html
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Forbes Magazine profiled the biotech mecca of San Diego, focusing on Steven Dowdy, Ph.D., Cancer Center. An astonishing number of ideas and scientists, as well as most of San Diego's 499 biotech and medical device companies, have roots in UCSD or places like Scripps Research Institute and Salk. Edward Holmes, M.D., Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences, was also featured in the article.
Steven Baird, M.D., Pathology, was interviewed by Universum, an Austrian version of Scientific American. The article discussed the American debate of creationism vs. evolution from the Austrian point of view and how Baird reflects the debate in the songs he composes and performs.
Richard Fitzpatrick, M.D., Medicine, was quoted in a Los Angeles Times Health Feature on non-ablative therapies for cosmetic surgery.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that for years, unlicensed workers drew the blood of thousands of drunken-driver suspects in San Diego County in a cost-cutting practice that violated state law. Leland Rickman, M.D., Epidemiolgy, testified as an expert for the prosecution in a trial that raised legal questions about the practice. Leslie Revier, a senior laboratory technician at UCSD Medical Center, was quoted also about blood-drawing product storage can affect test results.
James Dunford, M.D., Emergency Services, spoke with the San Diego Business Journal regarding the Public Health Department decision to resume inoculating local hospital workers with the smallpox vaccine in May.
LA WEEKLY included statements from David A. Deitch, M.D., Psychiatry, in a three-page article that discussed California's experience since Prop.36 became law nearly three years ago, requiring that nonviolent drug offenders be offered treatment instead of jail.
Burl Stiff noted in his San Diego Union-Tribune column that celebrity chefs from all over the country prepared hors d'oeuvres for the crowd before the seated dinner at the 22nd annual Celebrities Cook for the Rebecca and John Moores Cancer Center Gala. The center benefited by approximately $300,000 from Saturday's big food fest at the Sheraton Harbor Island.
Howard Taras, M.D., Pediatrics, wrote an opinion piece for the San Diego Union-Tribune discussing the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling permitting schools to perform drug tests/screens for students entering competitive sports and extracurricular activities.
Moores UCSD Cancer Center was featured prominently in a story on cancer research in San Diego in the May issue of San Diego Magazine. The story opens with a participant in a Cancer Center clinical trial, and includes background information on the Center and quotes from Gordon Gill, M.D., interim Cancer Center Director, and Medicine.
San Diego Union-Tribune spoke to Andrew Ries, M.D., director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation and principal author of a new study, which shows that surgery to remove parts of the lung in patients with severe emphysema can prolong life in a small number of patients with one type of the disease but may not help others. Robert Kaplan, M.D., chair of Family/Preventive Medicine, also was mentioned in the article.
Mary Middleton, director of nursing, was featured in a San Diego Union-Tribune article celebrating the fact that SDSU graduated the largest nursing class in its history. $2 million in grants for the program came from 10 area hospital systems that are greatly in need of more nurses.
Richard Clark, M.D., medical director of the Poison Control System, was interviewed by the Riverside Press on the medical needs of a person bitten by a rattlesnake. A person in Riverside recently died from snakebite because he didn't seek quick medical care after being bitten.
The Los Angeles Times reported about a UCSD dermatology study designed to convince people to use sunscreen and avoid tanning. 76 beachgoers were given a brochure on photo-aging and sun protection, along with the photos that revealed the underlying damage in their facial skin. The photos were taken using a UV ray-filtered instant camera.
A clinical trial of a vaccine for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, directed by Peter Holman, M.D., Cancer Center and Medicine, was featured in a health column in the North County Times.
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Kathryn Pruzinsky, M.D., Reproductive Medicine, was featured on Channel 7/39 in a story about the opening of her new menopause clinic at Perlman Ambulatory Care Center.
Cynthia Stuenkel, M.D., Family and Preventive Medicine was interviewed by
Channel 7/39 about a study she and Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D., Family
and Preventive Medicine, are conducting on the Fem-T, female testosterone patch,
to assess its effect on libido in menopausal women.
Read the news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/04_23_Patch.html
Krzysztof Kuczkowski, M.D., Anesthesiology,was interviewed by Channel 7/39 for a story about walking epidural anesthesiology for women in labor.
The Hearts and Hands Doula Program director, Ann Fulcher, C.L.E., C.D., was featured on Channel 8. Three UCSD patients were interviewed, one in pre-labor, one in labor, and one post-partum.
Channel 8 featured Dolores Pretorius, M.D., Radiology, and her 14-year quest to develop 4-D ultrasound technology.
David Burns, M.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, was interviewed by Channel 10 about the study by the CDC that found that Marlboro cigarettes have a higher level of potent cancer-causing compound than almost all other cigarettes.
Fred Millard, M.D., and Maurizio Zanetti, M.D., both of Cancer Center and Medicine, were interviewed by Channel 7/39 about a new UCSD clinical trial of a vaccine for prostate cancer, based on research conducted in Dr. Zanetti's lab. Also, Dr. Millard was interviewed on the subject by North County Times.
UCSD Healthcare celebrated National Hospital Week with a Talent Contest. Fox 6 morning anchor Desiree Carvajal was a guest judge and Fox 6 filmed the talent contest and the winner Fabiola Ghebresillssie, Physician Referral and Health Information.
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Dilip Jeste, M.D., Psychiatry, was interviewed by NPR Market Place on seniors and mental health. Topics included seniors and suicide, the stigma of mental problems and the cost of treatment for seniors with mental problems.
Vicky Newman, R.D., Cancer Center and Family & Preventive Medicine, was interviewed by KOGO Radio about a new American Cancer Society study showing a definitive link between obesity and cancer.
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Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D., Pediatrics, was interviewed by U.S. News and World Report for a June cover story on weight loss. Recently, Dr. Schwimmer's findings on quality of life for obese children was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Read the news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/04_08_Schwimmer.html
David Williams, Ph.D., Pharmacology, was interviewed for an upcoming "Staying Healthy" segment on Channel 10. Williams and his team isolated a defective cellular process within mouse retinas that is the cause of a severe form of blindness seen in people with a disorder called Usher syndrome 1B.
Mark Tuszynski, M.D., Ph.D., and Larry Squire, M.D., both of Neurosciences, were interviewed by Alan Alda for the Public Television science series "Scientific American Frontiers." Both will be featured next season in a program on memory.
William Bradley, M.D., Ph.D., Radiology, was interviewed by the San Diego Business Journal for a story on the latest advances in PET technology.
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A research study by Gregg Silverman, M.D., Medicine, which disclosed the mechanism staph infection uses to destroy the immune response, was covered or will be featured in the Wall Street Journal, New Scientist magazine, the news section of the journal Nature, Reuters Health, and the websites Innovation (Germany), News24 (South Africa), HealthScout, HealthCentral.com and Dr.Koop.
In addition to news media mentioned last week, research by Daniel Kripke, M.D., Shawn Youngstedt, Ph.D. and Jeffrey Elliot, Ph.D., Psychiatry, regarding bright light and a male sex hormone, was or will be profiled by the United Press International, Good Housekeeping magazine, the South African website News24, and the Times of India.
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Ken Lyons Jones, M.D., Pediatrics lent his knowledge on birth defects to the Boston Globe for an article on Accutane, the drug used to treat severe acne, which carries the notorious distinction of being the most widely prescribed birth-defect-causing medicine in the United States.
Michael Oxman, M.D., Medicine and Pathology, discussed the mysteries of post-herpetic neuralgia with the Star-Telegram. Shingles, a rash triggered by a reactivated chickenpox virus lying dormant in the body, affects an estimated 1 million Americans annually, with this year's tally including late-night talk show host David Letterman. Most people completely recover from shingles in three to five weeks. But with age, the likelihood increases that a person will suffer chronic pain for months or even years afterward -- a condition called post-herpetic neuralgia.
San Diego Union-Tribune announced that two researchers in San Diego were among 72 American and 18 foreign scientists elected yesterday to the National Academy of Sciences. They are Dennis A. Carson, M.D., Medicine and director of The Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging at the University of California, San Diego and Fred H. Gage, a neuroscientist at the Salk Institute of Biological Sciences in La Jolla.
Dilip V. Jeste, M.D., Psychiatry, offered his opinion to Doctor's Guide about a new, fast-dissolving form of the schizophrenia medication Risperdal® (risperidone) that is being launched this week.
San Diego Business Journal spoke to James Dunford, M.D., Emergency Services regarding a recent report that found more injuries are classified as traumas in San Diego County's trauma system than in the other 18 trauma systems in California.
After extensive research, neuroscientists now know that our behavior - which is influenced in part by the buildings in which we work, learn and worship - affects the structural organization of the brain, The San Diego Union-Tribune announced the launch of a unique research venture called the Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture. Larry Squire, Ph.D., Neurosciences discussed the new venture.
San Diego Business Journal interviewed Richard Clark, M.D., director of the poison-control center about the proposed budget cuts that would force the shutdown of the state's four poison-control centers, including the one at UCSD Medical Center.
A paper by Tony Wynshaw-Boris, M.D., Ph.D., Medicine, that described the role pseudogenes play in protein production, was discussed in a United Press International article, on the Science Daily website, on Science magazine's "Science Now" website.
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Jeffrey Harris, M.D., Otolaryngology, was interviewed by Channel 10 News on the new SOUNDTEC® Direct System implant. The new device improves hearing in adults with moderate to severe hearing loss who are dissatisfied with the results they are achieving with a conventional acoustic hearing aid. The technology consists of a tiny magnet implanted in the middle ear, and an electromagnetic coil worn in the external ear canal that processes sound and passes it to the magnet as electromagnetic waves, resulting in clear, natural sound.
Charles Nager, M.D., Reproductive Medicine was interviewed by KUSI, Channels 9/51 for a story on the TVT, a new minimally invasive incontinence procedure.
William Norcross, M.D., Family Medicine, was interviewed by Channels 10 and 8 on Americans taking more supplements and vitamins than needed.
James Dunford, M.D., Emergency Medicine and Therese Rymer, Emergency Preparedness & Response, were interviewed by Channel 8 on UCSD Medical Center being prepared and having plans in place in case of a terrorist attack ranging from radiological to biological attacks.
Richard Clark, M.D., Toxicology, was interviewed by Channel 10 on toys that may be toxic to children.
Lee Rickman, M.D., Epidemiology, was interviewed by Channel 8 on SARS patients in Hong Kong developing a relapse of the disease.
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Richard Gallo, M.D., Ph.D., Pediatrics, was interviewed for BBC Radio regarding his work on antimicrobial peptide defense of the skin.
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Walden Miller, Ph.D., Psychiatry, provided, via nation-wide webcast, one in a series of Distinguished Lectures for the National African American HIV Prevention Intervention Network. His presentation, based on ongoing research here at the HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center, was entitled "HIV and African American Neuropsychological Performance."
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Leland Rickman, M.D., Epidemiology, was interviewed by Channel 7/39 on SARS and the dangers of coming in contact with the disease in San Diego. Rickman also lent his expertise to Channel 8 to explain epidemics and pandemics and to the San Diego Union-Tribune about the correct mask to wear for protection against SARS. Rickman was also interviewed by Channel 10 on the global alert for identifying SARS cases.
Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D., Pediatrics, was interviewed about his study on quality of life of obese children in USA Today, Associated Press, the Washington Post, the San Diego Union-Tribune, AP radio, Reuter's, Fox6 TV, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Australia Morning Herald, and the web sites Web MD and HealthScout. He was also asked to be a guest on ABC's "Good Morning America," but just after he was introduced by host Diane Sawyer, the network switched live to the fall of Baghdad and they never returned to his interview.
The research work Daniel Kripke, M.D., Shawn Youngstedt, Ph.D. and Jeffrey Elliot, Ph.D., Psychiatry, was profiled by Reuter's, HealthScout, ScienceDaily, WebMD, Allure Magazine and various health newsletters regarding their study on bright light increasing a male sex hormone.
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The New York Times reported that in a study of 140,584 women to be presented this month, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, found that protection against hip fracture was rapidly lost once a woman stopped taking estrogen. For Postmenopausal women who do not take hormones, a bone density test and an assessment of risk helps to identify those who need continued therapy with another agent to prevent or treat osteoporosis.
People who function well with little sleep are being studied by Sean Drummond, Ph.D., Psychiatry, in two studies funded by the military. He discussed the studies in an interview with the Washington Post, the San Diego Union-Tribune, the North County Times, and United Press International.
The UCSD Pulmonary Rehab Center was featured in the San Diego Union Tribune. Trina Limberg, program director of the Pulmonary Rehab Program at UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest and Andrew Ries, M.D., medical director of the program both discussed the importance of pulmonary rehabilitation to improve quality of life for patients suffering from diseases that affect their breathing.
Kenneth Jones, M.D., Pediatrics, expressed his opinion in a New York Times article regarding the rare genetic disorder found in an isolated population of New Mexico. Jones stated that environmental disorders would not be passed down through generations, but genetic disorders could be passed without expressing themselves for several generations.
David Hoyt, M.D., director, Trauma Center, was interviewed by the New York Times on trauma research including clinical trials at multiple centers.
Rick Ford, RRT, RCP, respiratory services, was featured in an article in the Journal for Respiratory Care Practitioners that highlighted the workings, staff and philosophies of the top ten respiratory centers in the U.S.
Lawrence Schneiderman, M.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, was consulted by the Associated Press for a wire story detailing a Michigan legal case where the parents of a child with cancer rejected surgery in favor of homeopathic treatment. Schneiderman agreed with a Michigan judge that the final decision regarding treatment should rest with a child's parents and physicians. Ina separate case, Schneiderman was consulted by Newsday about the ethics of allowing comatose patients to die.
Palmer Taylor, Ph.D., dean of the School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences was featured in the journal Molecular Interventions about his leadership role in research science at UCSD and the contributions and challenges that await practitioners of biomedicine.
Beatrice Golomb, M.D., Ph.D.
, Medicine, was interviewed by the Los Angeles Times on issues surrounding Gulf War syndrome and the risks to our current military deployment.Copley News Service carried an interview with Charles Mittman, M.D., Corporate Compliance Officer, regarding the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA. This new law now requires medical records and health information be much more private and secure.
Gordon Gill, M.D., Cancer Center and Medicine, was interviewed by San Diego Magazine for a feature in the May issue about cancer research in San Diego.
Robert Langer, M.D., MPH, Cancer Center and Family and Preventive Medicine, was interviewed by North County Times about the SELECT study, a prevention study for prostate cancer. Story also mentioned that the UCSD study site is the No. 1 recruiting site for SELECT in the U.S.
William Taylor, M.D., Neurosurgery, assured Copley News Service that spinal fusion technology no longer necessitated an extremely invasive surgery, scarring or long hospital stays and recuperation times.
Sanjay Nigam, M.D., Pediatrics and Medicine, reviewed a new novel by Siddhartha Deb for the San Diego Union-Tribune Book Review. Nigam was recently named the first Writer-in Residence in the Health Sciences at UCSD.
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Deb Emma, director, Admissions, was interviewed by Channel 10 and 7/39 on the new HIPAA information that is given to patients who are being admitted to the hospital or seen in clinics.
James Dunford, M.D., Emergency Medicine, was interviewed by Channel 7/39 on the Emergency Department's response to arriving patients who have come into contact with a biological substance.
Dolores Pretorius, M.D., Radiology, was interviewed by Channel 8 on the capabilities of 4D Ultrasound. The film footage featured Jessica Kingston, M.D., Reproductive Medicine and her husband, Paul watching her 29 week-old fetus.
Charles Nager, M.D., Reproductive Medicine, was interviewed by KUSI 9/51 in a story on how a new therapy, the TVT, is helping resolve women's incontinence in a minimally invasive half-hour procedure.
Channel 8 filmed Ann Fulcher, C.L.E., C.D., Manager of Hillcrest's Hearts and Hands Doula Program on the benefits of using a doula during childbirth. The film footage also features several UCSD patients, pre, during and post labor.
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Anthony Manoguerra, Pharm.D., and Lee Cantrell, Pharm.D., Poison Control System, were interviewed by KPBS on the possible closure of poison centers in California due to state budget cuts.
Georgia Sadler, Ph.D., Cancer Center and Surgery, was interviewed by KPBS-FM for a news story about African Americans being at increased risk for cancer.
John Pierce, Ph.D., Cancer Center and Family and Preventive Medicine, was an in-studio guest on KPBS-FM's "These Days" to discuss the effectiveness of anti-smoking advertising and the tobacco industry's lawsuits against the state of California and the American Legacy Foundation to halt such advertising.
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David Salmon, Ph.D., Neurosciences, discussed ways to improve memory as we get older on WISTV.com.
Eyal Raz, M.D.,
Medicine, in an interview with a writer for the MSNBC website, discussed his research on use of a synthetic form of bacterial DNA to treat inflammatory bowel disease.STAY TUNED:
Peter Holman, M.D., Cancer Center and Medicine, will be interviewed by Channel 10 about his clinical trial testing a cancer vaccine for lymphoma.
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Wall Street Journal featured a report by Douglas Richman, M.D., Medicine, on how HIV mutates to escape the body's own immune response "faster than anything we've seen before with drug resistance." Similar articles appeared in Science Daily, Orange County Register, Health24, Voice of America, and Scripps Howard News Service. Read the news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/03_17_Richman.html
Leland Rickman, M.D., Medical Director of the Epidemiology Unit, updated Channel 8 and Channel 7/39 about the SARS outbreak and whether San Diegans should be concerned. CNN's Headline News and MSNBC picked up the stories.
Alzheimer's research by Eliezer Masliah, M.D., Neurosciences, and colleagues at the Salk Institute, was featured in stories by various web sites and news media, including ScienceDaily, the San Diego Union-Tribune, DrKoop.com and the BBC. In addition, Masliah was quoted in a Missouri newspaper about his research on dementia. Read the original release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/03_25_Masliah.html
Forbes Magazine and the New York Times both reported that the U.S. government believes a biological attack is likely and that the threat will remain for years. Smallpox is considered a likely biological agent and a team at the University of Alabama and UCSD School of Medicine said they developed a new version of an existing vaccine in a form of a pill. Read the original UCSD news release: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/03_11_Hostetler.html
Richard Clark, M.D., Medical Director, Poison Control System, located at UCSD Medical Center, was interviewed by the San Diego Business Journal, Channels 8 and 9/51 on the possible closing of the poison center due to budget cuts.
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The Baltimore Sun has reported on the debate over whether healthy people should be screened for everything from abdominal aneurysms to cancer to heart disease. The debate has widened in recent years, as newer technologies and more tests have become available and as more research emerges on the benefits, harms and costs. William G. Bradley, M.D., chair of radiology was interviewed for the article.
Ken Lyons Jones, M.D., Pediatrics, was interviewed by the San Diego Union-Tribune, regarding a new study for infants who are exposed in the womb to valproate - a common drug for seizures, migraines and mood disorders. These infants have twice as many birth defects as previously thought, posing a troubling dilemma for doctors and mothers-to-be.
The Kansas City Star reported that the National Institute on Aging, along with the Alzheimer's Association, spends nearly $550 million a year on Alzheimer's disease research. A legion of scientists is at work at 29 Alzheimer's Disease Research Centers including University of California, San Diego.
ScienceDaily reported that UCSD researchers, including Gary Firestein, M.D., Maripat Corr, M.D., both of Medicine, and Victor Nizet, M.D., Pediatrics have discovered that eliminating the ability of white blood cells to respond to low oxygen levels effectively blocks the development of inflammation in mice, an advance that could have widespread implications for the prevention of inflammation in humans.
San Diego Magazine featured the work of Marc Schuckit, M.D., Psychiatry, which contains 30 years of research showing certain strong biological links within families of alcoholics. Schuckit has dispelled several myths about the disease, as well as uncovered evidence that shows how genes interact with a person's environment to heighten the risk of becoming an alcoholic. In addition, the Los Angeles Times carried several quotes from Schuckit, regarding alcoholism and heredity in a story about a young woman who battled alcohol addiction for most of her short life.
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported on a study that calls for 'aggressive steps' in standards for trauma centers. "Until there are agreed-upon standards, people are left to do the best they can," said David Hoyt, M.D., chief of trauma, and one of the study's authors. He called for "more oversight, at both the state and federal level."
The La Jolla Light announced that Douglas D. Richman, M.D., Medicine, has received the 2002 Middleton Award, the Department of Veterans Affairs highest honor for biomedical investigators
Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Ph.D., Psychiatry, discussed sleep problems in the elderly for a Wall Street Journal article.
Ansar Haroun, M.D., Psychiatry, was quoted by the San Diego Union-Tribune in a story about psychological warfare. A reservist for 20 years, Haroun served as a military psychiatrist in the 1991 Gulf War, in Bosnia, and recently in Afghanistan.
The Contra Costa Times interviewed Tom Moore, M.D., Chair of Reproductive Medicine, on the rarity of a mother giving birth to two sets of twins without the use of fertility drugs.
Thomas Kelly, M.D., Reproductive Medicine, commented to the North Country Times on the Fetal Monitoring Study published in the most recent issue of Lancet.
InStyle Magazine interviewed Guido Schnyder, M.D., Visiting Scholar from Switzerland in the Cardiology Department, on how B vitamins affect the heart.
EPregnancy Magazine will be using interviews with Pat Inzano, RN, Labor and Delivery, Diana Sanford, RN, NICU, and Ursii Weiss, infant massage therapist, for upcoming articles on delivery room photography, coping when baby is in the NICU, and infant massage.
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ABC News.com published a story quoting Michael Bouvet, M.D., Surgery and Cancer Center. The report emphasized that through regular screening by a medical professional, the vast majority of deaths caused by colorectal cancer, the second-leading cancer killer in the United States, could be prevented.
Richard Kronick, Ph.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, was interviewed by CBS MarketWatch regarding how rising health-care costs may give employers less incentive to create and fill jobs, but that one sector's losses are another sector's gains. Some analysts dispute those claims, saying that rapid inflation is far outpacing workers' ability to pay for insurance and putting taxpayers at risk of greater financial burdens to cover the uninsured.
Lee Cantrell, Poison Control System, was interviewed by Channel 10 on the possible closing of the poison center because of California budget cuts.
James Dunford, M.D., Emergency Services and Therese Rymer, N.P., Emergency Preparedness and Response, were interviewed by Channel 8 on hospital preparedness in the event of a biological or terrorist incident.
Channel 7/39 interviewed Joshua Fierer, M.D., Chief of Infectious Disease, on the spread of SARS and whether San Diego county residents should be concerned for their own safety.
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Beatrice Golomb, M.D., Ph.D., Medicine, was a guest on NPR Science Friday, talking about issues related to Gulf War illness.
The KPBS show, These Days, spoke with Murray Stein, M.D., Psychiatry, about the psychological effects of stress.
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Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D., Pediatrics, was interviewed by Channel 4's Forefront news magazine for a 2-hour feature on the growing crisis of childhood obesity. The show will air several times beginning April 2.
Several UCSD faculty will share their knowledge in an upcoming San Diego Union-Tribune "Quest" feature on health aging.
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The Wall Street Journal reported about a study suggesting a possible alternative for people who can't tolerate smallpox vaccine. Researchers said a new antiviral drug taken before or after exposure to a lethal smallpox-like infection reduced death rates in mice. The compound is an oral version of cidofovir, the intravenous anti-viral drug developed by Karl Hostetler, M.D., Medicine. Not yet available for human use, the drug faces much more work, including animal studies, human-safety trials, and dosing studies. Similar articles appear in HealthScout, Marketplace Morning Report and Science Blog. Read the news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/03_11_Hostetler.html
Robert Steiner, M.D., medical director of the Kidney Transplant Program, was quoted in an article in the San Diego Union-Tribune discussing the first regional Good Samaritan kidney transplant donations, an extraordinary San Diego County precedent that took place at UCSD Medical Center in early February. Good Samaritan donors Scott Wakefield and Teddie Anderson were interviewed on Channel 10 explaining why they gave the definitive gift of life to people they had never met. To view this segment, log onto http://mcav.ucsd.edu . Select UCSD in the News and click on the segment "Good Samaritan Kidney Donors".
Los Angeles Times and Newsday featured Dilip V. Jeste, M.D., Psychiatry, in an article discussing depression, which afflicts about 15% of older Americans. Dr. Jeste says that depression among the elderly needn't be so common because it is not a normal -- or inevitable -- part of aging. For most seniors, it can be successfully treated using a wide range of therapies.
Leon Thal, M.D., Neurosciences, was interviewed by Reuters wire service and MSNBC about his research showing that increased levels of estrogen do not correlate with changes in cognitive functioning in postmenopausal women with Alzheimer's disease.
A study by Patricia Thistlethwaite, M.D., Ph.D., Cardiothoracic Surgery, that identified an over-active gene and the molecular events it triggers to cause acquired cases of pulmonary hypertension, was mentioned by Reuter's wire service and the web sites "Health and Age" and "HealthScout."
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USAToday interviewed Joel Dimsdale, M.D., Psychiatry, regarding sleep research that is in its infancy, but cutting-edge findings already challenge a common view that day and night are two separate "principalities" in life.
Robert Zeiger, M.D., Pediatrics, was quoted in United Press International regarding specialists who treat people with life-threatening food allergies who are advocating wider use of an available blood test to reduce the need for a potentially dangerous and terrifying procedure called an oral challenge. Oral challenge involves giving food to a patient that could cause violent illness or even death.
Investigators led by Lewis Judd, M.D., chair, Psychiatry, reported in the Doctor's Guide that research in the United States indicates that Bipolar II (BP-II) disorder is dominated by depressive rather than hypomanic or cycling/mixed symptoms.
Women's Health Weekly reported that, in confirmation of previous research and contrary to findings from two recent studies, scientists at the UCSD School of Medicine have shown that increased levels of estrogen do not correlate with changes in cognitive functioning in postmenopausal women with Alzheimer's disease. Leon Thal, M.D., Pathology, director of the multi-site Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study was interviewed for the article.
Michael Albo, M.D., Urology, was interviewed by North County Times health columnist, E'Louise Ondash on the Women's Pelvic Medicine Center and the ongoing Urinary Incontinence Network NIH trial.
La Prensa ran a story on the opening of the new menopause clinic at the Perlman Ambulatory Care Center. The story featured Kathryn Pruzinksy, M.D., of Reproductive Medicine.
Drug Week announced that the phase I/II trial of triacetylurdine in patients with mitochondrial disease will be initiated at the UCSD Metabolic and Mitochondrial Research Center and may include additional sites in North America.
Patients with asthma who make frequent use of inhaled corticosteroids and visit allergy specialists regularly spend less time in emergency rooms, researchers reported to the Doctor's Guide. Michael Schatz, M.D., Medicine, said emergency department use decreased as patients increased their use of inhaled steroids, but an even greater decrease in emergency room visits was seen when patients achieved optimal inhaled corticosteroid therapy.
Yahoo News reminds us all that through regular screening by a medical professional, the vast majority of deaths caused by colorectal cancer, the second-leading cancer killer in the United States, could be prevented. Because March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, 50 organizations have joined forces to spread the message that screening measures -- plus a healthy lifestyle -- can help stop this killer in its tracks. Michael Bouvet, M.D., Surgery and Cancer Center was featured in the article.
Heart Disease Weekly via NewsRx.com and NewsRX.net reported that amid concern over the impact of potent HIV drugs on patients' cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health, a study of 36,766 patients treated for HIV in the VA health care system from 1993-2001 found a steady drop in the rate of deaths and hospital stays due to these vascular problems, even as use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) increased. Samuel A. Bozzette, M.D., Ph.D., Medicine, UCSD and the VA San Diego Health Care System, was study leader.
Articles in the Ottawa Citizen and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette featured an interview with David Feifel, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Adult ADHD Clinic, discussing the characteristics of ADHD in adults.
San Diego Union Tribune cited William Taylor, M.D., Neurosurgery, as one of the physicians successfully using technology from a San Diego company, Nuvasive Inc., that makes spinal fusion surgery less invasive, leaving the patient with less scarring, less time in the hospital and less time home recuperating.
The Houston Chronicle interviewed Dolores Pretorius, M.D., Radiology, regarding the controversy of using the new detailed ultrasound images of fetuses in the abortion debate.
Copley News Service and the San Diego Union-Tribune reported on how modern maps of the brain, increasingly intricate and complex, are creating a cascade of images and data that scientists are finding hard to manage. Mark Ellisman, Ph.D., Neurosciences, is coordinating a national computer network that could become a model for how scientific research is shared.
Edward Holmes, M.D., Vice Chancellor for health sciences was quoted in a San Diego Union Tribune article that announced that UCSD Medical Center, Hillcrest, has chosen Richard Liekweg as it's chief executive officer.
Troy Holbrook, Ph.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, was interviewed by Fitness Magazine on her study examining post traumatic stress being more common in women than men.
In Style Magazine interviewed Guido Schnyder M.D., Cardiology, on the relationship between B vitamins, low homocysteine levels and preventing heart disease.
Robert Steiner, M.D., medical director of the Kidney Transplant Program, was interviewed by the Herald Sun in Durham, NC on the medical ethics of transplant issues.
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Gordon McGuire, Pharm.D., Pharmacy, was interviewed by Channel 10 regarding the warning that was issued to health care providers and consumers to look for a counterfeit version of the anti-anemia drug Procrit. The fake drug, tainted with bacteria, could have serious consequences according to the Food and Drug Administration.
Delores Pretorius, M.D., Radiology, was featured with patient Karen Van Hoesen, M.D., Emergency Medicine on Channel 10's Staying Healthy for a story on 4D Ultrasound, the next level of ultrasound imaging.
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Robert Langer, M.D. and Cynthia Stuenkel M.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, were guests of KPBS for a program on the aftermath of last summer's WHI study findings linking higher rates of certain types of cancers with hormone replacement therapy.
Richard Kronick, Ph.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, was featured in a KPBS Radio story about the growing number of uninsured and legislative efforts underway to address the problem.
Stephen Wasserman, M.D., Medicine, was a guest on the NPR program "Science Friday," discussing a potential new treatment for peanut allergies.
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The Associated Press interviewed Kenneth Lee Jones, M.D., Pediatrics, for an article on the scope, causes and treatment of type 2 diabetes in children.
Glamour Magazine interviewed Daniel Kripke, M.D., Psychiatry, on why people feel sleepy in the middle of the afternoon.
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Michael M. Kaback, M.D.,
Pediatrics, was interviewed by the New York Times, about how genetic screening has proven successful in significantly reducing some diseases such as Tay-Sachs in Ashkenazi Jews. Although controversial, this technology has been proposed to attempt to eliminate ten other such diseases.The Washington Post discussed how medical researchers are becoming increasingly convinced that the most primitive part of the immune system, usually the body's first defense against infection and injury, may play a crucial role in some of the most devastating afflictions, including heart disease,
cancer, diabetes and possibly Alzheimer's. Gary S. Firestein, M.D., chief of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology was one of the researchers that the Post interviewed.Leland Rickman, M.D., Epidemiology, offered advice, through a San Diego Union Tribune article, on how to stay healthy during cold and flu season by preventing the spread of germs through vigorous hand-washing.
Copley News Service and the San Diego Union-Tribune reported that the newer AIDS drugs that have kept hundreds of thousands of patients alive do not cause premature heart attack or stroke as many suspected, a study by San Diego Veterans Affairs and University of California San Diego researchers has found. Sam Bozzette, M.D., Medicine and San Diego VA was noted as the lead investigator in the article.
The San Diego Union Tribune reported that companies whose products include ephedra,a herbal stimulate, state that clinical studies have proven the safety of their products. However, Daniel Masys, M.D., director of the Human Research Protections program, said some of the research and analysis practices appeared to be "seriously flawed." The final reports from the National Institutes of Health and the FDA could decide the fates of companies such as Metabolife International in San Diego.
Mark Bracker, M.D., Family Medicine, was interviewed by the San Diego Union-Tribune on the "20 Minute Workout".
Leann Cortimiglia, R.N., UCSD Regional Burn Center, was featured in NYC NurseWeek on her trip to New York-Presbyterian/Columbia/Cornell Medical Center's William Randolph Hearst Burn Center, Cornell University's Burn Center to deliver a banner signed by faculty and staff at the UCSD Regional Burn Center, participants in the Burn Run and others.
The Los Angeles Times reported on the new drug Strattera, also known as atomoxetine. It's the first drug approved for ADHD in adults as well as children. David Feifel, M.D., Ph.D., Psychiatry and director of the Adult ADHD Clinic, discusses the new drugs and the debate on the prevalence of the disorder and how it's diagnosed.
We noted in the last In The News that Anthony DeMaria, M.D., Medicine and chief of Cardiology, was profiled in the cover story of San Diego Metropolitan Magazine for his varied roles in research, teaching, consulting and clinical care. Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, Kirk Hammond, M.D., Cardiology and Shu Chien, M.D., Ph.D., director of the Whitaker Institute of Bioengineering were also interviewed in the article.
The New York Times featured Lawrence Palinkas, Ph.D., Family and Preventive Medicine, as one of their experts working with the National Space Biomedical Institute, in an article discussing the unique blend of personality traits needed to become an astronaut. The "Right Stuff" now includes social skills as well as physical training for longer space flights.
TELEVISION:
Robert W. Steiner, M.D., Director of Peritoneal Dialysis and Medical Director of the Kidney Transplant Program, commented for Channel 10 on the blood typing transplant error made at Duke University and how UCSD makes every effort to avoid such tragic mistakes.
Leland Rickman, M.D., Epidemiology, and Therese Rymer, NP, Occupational and Environmental Health, were interviewed by Channel 10 on the arrival of the smallpox vaccine in San Diego and UCSD Healthcare's smallpox volunteer program which include physicians, nurses and support personnel.
David Salmon, M.D., was interviewed by Channel 7/39 on memory loss and how diet and exercise can help slow the process.
Richard Clark, M.D., Emergency Medicine, was interviewed by Channel 10 on the dangers of ephedra following the death of baseball player Steve Bechler.
Deborah Watson, M.D., Head and Neck Surgery, was interviewed by Channel 7/39 on how and on whom Botox should be used for cosmetic purposes.
Steven Rose, M.D., Radiology, was interviewed by Channel 10 on new treatments for cancer.
STAY TUNED:
Jeffrey Schwimmer, M.D., Pediatrics, was interviewed on childhood obesity for an upcoming article in San Diego Magazine called America's War on Obesity.
Eric Goodman, M.D., Radiology, was interviewed by Radiology Today for an upcoming article on the advantages of 16-slice CT angiography, and the advancements it offers over earlier 4-slice and 8-slice technology.
Delores Pretorius, M.D., Radiology, will be featured with patient Karen Van Hoesen, M.D., Emergency Medicine on Channel 10's Staying Healthy for a story on 4D Ultrasound, the next level of ultrasound imaging.
Lisa Stellwagen, M.D., Pediatrics, will be interviewed by Channel 10 on the prevalence of parents sleeping with their newborn infants.
Drew Mattison, Ph.D., Psychiatry, will be a guest on the KPBS-TV program "Full Focus" to discuss the research studies in the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research. The program airs at 6:30 pm and 11:30 pm Tuesday, Feb. 25.
02/07/03
EVERYWHERE: Dilip Jeste, M.D., Psychiatry, was featured on a Channel 10 "Staying
Healthy" segment about an NIMH grant to UCSD for a collaborative program
with San Diego County Mental Health to treat and offer clinical trials for
middle-aged and older individuals with schizophrenia. The story was also
carried in the San Diego Union-Tribune and the North County Times. A study led by Patricia Thistlethwaite, M.D., Surgery, and published
in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that an over-active gene and the
molecular events it triggers, cause acquired cases of pulmonary
hypertension. News reports on the discovery included the San Diego
Union-Tribune, United Press International, HealthScout, and numerous
international health-related web sites. Read the news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/02_05_Thistle.html PRINT: Shunichi Shimasaki, Ph.D., Reproductive Medicine, was featured in an
article in Women's Health Weekly via NewsRx.com, regarding their research on
bone morphogenetic protein-15 that regulates only one of a few hormones
associated with human reproduction and may thus be a fertility modulator. The appointment of UCSD's new Dean for Scientific Affairs/Health Sciences, Jack
Dixon, was announced in Nature. Kim Prisk, Ph.D., Medicine, who is studying the dynamic effects of space
travel on the human body, commented on the space shuttle Columbia tragedy in
Newsday. The San Diego Union-Tribune discussed the growing evidence that inflammation
may be at the root of many chronic diseases. Joseph Witztum, M.D.,
Medicine, is studying how LDL, or low-density lipoprotein, turns into bad
cholesterol with the assistance of the inflammatory response. Michael Bouvet, M.D., Cancer Center and Surgery, was interviewed
about colon cancer by HealthScout, a widely read health-news website. Georgia Sadler, Ph.D., Cancer Center and
Surgery, was interviewed for a feature story by Voice and Viewpoint newspaper
about the importance of clinical trials and making health a priority in the
African American community. Rick Ford, director of Respiratory Services, was interviewed by The
Journal for Respiratory Care Practitioners on respiratory care for UCSD
Healthcare. San Diego Union Tribune discussed the concern over young people's exposure to
alcohol advertising comes from the medical community as well as parents. Sandra
Brown, Ph.D., Psychiatry, was featured among those who contributed to a
recent American Medical Association report focusing on hammering home the cost
of underage drinking. J. Christian Gillin, M.D., Psychiatry discussed sleeping patterns and how
they can impair your ability to perform basic cognitive tasks in an article for
Copley News Service that discussed the Tampa Bay Bucs coach's habit of waking at
3:17 a.m. Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Ph.D., Cancer Center and Psychiatry, discussed the
delay in circadian rhythms experienced by teenagers in a Copley News Service
feature on sleep patterns and insomnia. The announcement that the UCSD Medical Center has named Richard Liekweg,
now head of Durham Regional Hospital, as its next chief executive officer
appeared in Modern Healthcare, the Durham Herald Sun, the San Diego
Union-Tribune and the La Jolla Village News. An editorial in the San Diego Union-Tribune questioned the credibility of San
Diego's Medical Marijuana/Cannabis task force and called on the city council to
delay accepting the task force's proposals for several years until the UCSD
Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research starts releasing results of its
research. The UCSD center is touted for its scientific approach. In an article in USA Today, Elizabeth Barrett-Connor, M.D., Family and
Preventive Medicine, was noted as a member of the Institute of Medicine's
testosterone task force that will begin reviewing whether testosterone
replacement therapy in older men should be studied in a clinical trial. The task force is led by the Institute of Medicine and supported by the
National Institute on Aging. Beatrice Golomb, M.D., Medicine, was consulted
by the "People's Pharmacy" column in the Los Angeles Times regarding a
reader's question about statins. Dr. Golomb said two studies have shown
unexpected, but significant, increases in blood sugar with statin use. William Bradley, M.D., Ph.D, FACR., Chairman of the Department of
Radiology, was interviewed by the Baltimore Sun regarding the effectiveness and
use of full body screenings. The opinion of gene-therapy expert Theodore Friedmann, M.D., Medicine,
was sought by Science magazine in a news article on the cause of induced
leukemias in a gene therapy trial in France. TELEVISION: Ehtisham Mahmud, M.D., director of the Cardiac Catheterization
Laboratory, was interviewed by 7/39 for a story on C Reactive Protein. John Alksne, M.D.,
Neurosurgery, was featured for his surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia in
a 15-minute segment on the NBC national daytime program "Life
Moments." Channel 7/39 interviewed Ulrika Green, M.D., Medicine, for a
piece on women and heart disease. Leann Cortimiglia, R.N., UCSD Regional Burn,
appeared on Channel 10's Emergency Preparedness hot line telephone show
answering questions from the audience on burn prevention. Janell Fine, B.S., Medicine and UCSD's
NASA lab, was interviewed by Channel 10 on the pulmonary function experiments
the department is doing in coordination with NASA. She discussed research that
was being conducted on the Columbia examining gravity's influence on lung
function. STAY TUNED: The coenzyme Q10 study by Clifford Shults, M.D., Neurosciences, will
be highlighted in an upcoming issue of Parade magazine. KGTV interviewed Lisa Stellwagen, M.D. on the prevalence of parents
sleeping with their newborn infants. Story is to run in February. Kenneth Lee Jones, M.D., Pediatrics, will be featured in an interview for
San Diego Magazine for an article on obesity. He will comment on childhood
obesity. Delores Pretorius, M.D., Radiology, will be featured by Channel 10's
Staying Healthy for a story on 4D Ultrasound, the next level of ultrasound
imaging. TELEVISION:
Lawrence Goldstein, Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Medicine, was a
featured guest on a panel of speakers, airing on PBS, to discuss the ethical
implications of the 30th anniversary of Roe Vs. Wade, National Sanctity of Human
Life Day and stem cell research. PRINT: United Press International, Health tips, carried the news of a study led by
Anthony DeMaria,
M.D., Medicine, is profiled in the cover story of San
Diego Metropolitan Magazine for his varied roles in research, teaching,
consulting and clinical care.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week620/cover.html
http://health.ucsd.edu/news/UCSDInTheNews02.html#10/18/02
To read the original news release: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2002/10_14_Shults.html
New York Times featured
Eliezer Masliah, M.D., Neurosciences and Pathology, in an article discussing that many Alzheimer researchers are finding accumulating evidence that memory starts to fail long before brain cells die, and that the disease, with its memory loss, begins as an interruption of the signaling between living and healthy brain cells. If they are right, it may be possible to stop Alzheimer's, and reverse the memory loss, if treatments begin before brain cells die.
The San Diego Daily Transcript reported on "Taking the Lead: California Advances
in Stem Cell Research" forum in San Diego, using a quote from
Lawrence
Goldstein, Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Medicine. The forum said that
California could be a center for stem cell research with adequate funding and
supportive legislation.
Leland Rickman, M.D., Epidemiology, was interviewed by the North County Times on the smallpox vaccination of health care workers.
Mayri Sagady, C.N.M., M.S.N., director of the Birth Center, authored 2 articles for the current issue of "B" Every Baby magazine.
David Braff,
M.D.,
Psychiatry, was quoted extensively in a Science
magazine article titled "Deconstructing Schizophrenia." The
writer talks about the recently funded Consortium on the Genetics of
Schizophrenia, which is headed by Braff.
STAY TUNED:
Anthony DeMaria, M.D., Medicine, will be featured on the front cover of Metropolitan Magazine's February issue and in the accompanying article about cardiac care.
Cynthia Stuenkel, M.D., Medicine, was interviewed for an upcoming feature on osteoporosis in the North County Times.
Terry Davidson, M.D., Otolaryngology, will be featured in an upcoming article in the North County Times regarding NFL/sleep apnea research.
Iparenting.com interviewed Mayri Sagady, C.N.M., M.S.N., director of the Birth Center, about pregnant women and snacking. Her comments will appear in an article on the website.
The daytime NBC program "Life Moments" on Friday, Jan. 31 will feature the story of a woman who had surgery performed by John Alksne, M.D., Surgery, to successfully correct her painful trigeminal neuralgia.
EVERYWHERE:
A single infant, a set of twins, a set of triplets and a set of quadruplets were born within a 15-hour and 23-minute period of time last week at the UCSD Medical Center. Brian Lane, M.D., Jamie Jones, M.D., Pediatrics and Linda Levy, R.N., M.S.N., director of UCSD's Women and Infant Services were all featured in the news segments carried on Channels 8, 51, 19, 6, 5, 10, 9 and 7/39 as well as the San Diego Union-Tribune (front page), the North County Times and Poway News Chieftain.
Read the news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2003/01_07_Babies.htmlMasahiko Hoshijima, M.D., Ph.D., and Ralph Knoell, M.D., Medicine, discussed their research detailing the molecular defect that is linked to an inherited form of human cardiomyopathy in stories for the United Press International, the BBC, Heartwire, The Scientist, ScienceDaily and Health Newswire Professional. The journals Cell and Nature are writing news briefs on the research, which will run in issues this month. Ken Chien, M.D., Ph.D., Institute of Molecular Medicine, is lead author on the paper that was published in the December 27th issue of Cell. Read the news release at: http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2002/12_26_Chien.html
Eric Courchesne, Ph.D., Neurosciences, was plenary speaker at the World Autism Conference, held in Melbourne, Australia. While there, he participated in numerous media events including feature articles in The Age, The Australian, and interviews on local Australian television and radio. Courchesne also appeared locally on Channels 10, 9 and 7/39 as well as nationally on ABC TV news and the Today Show, to discuss research breakthroughs announced at the congress.
TELEVISION:
Anne Wallace, M.D., Surgery and Cancer Center, was interviewed by Ivanhoe Productions, a national medical news production company, for a story about breast-reduction surgery and whether this reduces a woman's risk of developing breast cancer.
RADIO:
Lawrence Goldstein, Ph.D., Cellular and Molecular Medicine, was among the experts that discussed research cloning and the debate whether to clone humans on National Public Radio.
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Steven Plaxe M.D., Reproductive Medicine and Cancer Center, was interviewed by the San Diego Union Tribune about new research from the University of Washington demonstrating that a vaccine for human papilloma virus 16 was highly effective.
Michael Grundman, M.D., Neurosciences discussed the dilemma of current research efforts to study the causes of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in clinical trials designed to last only a couple of years in USAToday's story on the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study.
Sonia Ancoli-Israel M.D., Psychiatry and Cancer Center, was interviewed by Los Angeles Daily News about her research with breast cancer patients to study sleep cycles and fatigue.
Bob Hogan, Director of Finance, UCSD Medical Center, Hillcrest, was quoted in a San Diego Union Tribune article regarding the investigation into Tenet Healthcare and Medicare inpatient payments.
Leon Thal, M.D., Neurosciences, was referenced in an article in the Montreal Gazette, about how staying mentally active might help forestall the worst symptoms of Alzheimer's by building up a reserve of mental circuits that keep thoughts flowing smoothly.
Michael Karin, Ph.D., Pharmacology, collaborated on a study that was discussed in Genomics & Genetics Weekly, via NewsRx.com. The study identified a gene as the key component in interfering with insulin sensitivity in the metabolic pathway for obesity, obesity-induced insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes. The discovery identifies a new target for therapeutic drugs for both obesity and some forms of diabetes.
Jake Jacoby, M.D., Emergency Services, discussed the role the UCSD-sponsored Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) played in service to the typhoon-ravaged island of Guam.
The Ottawa Citizen discussed research being conducted by a UCSD team including Michael Kelner, M.D., Pathology and Trevor McMorris, Ph.D., Chemistry and Biochemistry, on a chemical derived from the jack-o'-lantern mushroom, irofulven, that is being tested as a possible therapy for hard-to-treat cancers.