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5/8/2008
Firefighter Back to Work with Help of UC San Diego Medical Center Surgeon
“Gary’s hand was mangled,” said Reid Abrams, M.D., chief of hand and microvascular surgery at UC San Diego Medical Center. “The first step was to clean the wound. The next was to consider reconstruction options that would keep him doing what he loves...More...
5/8/2008
UC San Diego Physician-Scientist Wins National Honor for Pediatric Research
Victor Nizet, M.D., a professor of pediatrics and pharmacy at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and physician at the Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, has been sele...More...
5/7/2008
UC San Diego Physician Receives Ellis Island Medal of Honor
When a young Stuart Jamieson first began to study medicine, he waited tables to put himself through medical school. Now, more than four decades later, this world-renowned cardiothoracic surgeon is being honored with an Ellis Island Medal of Honor fo...More...
5/6/2008
UC San Diego Medical Center Hospitalists ‘Set New Benchmark’
Leading the Way in Patient Care and Quality Improvement
Blood clots that can develop in the limbs and travel to the lungs are considered the leading cause of preventable death in hospitalized patients. The Division of Hospital Medicine at UC San D...More...
5/6/2008
UC San Diego Receives $2.5 Million NIH Grant To Establish Digestive Diseases Research Center
In a major boost to important research into gastrointestinal disease being conducted at the UC San Diego School of Medicine, a $2.5 million basic research core grant to establish a Digestive Diseases Research Development Center (DDRDC) has been award...More...
5/5/2008
Seven from UC San Diego Named Fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Seven scholars from the University of California, San Diego were recently named Fellows of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences: four from the School of Medicine, and one each from economics, anthropology and the Scripps Institution ...More...
5/5/2008
Pioneering “Scarless” Surgeon, Mark Talamini, M.D., Elected President of the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Mark A. Talamini, M.D., professor and chairman of the department of surgery at UC San Diego Medical Center has assumed the role of president of The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, the largest professional organization of...More...
5/5/2008
TB Strain May Be Linked to Unpasteurized Dairy; Highest Incidence Among Hispanics
The incidence of a strain of tuberculosis (TB) called Mycobacterium bovis, or M. bovis, associated more often with cattle than humans, is increasing in San Diego and is concentrated mostly in Hispanics of Mexican origin, according to a study conducte...More...
4/30/2008
Renowned UC San Diego Researcher Receives Hartwell Foundation Grant To Study Diet and Birth Defects
More than 30 years ago, Kenneth Lyons Jones, M.D., pediatrician and pioneering specialist in the study of birth defects, helped identify what is now commonly known as fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). This ground-breaking research established the link b...More...
4/25/2008
Zimbabwean Art Exhibit and Sale to Benefit HIV/AIDS Research
The University of California, San Diego AIDS Research Institute (ARI) and the ZATA (Zimbabwe AIDS Treatment Assistance) Project will co-sponsor a Zimbabwean art exhibit and sale to raise funds for AIDS treatment in Zimbabwe, Africa and to benefit HIV...More...
4/23/2008
Sons and Daughters Get Sneak Peek Inside Operating Rooms of UC San Diego Medical Center
“I like the big robot,” said Connor Carr, age 4. “I got two finger casts and I got to see my heart beat on a computer screen. I also got a cookie.”
Dressed in a white surgical suit and cap, Connor Carr was one of fifty children who had the privilege...More...
4/23/2008
Researchers Link Master Regulator of Innate Immunity to the Hypoxic Response
Survival of all animals depends on their ability to withstand microbial infections and adapt to fluctuations in oxygen concentrations. These abilities depend on two ancient, evolutionary gene expression responses called the innate immune response an...More...
4/22/2008
Fat-Cell Hormone Linked to Kidney Disease
Reduced levels of a hormone produced by fat cells and linked to the development of insulin resistance may also be related to a higher risk of kidney disease, according to a study led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of...More...
4/22/2008
Scientists Identify Novel Way to Prevent Cardiac Fibrosis
In a study that points to a new strategy for preventing or possibly reversing fibrosis – the scarring that can lead to organ and tissue damage – researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have determined that a molecul...More...
4/21/2008
Triathlon Event to Benefit Moores UCSD Cancer Center
The Spring Sprint Triathlon and Duathlon, benefiting the Moores UCSD Cancer Center, is scheduled for 7 a.m. Sunday, May 4, at South Shores Park on Mission Bay. This is the first multi-sport event of the season in San Diego, and is designed for sports...More...
4/15/2008
Hartford Foundation Renews Support for UC San Diego Program to Train Geriatric Mental Health Specialists
Grant supports Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry to train next generation of geriatric psychiatrists, researchers/educators to meet mental health needs of the elderly
By 2030, when the last of the baby boomers reach age 65, there will be ...More...
4/14/2008
Statins Shown to Lower Blood Pressure
A large, randomized drug trial has shown for the first time that statin drugs result in a modest, but significant, reduction in blood pressure. These effects may contribute to the reduced risk of stroke and cardiovascular events reported for patient...More...
4/10/2008
CANCER, COOKING AND NUTRITION, April & May Classes
Moores UCSD Cancer Center presents free cooking classes with nutrition expert Vicky Newman, R.D. “Stealth Health—Recipes with Surprise Ingredients” is scheduled on Thursday, April 17, 11:30-1:00 PM and 6:00-7:30 p.m.; Monday, April 21, 6:00-7:30 p.m....More...
4/9/2008
Bannister Family House Golf Tournament, Monday, April 28, 2008
Grab your favorite driver and aim your golf cart for San Diego Country Club in Chula Vista for the 15th Annual Bannister Family House Golf Tournament. The goal of the day is to raise awareness and funds for Bannister Family House, a home away from h...More...
4/7/2008
From Bench to Bedside in One Year: Stem Cell Research Leads to Potential New Therapy for Rare Blood Disorder
A unique partnership between industry and academia has led to human clinical trials of a new drug for a rare class of blood diseases called myeloproliferative disorders (MPD), which are all driven by the same genetic mutation and can evolve into leuk...More...
4/3/2008
UC San Diego Medical Center Expands Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to Address Rising Numbers of Premature Babies and Multiple Births
On April 2, 2008, UC San Diego Medical Center-Hillcrest celebrated the opening of an expanded Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) designed for the 24-hour specialized care of premature infants and newborns with complications. Nine licensed beds have ...More...
4/2/2008
New Species of Infectious Disease Found in Amazon
While investigating the tropical disease leptospirosis in the Peruvian Amazon, an infectious disease specialist from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has uncovered new, emerging bacteria that may be responsible for up to 40 ...More...
3/31/2008
UC San Diego Researchers Step Up to Fight Childhood Obesity
Seeking Participants for “Step Up, Size Down” Study
Childhood obesity is becoming a national epidemic. A key element in curbing this growing problem is a better understanding of how medical providers can help treat and manage pediatric obesity as p...More...
3/28/2008
UC San Diego Center for Future of Surgery Performs Another Groundbreaking "Scarless" Surgery, U. S. First
New Technology and Instruments Key to Incisionless Procedures
On Surgeons from UCSD Center for Future of Surgery remove appendix through vagina, a U.S. first.
March 26, 2008, surgeons at UC San Diego Medical Center removed an inflamed appendix thro...More...
3/26/2008
UC San Diego Study Helps Parents Help Overweight Kids
Nearly one in six children in the United States between the ages of 8 and 12 are considered obese, and parents play a major role in the development and maintenance of obesity in their children.
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego ...More...
3/24/2008
Non-Invasive Imaging Provides Window Into Genetic Properties of Brain Tumors
Doctors diagnose and prescribe treatment for brain tumors by studying, under a microscope, tumor tissue and cell samples obtained through invasive biopsy or surgery. Now, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicin...More...
3/24/2008
UC San Diego Gets the Go-Ahead to Plan New Biomedical Research Building
The University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) has received approval from the UC Board of Regents to begin planning a new Health Sciences Biomedical Research facility on the Health Sciences campus in La Jolla. The facility is necessary to ac...More...
3/20/2008
From White Coats to White Envelopes
UC San Diego Medical Students Receive Residency Assignments
Graduating medical student Ann Ha has a great reason to love her alma mater, UC San Diego School of Medicine. While studying to be a pediatric physician, she met and married fellow student...More...
3/14/2008
UC San Diego Medical Center Reports United States’ First Oral Appendix Removal
Clinical Trial Surgery Studies the Safety and Effectiveness of Scarless Surgery
On Wednesday, March 12, 2008, surgeons at UC San Diego Medical Center performed what is believed to be the country’s first removal of a diseased appendix through the mou...More...
3/14/2008
Potential Alzheimer's Disease Drug Target Identified by UC San Diego Researcher
In findings with the potential to provide a therapy for Alzheimer’s disease patients where none now exist, a researcher at the University of California, San Diego and colleagues have demonstrated in mice a way to reduce the overproduction of a peptid...More...
3/12/2008
Ride4AIDS to Benefit UCSD AIDS Research Institute Research and Being Alive San Diego
Riders are invited to sign up now for the fifth annual “Ride4AIDS,” a one-day HIV/AIDS benefit bike ride along San Diego’s scenic waterfront, which will be held Sunday, April 13A. Proceeds from the ride will go to the University of California, San D...More...
3/12/2008
Dedicated Volunteer Has Tiniest Babies Covered at UC San Diego Medical Center
More than 600 Blankets Crocheted By One Pair of Loving Hands
“I’ve crocheted 664 baby blankets since 1993,” said Joan Graves, 71, a volunteer and retired UC San Diego Medical Center nurse. “I don’t consider it work. The time spent is instant gratif...More...
3/11/2008
Support Group for Women with Heart Disease Launched by UC San Diego Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center
Eight million women in the United States suffer from cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death among women. To provide support and education, UC San Diego Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center has launched a free monthly support group, Women...More...
3/10/2008
Health Problems in Persian Gulf War Veterans Higher Due to Chemical Exposure
UCSD researchers warn of potential risk to civilians exposed to pesticides
A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine shows there is increasing evidence that high rates of illness in Persian Gulf War Veteran...More...
3/5/2008
FDA Approves “Icy Fire” Drug Based on UC San Diego Researcher’s Findings
A drug to treat a rare, inherited disease that causes rash, fever, chills and joint pain in patients when they are exposed to cold temperatures has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The therapy, ARCALYST™ (rilonacept), ma...More...
3/5/2008
UCSD Radiation Oncology Services to Come to North County
The UCSD Department of Radiation Oncology, in conjunction with the UCSD Medical Center and School of Medicine, has broken ground for construction of a radiation oncology center at the San Diego Cancer Center in Encinitas, a move that will improve acc...More...
3/5/2008
UC San Diego Ophthalmologist Joins International Awareness Effort At First-Ever World Glaucoma Day
Glaucoma is often described as “the silent blinding disease.” That’s precisely why a University of California, San Diego Distinguished Professor is helping to deliver a very loud message to Capitol Hill: Blindness caused by glaucoma can be prevente...More...
3/4/2008
UC San Diego and Salk Institute Establish Center to Study the Origin of Humans
Perhaps the oldest question in the world is “where do I come from?”
To help answer this question from a scientific perspective, a multidisciplinary group of researchers at the University of California, San Diego, along with colleagues at the Salk I...More...
2/29/2008
UC San Diego Researcher Named 2007 Hartwell Fellow
Douglas A. Mitchell, Ph.D., a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, thinks that it might be a more diplomatic strategy to disarm bacteria rather than kill them. His effor...More...
2/25/2008
Moores UCSD Cancer Center to Present Free Seminar on Colorectal Cancer Awareness, Prevention, Screening
The Moores UCSD Cancer Center will present a free public seminar highlighting colorectal cancer awareness, prevention and screening from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 15, at the Cancer Center, 3855 Health Sciences Drive, La Jolla.
The event, he...More...
2/22/2008
Padre Game to Benefit UCSD EyeMobile for Children
“Good eye!” isn’t just a phrase baseball coaches holler when their batter has the good sense not to swing at a bad pitch. Good eyesight is a necessary part of learning anything from science to sports. The UCSD EyeMobile for Children, which provides ...More...
2/15/2008
New Approach May Render Disease-Causing Staph Harmless
A multi-institution collaboration between U.S. and Taiwanese scientists, including researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine and the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, has uncovered a complet...More...
2/14/2008
Do Commercial Diet Plans Really Work?
UCSD Researchers Conducting “FAB” Study to Find Out
The holidays have passed… it’s already February… and still, consumers are bombarded with commercials touting the benefits of various commercial diet programs. But which ones really work?
Nutri...More...
2/12/2008
CANCER AND NUTRITION LECTURES, March 11 & 17, 2008
Two free lectures on nutrition and cancer will be presented by Moores UCSD Cancer Center nutrition expert Vicki Newman, R.D. “Fighting Cancer With Your Fork” is scheduled from 10:30 – 12:00 pm, Tuesday, March 11th. “Nutrition Solutions for Common C...More...
2/12/2008
Gene Therapy Protocol at UCSD Activates Immune System in Patients with Leukemia
A research team at the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD) reports that patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) who were treated with a gene therapy protocol began making antibodies that r...More...
2/12/2008
UCSD Research Team Identifies Novel Anti-Cancer Drug from the Sea
A collaborative team of researchers spearheaded by Dennis Carson, M.D., professor of medicine and director of the Rebecca and John Moores UCSD Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has identified a potent new anti-cancer dru...More...
2/11/2008
UC San Diego Team Shows Correcting Poor Vision Can Help a Preschooler's Performance
Preschoolers with poor vision have lower scores in developmental testing indicative of success in school performance, but those scores improve significantly within six weeks when the children are given prescription glasses, according to a new study b...More...
2/7/2008
"Love Hormone" Promotes Bonding
Gazing into your lover’s eyes isn’t only romantic; it may also mimic early attachments that forever alter your brain and body.
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine are studying whether the brain hormone re...More...
2/7/2008
UC San Diego Department of Radiology Opens New Advanced Imaging Center in La Jolla
On February 3, 2008, UC San Diego Department of Radiology opened a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) center in La Jolla. Called UCSD Imaging Center at La Jolla, the new center is open to the public and offers access to the university’s world-renow...More...
2/6/2008
UC San Diego Medical Experts to Speak at International Society for Cardiovascular Translational Research on Feb. 9 and 10, 2008
More than thirty international experts from all fields of cardiovascular research will gather in San Diego on February 9 and 10, 2008 to share the latest advances in the fields of cellular therapy and genomics in the treatment of cardiovascular disea...More...
2/5/2008
Burn Awareness
A Reminder from Physicians and Staff at UCSD Regional Burn Center
Did you know that 80 percent of burn injuries occur in and around the home? The team at the UCSD Regional Burn Center treats thousands of children every year, often for burns that co...More...
2/4/2008
Researchers Use New Method to Probe Recollections in Memory-Impaired Patients
Neuroscientists continue to debate whether or not long-term memory always depends on a region of the brain called the medial temporal lobe, which contains the brain’s memory-processing center, the hippocampus. A new study of brain-damaged patients b...More...
2/4/2008
Targeting Astrocytes Slows Disease Progression in ALS
In what the researchers say could be promising news in the quest to find a therapy to slow the progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease, scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicin...More...
1/29/2008
Institute of Medicine Report Highlights UCSD Cancer Center Program
Cancer care today can save and prolong many lives, but often fails to address the psychological and social problems associated with the illness. A recently released report by the prestigious Institute of Medicine (IOM) proposes a new standard of care...More...
1/28/2008
Researchers Map Signaling Networks that Control Neuron Function
Relationship between Thousands of Proteins at Work in the Brain Could Impact Diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s Disease, and Spinal Cord Injury
In the first large-scale proteomics study of its kind, researchers at the University of California...More...
1/28/2008
City of Hope Gives von Gunten Humanitarian Award
Charles von Gunten, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSD, is the 2007 recipient of the Sarnat Distinguished Humanitarian Award, given by the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center in recognition of outstanding scientific an...More...
1/25/2008
Research Aims to Find Most Effective Family-Based Treatment for Anorexia
Experts no longer consider the family to be the cause of a young person’s onset of anorexia; instead, the family is being looked to as a solution for this serious and potentially lethal disease.
As part of the largest study of its kind ever conducte...More...
1/24/2008
UCSD and Community Clinics Partner to Improve Care for Safety Net Patients
Grant Supports Innovative Technology to Alleviate ED Overcrowding, Improve Care for the Underserved
The nationwide crisis of overcrowded emergency rooms and hospitals is partly due to the increasing number of uninsured patients who don’t have a prim...More...
1/17/2008
Rapid Effects of Intensive Therapy Seen in Brains of Patients with OCD
In a study that may significantly advance the understanding of how cognitive-behavioral therapy affects the brain, researchers have shown that significant changes in activity in certain regions of the brain can be produced with as little as four week...More...
1/15/2008
CANCER AND NUTRITION LECTURES, February 11 & 27
Two free lectures on nutrition and cancer will be presented by Moores UCSD Cancer Center nutrition expert Vicki Newman, R.D.
“Fighting Cancer With Your Fork” is scheduled from 6:00 – 7:30 pm, Monday February 11, 2008.
“Nutrition Solutions for C...More...
1/10/2008
100 Year-Old Heart Patient Sings Praises of ‘Wine, Women, and Song”
“Schubert’s Serenade, do you know it?” asked Ernest Schoen. “I sang it for Eleanor Roosevelt in the San Francisco Opera House in the early ‘40s.”
The former First Lady, soldiers of the US army, clubgoers to New York’s St. More...
1/10/2008
‘Heart of San Diego’ Gala Beats for Robert and Betty Beyster
The 11th “Heart of San Diego” Gala benefiting the University of California, San Diego’s Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center will be held on Saturday, March 8 at the Hotel del Coronado. Honoring philanthropists J. Robert Beyster, Ph.D. and his wife ...More...
1/9/2008
New Year’s Resolution: Quit Smoking? Move to California
Social Pressure May Be More Effective in Encouraging Life-long Smokers to Quit
Sun. Sand. Surf. And no smoking. California’s attitude toward smoking may be the best recipe for success when trying to quit. New research shows that social pressu...More...
1/8/2008
Chronic Facial Pain Before Pulling that Tooth, Call Your Doctor’s Office
January 26 Conference at UC San Diego Offers Treatment Options for Trigeminal Neuralgia
“The pain is like a direct lightening bolt to the face,” said Cherie Sato, 54, of Carlsbad. “It strikes again and again, leaving you stunned and crying.”
What C...More...
1/8/2008
UCSD Clinical Trial to Assess Effects of Drug Regimens on HIV-Related Neuro-Cognitive Impairment
A clinical trial is being conducted by researchers at UCSD’s HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center (HNRC) to discern which antiretroviral treatments are most effective in treating HIV-related disease in the brain and central nervous system. The study ...More...
1/2/2008
UCSD Researchers Find Young Adults More Likely to Quit Smoking Successfully
Young adults are more likely than older adults to quit smoking successfully, partly because they are more likely to make a serious effort to quit, say researchers at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego.
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