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UC San Diego and Verizon Team to Improve Tuberculosis Care
As part of an innovative philanthropic health care program targeting reduction of health care disparities in diverse communities around the United States, the Verizon Foundation has provided the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine with a $300,000 grant, as well as important in-kind health information technology solutions.
December 04, 2012 • General, Giving, Health, Science and Engineering
DELPHI Project Foretells Future of Personalized Population Health
Imagine a new type of healthcare app that does it all – it helps you understand your current health status, assists you in making changes in your life to improve your health, and takes into account the perspective of your entire life history, others in your age group—and perhaps even your neighborhood—who share similar characteristics.
December 04, 2012 • Events, General, Health, Science and Engineering
In Schizophrenia Patients, Auditory Cues Sound Bigger Problems
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and the VA San Diego Healthcare System have found that deficiencies in the neural processing of simple auditory tones can evolve into a cascade of dysfunctional information processing across wide swaths of the brain in patients with schizophrenia.
November 30, 2012 • General, Health, Science and Engineering
Novel Studies of Gene Regulation in Brain Development May Mean New Treatment of Mental Disorders
A team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego and the Institut Pasteur, Paris has come up with a novel way to describe a time-dependent brain development based on coherent–gene-groups (CGGs) and transcription-factors (TFs) hierarchy. The findings could lead to new drug designs for mental disorders such as autism-spectrum disorders (ASD) and schizophrenia.
UC San Diego Cardiology Team Performs 100th Extraction Procedure with 100 Percent Success Rate
A multidisciplinary team from the Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center at University of California, San Diego Health System has performed its 100th lead (pronounced “leed”) extraction surgery, a delicate procedure to replace the thin wiring of lifesaving heart devices such as pacemakers or implantable defibrillators (ICDs). The collaborative program, pioneered at UC San Diego Health System, has a 100 percent success rate.
November 29, 2012 • General, Health, Science and Engineering
Ten UC San Diego Faculty Named 2012 AAAS Fellows
Ten professors at the University of California, San Diego have been named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the nation’s largest scientific organization. They are among 702 members selected this year by colleagues in their disciplines to be honored by the association for “scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.”
Study Helps Resolve Debate About How Tumors Spread
A team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has shown for the first time how cancer cells control the ON/OFF switch of a program used by developing embryos to effectively metastasize in vivo, breaking free and spreading to other parts of the body, where they can proliferate and grow into secondary tumors.
November 29, 2012 • General, Health, Science and Engineering
Study Sheds Light on How Pancreatic Cancer Begins
Research led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego and UC San Francisco Schools of Medicine examined the tumor-initiating events leading to pancreatic cancer (also called pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma or PDA) in mice. Their work, published on line November 29 in the journal Cancer Cell, may help in the search for earlier detection methods and treatments.
November 29, 2012 • General, Health, Science and Engineering
UC San Diego Health System Awarded “A”s for Patient Safety
UC San Diego Health System was honored with two separate “A” Hospital Safety Scores by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits.
November 28, 2012 • General, Health, Science and Engineering
Four Common Antipsychotic Drugs Found to Lack Safety and Effectiveness in Older Adults
In older adults, antipsychotic drugs are commonly prescribed off-label for a number of disorders outside of their Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved indications – schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In a new study, four of the antipsychotics most commonly prescribed off label for use in patients over 40 were found to lack both safety and effectiveness.
November 27, 2012 • General, Health, Science and Engineering
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