A Sampling of Clips for Feb. 10, 2011

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Not All Birthmarks Harmless, Expert Says
Business Week, Feb. 9 -- About one in 10 infants develops a vascular birthmark at birth or soon after. Though typically harmless, some may need treatment because of location and growth patterns, a dermatologist suggests. "There are several different types of birthmarks, so it is important to determine the type of birthmark before considering any possible treatments," dermatologist Dr. Sheila Fallon Friedlander, a professor of clinical pediatrics and medicine at UC San Diego, said in a news release from the American Academy of Dermatology. She was scheduled to discuss the issue this week in New Orleans at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology. More

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Colleges' Student Health Plans
Would Offer More Protections Under Proposed Rules
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 10 -- Students on college-sponsored health-insurance plans would receive protections similar to those that last year's health-care reform law is providing to the general population, under regulations proposed on Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (Quotes Bryan A. Liang, executive director of the Institute of Health Law Studies at California Western School of Law and co-director of the San Diego Center for Patient Safety at the UC San Diego School of Medicine) More

Diet Drug Makers Seeking New Strategies
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 9 -- After spending more than $1 billion developing new prescription diet pills to curb the nation’s fast-growing obesity epidemic, the pharmaceutical industry has struck out. (Quotes Dr. Jerrold Olefsky, an endocrynologist and associate dean for science at UC San Diego) More

We Have Not Gotten to the Bottom of Speeding Toyotas
KPBS, Feb. 9 — Toyotas have been accused of accelerating out of control, and the U.S. Department of Transportation has investigated. But it had to enlist the help of NASA engineers to examine the vehicles. To this you might say, It’s not rocket science! But then UC San Diego electrical and computer engineer Mohan Trivedi might respond by saying, No… it’s a lot more complicated than that. More

Study: Heart Disease, Inflammation, Linked by Heredity
North County Times, Feb. 10 -- Heart disease may be caused by an inherited predisposition to arterial inflammation, local researchers, including scientists from UC San Diego, have reported in a scientific paper. The findings suggest a new way to treat the United States' leading cause of death. More

'Little Miss Sunshine' Gets Ready to Sing at La Jolla Playhouse
North County Times, Feb. 9 -- "I'm sick of being depressed every time I go to the theater," said William Finn, 58. "I just wanted to write something delicious." Finn's tasty little ray of hope will brighten the stage Tuesday at La Jolla Playhouse on the UC San Diego campus, with the world premiere of Finn's and James Lapine's "Little Miss Sunshine," a musical stage adaptation of the Oscar-nominated 2006 film about a dysfunctional family's kooky road trip to a child's beauty pageant in California. More

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