A Sampling of Clips for July 9, 2010

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Are Hospitals Deadlier in July?
CNN International, July 8  - More than 16,000 U.S. medical school graduates are awarded M.D. degrees each year, and many enter their residency programs at teaching hospitals in July. Now, a growing body of research suggests that month might be a more deadly time in U.S. hospitals. According to a recent study from UC San Diego, deaths from medication errors increase by 10 percent during July, a so-called July effect as students graduate from medical school and enter residency programs. More

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Gallbladder Removed Through Mouth in New Surgical Technique
Los Angeles Times, July 8 -- As part of the trend in developing surgeries without external wounds, surgeons last week removed a woman's gallbladder through her mouth. The operation was performed as part of a clinical trial at UC San Diego School of Medicine. More

Her Writing Career Isn't by the Book
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 8 -- Anna Joy Springer is not your run-of-the-diploma-mill professor. Given her background (punk-rock performer, neon sculptor, literary provocateur) and inspirations (Buddhism, comic books, graffiti poets, the late feminist novelist Kathy Acker), dullness is not an option. In the world of women writers, the 39-year-old UC San Diego literature professor is unique. More

County Receives Traffic Safety Grants
10News, July 8 -- Five municipalities, San Diego County and UC San Diego were collectively awarded more than $3.4 million in grants Thursday by the California Office of Traffic Safety, primarily for programs to prevent drinking and driving. More

Recent Earthquakes
San Diego 6, July 7 -- Two more small earthquakes ruptured off the La Jolla coast on Monday. That makes for 19 small quakes to rupture since Labor Day, all within 8 miles of La Jolla's coast. Seismologists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego say it's unusual but not surprising. They say it appears a rupture last Tuesday was the main quake. The rest we're seeing now are aftershocks. "For a magnitude-4.0 earthquake, we expect to see in a week or two, magnitude-3 earthquakes, 2.5 etc., within that same region and that's what we're seeing," said Dr. Debi Kilb. More

Brilliant Lead Performance Makes 'George' a Thrill Ride
North County Times, July 7  -- When the original actor hired for the title role in the Old Globe's "The Madness of George III" dropped out two days before rehearsals began last spring, director Adrian Noble feared he might have to scrap the production. But he needn't have worried. It's hard to imagine any actor anywhere besting Miles Anderson's astonishing performance as the king brought low in Alan Bennett's smart and entertaining play. (Mentions Alan Burrett, who is on the UC San Diego faculty) More

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