A Sampling of Clips for June 27, 2011

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Anti-Oxidants Ease Gulf War Syndrome, Study Finds
USA Today, June 26 -- Anti-oxidant supplements can significantly reduce the symptoms of Gulf War Syndrome, suffered by tens of thousands of veterans, according to research to be presented Monday to the Department of Veterans Affairs. The study by Beatrice Golomb of the UC San Diego Medical School tested the value of giving doses of the coenzyme Q10 to veterans of the Persian Gulf War. "Every single one of them … improved," Golomb said, adding that there was improvement for all 20 symptoms. "For it to have been chance alone is under one in a million." More

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How One 'Cookie' Got U.S. Trapped in Middle East
CNN, June 25, Opinion --  One of my favorite children's books is "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." Laura Numeroff's entertaining tale recounts the series of requests and events that follow from giving an adorable little rodent a treat. This chain of never-ending demands and unforeseen consequences is an apt description of U.S. policy towards the Middle East. (Opinion piece by David A. Lake, professor of political science at UC San Diego and author of "Hierarchy in International Relations" and "Entangling Relations: American Foreign Policy in its Century.") More

Salton Sea Poses Earthquake Threat to Southern California
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 26 -- The Salton Sea east of San Diego is a deceptively dangerous backwater, hiding faults that repeatedly produce powerful earthquakes that jolt all of Southern California, says a new study by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Scientists found strands of the southern San Andreas fault beneath the lake that appear to have been regularly triggered by the combined strain of smaller, nearby faults and historic flooding from the Colorado River. (Quotes study co-authors Scripps geologist Neal Driscoll and Scripps seismologist Debi Kilb.) More

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Listening to Music While Jogging, Biking Makes You Deaf
Med India, June 17 -- Listening to music can make one deaf to dangers, say experts. Statistics have revealed that distracted exercising may come with risks similar to those of distracted driving, which is evident from the fact that for the first time in four years, pedestrian deaths have risen. According to Diana Deutsch, a psychologist at UC San Diego, music isn't distracting only because it siphons off your ability to hear other noises like a car or-super scary-an attacker approaching. "Music floods the brain and takes over your thought processes," ABC News quoted her as saying. "You concentrate on the lyrics, or the music evokes certain memories or sends you into a daydream." More

Vaccine Shows Promise in Reversing Type 1 Diabetes
Los Angeles Times, Junes 26 -- Preliminary experiments in a handful of people suggest that it might be possible to reverse Type 1 diabetes using an inexpensive vaccine to stop the immune system from attacking cells in the pancreas. (Quotes Dr. Robert R. Henry of UC San Diego.) More

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Critic's Notebook: California Music Festivals Slight Region's Composers
Los Angeles Times, June 26 -- Our festivals are becoming increasingly Euro-centric and homogenous. Nowhere along the West Coast will you find more than a token representation of the West Coast School. The local piece, and sometimes even the American one, is the exception. Summerfest, the chamber music festival in La Jolla, for instance, typically offers one program of new or recent works, including commissions, and they are always well chosen. This year the festival will premiere John Williams' "Quartet La Jolla" and give the West Coast premiere of an oboe quartet by Sean Shepherd, who is from Reno. You would never, however, know that just down the hill from the Summerfest headquarters is UC San Diego, where three noted musicians — Cambodian composer Chinary Ung, experimentalist Roger Reynolds and jazz pianist and opera composer Anthony Davis — are on faculty. More

Brown Sticks by his Word
Contra Costa Times, June 26 -- In vetoing the Legislature's budget 10 days ago, Governor Jerry Brown took some sharp jabs from members of his own party, who accused him of betraying their trust, among other things. But it was worth it for the credibility he earned with the public, political observers say. The veto reaffirmed the persona that Brown had cultivated through his campaign as the guy who means what he says and who will make tough decisions despite the political cost. "He wasn't considered a very strong legislative force his first time," said Thad Kousser, political science professor at UC San Diego. "He convinced voters he was a new Jerry Brown, a tougher, more effective and wiser Jerry Brown. But he has to remain tough with the Legislature to convince them he's really a new Jerry Brown." More

A Scientist's Life: 20 Things Douglas Chang Has Done
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 26 -- Meet Douglas Chang, a clinical professor at the UC San Diego School of Medicine. Chang, 45, specializes in the treatment and research of back and neck pain. Most of his patients live and work on Earth. But he recently became involved in a research study that will explore why astronauts develop so much back pain in space. The study could benefit crew on the International Space Station and astronauts who fly this country's next generation space vehicle. More

National HIV Testing Day
CW TV 6, June 27 -- The state of California has the second largest number of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) cases in the United States, and San Diego County has the third largest number of AIDS cases in California. UC San Diego School of Medicine's Lead the Way campaign, the world's first comprehensive "test and treat" model of HIV prevention, is partnering with Walgreens in North Park to offer free, confidential HIV tests to the public in honor of National HIV Testing Day. More

Theater Review: 'Amadeus' Hits All the Right Notes
San Diego Union-Tribune, June 26 -- Globe fest gives drama a sumptuous production, with a savvy Salieri. Cleverly arrayed ensemble scenes, sweetened by Deirdre Clancy’s sumptuous costumes, are suffused with the vibrant moods of [UC San Diego’s] Alan Burrett's lighting. More

Sanford-Burnham, UCSD Researchers
Get Grants for Work in Children’s Cancers
La Jolla Light, June 26 -- Robert Wechsler-Reya, Ph.D., of Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, and Alice Yu of UC San Diego are among this year’s recipients of grants from the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to finding a cure for all children with cancer. More

UCSD Grad Gets ‘Change’ Scholarship
La Jolla Light, June 25 – UC San Diego graduate Brittan Trozzi will receive a University of California Alumni “Change the World” Scholarship from UC San Diego Extension to pursue graphic design studies to assist non-profit organizations. More

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