A Sampling of Clips for
April 12 - 14, 2003
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Live or
Die? Debating A Woman's Future
Newsday (New York), Apr. 14 –
Since Terri Schiavo’s sudden collapse, doctors believe
she has no cognitive ability. Her husband and guardian Michael,
wants to remove the feeding tube that keeps her alive because
he says it's what she would have wanted. In such cases, relatives
who want to keep the patient alive "are not thinking so
much about the patient, but themselves," said Dr. Larry
Schneiderman, ethics consultant to the University
of California, San Diego medical school.
http://www.newsday.com/news/health/ny-usschi143219897apr14.story
Nuvasive tools advance
spinal fusion surgeries
Copley
News Service, Apr. 14 – Nuvasive Inc., a
San Diego-based company that works with spinal fusion surgery
technology, makes the procedure less invasive, leaving patients
with less scarring, less time in the hospital and less time
home recuperating. Dr. William Taylor, a University
of California, San Diego neurosurgeon, assured that
spinal fusion no longer necessitated a person be filleted on
the operating table in order to reach the spine by using a Nuvasive
product called XLIF.
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No link available online.
Higher Ed to be hit hard
by state cuts
San
Diego Union-Tribune, Apr. 14 – There is
enough pain in Gov. Gray Davis' proposed higher-education budget
cuts to sting each of the 2.4 million students attending California's
public colleges and universities. According to state budget
analysts, the cuts will hurt community colleges more than the
four-year campuses because fee increases – at least historically
– have not scared off university students as much as community
college students. The reason, state officials say, is university
students pursue four-year degrees, while more community college
students are enrolled in non-career programs. (Quotes John
Woods, vice chancellor for resource management and
planning of University of California, San Diego).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/mon/metro/news_1m14colleges.html
Irwin and Joan Jacobs Pledge
$110 Million More to UCSD
San Diego Business Journal, Mar. 24
– Irwin and Joan Jacobs recently pledged $110 million
to the engineering school at University of California,
San Diego. Also, UCSD and Qualcomm
have endowed a professorship at UCSD’s
new management school in the name of longtime board member Jerome
S. Katzin.
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No link available online.
Get in shape
for private workouts
Orange County Register, Apr. 12 –
Exercise can boost cardiovascular endurance, muscular endurance
and flexibility to make lovemaking more enjoyable. A University
of California, San Diego study of 78 sedentary, middle-age
men documented changes when the men were assigned to exercise
three to four times a week for one-hour sessions. The former
couch potatoes reported more reliable sexual functioning, more
frequent sexual activity and orgasms and greater satisfaction.
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No link available online.
Fathers
and Sons
San Diego Union-Tribune, BOOK REVIEW,
Apr. 13 – Sanjay Nigam, a professor at
the University of California, San Diego, reviews
a new novel by Siddhartha Deb. It mentions that Nigam's
own novel, "Transplanted Man" will be released in
October. A physician and scientist, he was recently named the
first Writer-in-Residence in the Health Sciences at UCSD.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/books/news_mz1v13point.html
