A Sampling of Clips for April 13^th, 2009

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Mother's Milk a Lifesaver for Preemies?
CBS News, April 10 -- Kathie Robinson is part of a new program at UCSD Medical Center that encourages mothers of premature babies, even babies who can't swallow, to commit to breastfeeding rather than formula. It's not easy. Only 45 percent of preemies go home on breast milk as compared to 74 percent of full-term babies. Doctors here believe that for babies born weighing only a few ounces, human milk means the difference between life and death. More

Report: Diabetics Skimp
on Lifesaving Care in Recession
CBS News, April 13 -- Diabetics are increasingly risking life and limb by cutting back on — or even going without — doctor visits, insulin, medicines and blood-sugar testing as they lose income and health insurance in the recession, an Associated Press analysis has found. (Quotes Dr. Steven Edelman, a UCSD endocrinologist who runs a free clinic staffed by medical students) More

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Partisans Argue Over Partisanship
The Washington Post, April 12 -- President Obama has already made a down payment on many of his campaign promises. But a noisy and partisan debate has erupted over whether he has even begun to make good on his pledge to turn the page on the divisive politics of the past. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More

Dodger Stadium Food Takes a Healthful Turn
Los Angeles Times, April 12 – Let’s face it: Sitting for hours with a bellyful of Dodger Dogs and nachos does not a svelte figure make. So, with Monday's home opener at Dodger Stadium, the culinary wizards there are joining ballparks nationwide in serving up more healthful food. (Mentions FriarsFit, a healthful menu program developed by the San Diego Padres with the help of a UCSD nutritionist) More

Hard Life Lesson
Learned in Beguiling "Ghostwritten"
Chicago Sun-Times, April 10 -- Playwright Naomi Iizuka was born in Tokyo in 1965, the daughter of a Japanese banker father and an American Latina mother. She moved to the United States in 1971 to start school, living primarily in Washington, D.C., though she also spent time in Indonesia and The Netherlands. Iizuka is a faculty member in UCSD Theatre and Dance. More

Local Coalition Working
to Bring Climate-Change Institute to Area
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 12 -- Learning from their failed 2005 bid to house California's stem cell institute in San Diego County, local business and academic leaders are mounting an early campaign to become the state's hub for research on global warming. San Diego boosters said the area's advantages also include a nationally prominent research hub built around UCSD and a uniquely collaborative approach among business leaders. More

Man Rescued From Submerged Van Dies
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 10 -- A Vista man who was rescued from a submerged minivan off Harbor Island on Monday night has died, the Medical Examiner's Office said Friday. Robert Johnson, 62, a passenger in the Dodge Caravan, died at UCSD Medical Center late Thursday night. Johnson’s family thanked the UCSD Medical Center for trying to save his life. More

Wired for Wisdom
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 12 -- Across time and cultures, humans have extolled the virtues of self-understanding, emotional stability, compassion, morality and empathy for others. These are, it's said, the universal traits of wisdom, valued everywhere. Which got two researchers at UCSD thinking: Is there a neurobiological basis for wisdom? Is being wise all about wiring? More

Dead Whale Towed to Sea Back on Beach
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 12 -- A whale carcass that washed ashore in Del Mar and was towed to sea Friday has found its way back to the beach. The 28-foot-long gray whale was discovered before dawn yesterday on Torrey Pines State Beach near Flat Rock, said state lifeguard Lt. Ed Vodrazka. It is in a fairly remote area, he said. Biologists from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography are being asked if they want to study the animal in the meantime. More

'Deviant' Ducks and a 'Feverish'
Building – It Must Be a UCSD Fest
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 12 -- The Baldwin New Play Festival, UCSD's annual celebration of promising dramatists, hits campus this week with a quartet of productions plus one staged reading. The four produced plays are all by students in the university's MFA program; the fifth work is by Georgetown University undergrad Paul A. Notice II, who won a playwriting competition named for the late Floyd Gaffney, a pioneer of African-American theater in San Diego. More

UCSD to Showcase Clean Cars
The San Diego Daily Transcript, April 12 -- Clean cars will converge on UCSD for the Ride Clean Car Expo on Tuesday. San Diego products from PiHybrid, Power Genix, Mindspring, Spectrum Aeronautical, San Diego Gas & Electric and ICS Corp. will join vehicles from well-known brands Toyota, Ford and Honda. More

UCSD Students Meet Mayor
at National Start Walking Day
La Jolla Light, April 13 -- The UCSD School of Pharmacy students were a hit at the National Start Walking Day event hosted by the American Heart Association. The group of 13 students, led by Jennifer Lai, provided blood pressure and diabetes screenings, answered any health-related questions the attendees may have had and provided health education and referral information. More

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