A Sampling of Clips for April 15^th, 2008

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New Benefits From Old Heart Measures
The Washington Post, April 14 -- Two new studies, including one by UCSD researchers, describe additional benefits of widely used measures aimed at preventing cardiovascular disease: Cholesterol-lowering statins also reduce blood pressure, and the DASH diet for blood pressure control lowers the incidence of heart disease and stroke in middle-aged women. More

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Pregnancy Bible Revamped to Take on Baby Blogs
MSNBC, April 15 – The woman adorning the just-released fourth edition of "What to Expect When You're Expecting" sports chic long hair, hip pregnancy jeans (well, as hip as you can get in pregnancy jeans), pointy boots and a formfitting top. She proudly displays her belly. And lo, she stands! (Quotes Dr. Robert Resnik, a perinatologist at UCSD) More

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Losing the ‘Matronly Look’ of Menopause
MSNBC, April 15 -- Why do women gain weight at menopause? What can they do to shed those extra pounds? And can an older woman exercise too much? (Quotes Cynthia Stuenkel, a professor of medicine at UCSD) More

Study Finds More than 'Truthiness' to 'Colbert Bump'
NPR, April 11 -- Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert has been more than eager to promote the "Colbert Bump," the "curious phenomenon" through which guests receive more publicity after appearing on the program.  A study by UCSD political science professor James Fowler suggests there may be some truth behind the "truthiness." More

Healthcare System Unprepared for Aging boomers, Study Finds
Los Angeles Times, April 15 -- The American medical system is woefully unprepared for the flood of aging baby boomers, according to a sweeping federal study released Monday, which predicted crisis-level shortages in healthcare workers and serious gaps in training. (Quotes Dr. Joseph Scherger, a clinical professor of family and preventive medicine at UCSD) More

UCSD Admits 40 Percent of Students Who Applied
San Diego Union-Tribune, April 15 -- UCSD admitted 40 percent of the students who applied this year, including more Latinos than last year but fewer blacks. More

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Study Finds Exactly What Makes Humans Happy
KPBS, April 14 -- David Schkade is an economist at UCSD. He and a handful of scholars across the country are involved in new research that seeks to determine what makes people happy. It's a high-powered group, by the way. One of Schkade's collaborators is Princeton economist Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize. More

Crouching Panda, Hidden Problems
The Age, Australia, April 13 -- To the West, "Tibet" has become a shorthand symbol for a brutal, illegitimate Chinese dictatorship. But to many Chinese people, "Tibet" is merely a vehicle, or a weapon, that the West can conveniently use to bash their mother country and deny them the Olympics — their moment of global validation after 200 years of humiliation. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Susan Shirk) More

New Cancer Research Revealed
NBC San Diego, April 14 -- Dr. David Cheresh of the UCSD Moores Cancer Center has discovered a way he said he hopes may get cancer drugs to work better -- a procedure he said works like a smart bomb. More