A Sampling of Clips for 
August 31, 2004

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More Cancer Risk Seen in Full-Body CT Scans
Los Angeles Times, Aug. 31-Whole-body CT scans, long controversial because of doubts about their effectiveness in finding hidden disease, can significantly increase the recipient's risk of developing cancer, according to a study released Monday. (Refers to a study led by UCSD physician Giovanna Casola M.D. and colleagues from UC San Diego.)
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-sci-bodyscan31aug31,1,5451326.story?coll=la-headlines-nation

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KTLA Channel 5, Los Angeles, Aug. 31
http://ktla.trb.com/news/health/ktla-sci-bodyscan31aug31-lat,0,4964862.story?coll=ktla-news-1

Houston Chronicle, Aug. 31
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2770335

Children Tell Truth on Witness Stand
United Press International, Aug. 31-Children who testify in court are likely to tell the truth -- even if their parents have asked them to lie, a U.S.-led research team reported. University of California, San Diego researcher Kang Lee and colleagues wrote that with a significant increase in child witnesses over the past few years, they wanted to check the accuracy and veracity of such testimony.
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San Diego Channel 10, Aug. 31
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/family/3694358/detail.html

San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 31
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040831-9999-1m31kids.html

Health Tips ... from UPI
United Press International, Aug. 31-UCSD scientists recommend measuring blood pressure in both arms in high-risk patients to better detect hypertension and a related, symptom-free artery blockage. They report in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that doctors do not always recognize subclavian artery stenosis, an obstruction of arteries under the collarbone, a condition they found in 7 percent of cardiovascular patients and 2 percent of the general population.
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Medical News Today, Aug. 31
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=12678#

High-Tech Tools Helps Firefighters Track Wildfires
San Diego Channel 10, Aug. 30-With the help of the University of California, San Diego, San Diego County firefighters have gone high-tech to track wildfires. Cameras coupled with microwave links have been placed on various mountain tops in San Diego County. And with a click of a mouse, California Department of Forestry Chief Tom Gardner can do something he has never been able to do before -- get a simultaneous assessment of conditions and potential trouble spots. (Quote by Hans-Werner Braun, a research scientist at UCSD.)
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/news/3693307/detail.html

Pet Scans Detect Early Alzheimer's Disease
KFMB Channel 8, San Diego, Aug. 30-Alzheimer's disease is a condition that slowly robs a person of their memories and their ability to do day-to-day tasks. Until recently, the only way to really tell if someone had it was by doing an autopsy. Fortunately, a high-tech scan is now allowing San Diego doctors to see inside the brain and diagnose Alzheimer's disease while it can still be managed. UCSD physician William G. Bradley M.D. is pioneering research in Alzheimer's treatment. At the UCSD Center for Molecular Imaging, he's using something called a pet scan to diagnose the disease, earlier than ever before.
http://www.kfmb.com/printstory.php?storyID=28737

SAIC Assists UCSD's Rady School
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 31-San Diego's SAIC has given $4 million to UCSD's Rady School of Management to promote entrepreneurship, employee ownership and economic development through the Beyster Institute. The donation was made in honor of SAIC founder J. Robert Beyster upon his retirement from SAIC in July, and was intended by the company's board to serve as a legacy of the company's founder. Beyster established the institute that now bears his name in 1986 to promote the benefits of employee ownership and to generally support entrepreneurship.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040831/news_1b31calbrfs.html

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City News Service, Aug. 30
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San Diego Metropolitan Daily Business Report, Aug. 31
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Will Schwarzenegger Have Coattails?
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, Aug. 31-When Arnold Schwarzenegger takes the podium tonight at the Republican National Convention, party leaders will be hoping that the tails on his impeccably-tailored coat are long enough to help George W. Bush in November. Few will be so optimistic as to think that Schwarzenegger's endorsement will deliver California's 55 Electoral College votes to Bush. John Kerry has a double-digit lead here, so if Bush wins California, it will be the symbol rather than the cause of a landslide victory. (Article written by Thad Douseer, an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040831/news_lz1e31kousser.html

Seen and Heard
San Diego Union-Tribune, Diane Bell, Aug. 31-A burn center sounds like an unlikely sponsor for a cookbook. But the UCSD Regional Burn Center is preparing a collection of patients' favorite recipes, along with some first-aid tips.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/bell/20040831-9999-1m31bell.html