A Sampling of Clips for
August 6th, 2007
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Scientists Identify Proteins That May Cause Rosacea
FOX News, Aug. 6 -- Their cheeks glow red for no apparent reason, the condition comes and goes and can worsen over time. It is almost like acne, but generally affects people age 30 to 60. Researchers, led by UCSD’s Richard Gallo, now believe they have found a key mechanism that drives rosacea, a possible clue that could point the way to a future treatment for rosacea, a condition that affects 14 million people in the United States. More
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You, Your Friends, Your Friends of Friends
The New York Times, Aug. 5 -- A recent study found that obesity can spread from friend to friend much like a virus. When one person gains weight, close friends tend to gain weight, too. Dr. Nicholas Christakis and his colleague James H. Fowler, a political scientist at UCSD, say they do not know how it happened, but the dynamic was clear — when one person became obese, that person’s friends were more likely to become obese and so were their friends and their friends’ friends. More
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Sustained Success Requires a Different Approach at NCAA's Lower Levels
ESPN, Aug. 6 -- Unlike their Division I contemporaries, schools like Grand Valley State, Williams, UCSD (runner-up in last year's Division II Directors' Cup standings) and Middlebury. Vt., College (Division III runner-up in '06-07) must sustain excellence out of the public eye. More
Study Says Sunlight May Decrease Breast Cancer Risk
FOX News, their risk of developing breast cancer, a new study suggests. The safe-tanning messages that are drummed into women each year may help to reduce their risk of skin cancer – but at the cost of increasing their risk of breast cancer. (Quotes UCSD researcher Cedric Garland) More
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Fitness Plays a Key Role in Battling Cancer
Boston Globe, Aug. 6 -- For cancer patients who had been hoping that a good diet might improve their survival odds, some disappointing news came out this summer when scientists from UCSD reported the long-awaited results from the Women's Healthy Eating and Living study. More
China's Olympic Run-up Shows Weak Links of Emerging Power
Guardian, U.K., Aug. 5 -- China's leaders hope to bask in a blaze of national pride when the Beijing Olympics open in a hyper-modern stadium next year, but reaching that moment has cast a harsh light on the vulnerable underbelly of the country's rise. (Quotes Susan Shirk, a former U.S. State Department official in charge of China affairs now at UCSD) More
UCSD-led Autism Research Center Forming with NIH Grant
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 3 -- Eric Courchesne, a pioneering autism researcher at UCSD, and several other local scientists will jointly receive about $11 million over the next five years to create an Autism Center of Excellence, the team announced Friday. More
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UCSD Professor a Driving Force in African-American Theater Arts
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 5 -- Until a month before he died on July 19 of stomach cancer, UCSD Professor Emeritus Floyd Gaffney, the busy stage director, role model and beloved, always-on-the-phone friend and advocate, seemed to be in the prime of life. More
A Step Closer to His Dream
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 5 -- Working out of Alvarado Hospital and as a volunteer instructor at the UCSD School of Medicine, Dr. Irwin Goldstein wants to make the city a destination for people seeking treatment for sexual problems and for those who want to do research in the field. More
Vote on Historic Status of UCSD Site Postponed
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 4 -- A vote to place the UCSD House on the state's register of historic places was postponed yesterday, allowing the university more leeway to continue with its controversial proposal to demolish the residence and replace it with a new one. More
Preparing for Peace at USD
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 6 -- Advancing the cause for peace in such a turbulent time may seem discouraging to some, but not to the founding dean of the University of San Diego's Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies. (Quotes UCSD international relations professor Miles Kahler) More
New Plan Would Protect Water off La Jolla Shores
KPBS, Aug. 6 -- There are some unique creatures living in the waters off La Jolla Shores Beach. A new management plan would protect and improve those waters. Coastkeeper, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD and the City of San Diego have put together a draft coastal watershed plan to improve water quality for two sites. More
Procedure Allows Patients to Go Home, Heal Quicker After Surgery
10News, Aug. 3 -- Imagine undergoing a complicated orthopedic surgery, breast surgery or vascular surgery and going home the same day. Nerve block anesthesia is making it possible for people to go home sooner and it also lessens pain, according to medical experts. (Quotes UCSD chief of hand surgery Dr. Reid Abrams) More
Industry Trade Mag Ranks Sharp, UCSD Among Nation’s 100 ‘Most Wired’
San Diego Business Journal, Aug. 6 -- Two San Diego County hospital systems rank among the 100 “Most Wired” in the country, according to the American Hospital Association. But only one was ranked among the top 25 “Most Wireless.” Only UCSD can lay claim to being among the top 25 “Most Wireless” among local facilities. More
UCSD Medical Center Receives American Heart Association Achievement Award
San Diego Daily Transcript, Aug. 6 -- UCSD Medical Center received the American Heart Association’s “Get with the Guidelines” Coronary Artery Disease Annual Performance Achievement Award for its success in implementing a higher standard of care for all patients hospitalized with coronary artery disease. More