A Sampling of Clips for
August 23rd, 2007
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Overweight Kids Report Low Quality Of Life
KNBC4, Los Angeles, Calif., Aug. 23 -- Researchers have found more reasons to be concerned about overweight children -- beyond the obvious health problems. One study, conducted by researchers at UCSD, shows overweight kids give themselves a quality-of-life score that's similar to young cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. More
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How Some Schools Are Rethinking the Fight Against Fat
U.S. News & World Report, Aug. 22 -- In an effort to reverse the alarming increase of obesity in children, some schools have found ways to encourage healthful lifestyle changes without emphasizing the negative—too much body weight. (Quotes Phil Nader, professor of pediatrics at UCSD) More
The Even Darker Side of Brown Clouds
Nature, Aug. 23 -- Less-recognized molecules are entering the fray as significant agents of global warming. In a study published recently in Nature, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, an atmospheric scientist at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, and colleagues, report that aerosols locked up in brown clouds over Asia are significant contributors to regional warming. More
Doctors Often Dismiss Concerns about Drug Side Effects: Study
Forbes, Aug. 23 -- Doctors often dismiss or ignore patient concerns about possible side effects of prescription drugs, says a UCSD study published this week in the journal Drug Safety. More
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Want to Avoid Breast Cancer? Get Outdoors, Say Scientists
Daily Mail, U.K., Aug. 23 -- Almost 30,000 cases of breast and colon cancer a year could be prevented by Britons spending more time in the sun to boost vitamin D levels, say researchers. A new UCSD study claims vitamin D "deficiency" may be to blame for 600,000 cancer cases worldwide each year, particularly in northern European countries where sun exposure levels are relatively low. More
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Cultural Evolution
Financial Times, Aug. 18 – UCSD political scientist Susan Shirk has enjoyed enviable access in China for nearly three decades. As a student visiting in 1971, she met with then premier Zhou Enlai who was so charmed he told her: “I wish Susan Shirk was president of the US.” Later, she was one of the Clinton administration’s main experts on China, including during the Nato bombing of China’s embassy in Belgrade. More
Woods Hole Gets $97.7m US Grant
Boston Globe, Aug. 23 -- A team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution has won a $97.7 million research grant from the National Science Foundation to build an ocean observation system of buoys and robotic underwater vehicles off Cape Cod. The institution will lead a team that includes the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD and the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University. More
Citizenship Roadblock Affects Local Residents
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 23 -- Four county residents who have been waiting years for FBI name checks to clear them for naturalization are plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit filed yesterday against the federal government by the American Civil Liberties Union of San Diego and Imperial Counties. Among them is a Russian-born UCSD professor. More
It's All Business Now at Formerly Friendly Summit
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 23 -- If the annual “Three Amigos” summits are designed to showcase North American solidarity, the just-completed meetings in Montebello fell short. (Quotes Jeffrey Davidow, the former U.S. ambassador to Mexico who now is president of the Institute of the Americas at UCSD) More
UCSD Researchers Conducting Teen Obesity Study
10News, Aug. 22 -- Researchers at the UCSD Medical Center are conducting a clinical trial on the effects of obesity surgery on teenagers. More
Pundits Call to Review Diebold over Lingering Ethical Questions
KPBS, Aug. 20 -- Few people in county government need the public trust more than those responsible for counting votes. Yet questions continue to swirl around two people hired this year to run elections in San Diego County. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Sam Popkin) More