A Sampling of Clips for
August 29th, 2007
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Docs Often Write Off Patient Side-effect Concerns
MSNBC, Aug. 28 -- In a survey of 650 patients, taking cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins, who reported having adverse drug reactions, many said their physicians denied that the drug could be connected to their symptoms, Dr. Beatrice A. Golomb of UCSD and her colleagues found More
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Senate’s GOP Leaders Seek Craig Ethics Probe
Congressional Quarterly, Aug. 28 -- Moving swiftly to get ahead of bad news for one of their own, Senate Republican leaders Tuesday said they will ask the Ethics Committee to open a file on Sen. Larry E. Craig. (Quotes UCSD political scientist Gary Jacobson) More
Ancient Microbes Repair DNA
The Scientist, UK, Aug. 28 -- Bacteria frozen in permafrost for hundreds of thousands of years slowly respirate and repair their DNA, according to a report in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week. The strategy may explain how life persists over geologic time scales, the authors say. (Quotes Jeffrey Bada of UCSD, who has developed probes for frozen Martian life for NASA) More
Memory Gene, Stress Linked to Alzheimer's
UPI, Aug. 27 -- UCSD researchers linked high stress levels to memory loss among people at risk for Alzheimer's disease. The study, published in Biological Psychiatry, examined the interactive relationship between a variant of a gene that contributes to the risk for memory loss related to Alzheimer's disease and high circulating levels of cortisol -- associated with high stress levels that also impairs memory. More
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Digital Connection
San Diego Union-Tribune, Aug. 29 – UCSD Professor Michael Cole oversees a program at UCSD that lets university students earn credit for working in underserved communities. The Neighborhood Networks Consortium agreed to let UCSD set up a new program at the Town and Country apartments to teach youths a variety of multimedia and computer skills they might not get at school or at home. More
The Copper Age: How Metal Changed the World
KPBS, Aug. 28 -- It's hard to imagine a world without metal. But for most of human history that's how we lived... until the copper age. The age that began about six thousand years ago, and it had profound changes in the way people lived and organized their societies. That's what UCSD Professor Thomas Levy writes in his book Journey to the Copper Age. Levy is working closely with San Diego's Museum of Man, which has mounted an exhibition of the same name. More
High-Tech Diet Helps Local Teen Shed Weight
NBC San Diego, Aug. 29. -- A Chula Vista teenager lost 30 pounds with help of the Internet, a cell phone and an electronic coach, NBC 7/39 reported. The diet is part of a new UCSD research study that helps teens shed extra pounds. More