A Sampling of Clips for
November 28 - December 02, 2002
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Diuretics
a risk for kidney patients
MSNBC, Nov. 26 -- Kidney patients
who do not respond to diuretics may suffer a toxic reaction
to the agents, and excreting more urine could mask the severity
of the kidney damage, said study author Dr. Ravindra
Mehta of UCSD.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/840165.asp
Related articles appeared
in:
ABC News,
Nov. 26
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/reuters20021126_498.html
Miami Herald,
Nov. 26
http://www.miami.com/mld/miami/news/local/4611047.htm
San Diego Union Tribune,
Dec. 1
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/metro/news_1m1kidney.html
The Weekend Australian,
Nov. 30
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No link available online.
Life giver
and harbinger of doom
The Guardian (London), Nov. 28, Pg.
10 – Scripps Institution of Oceanography
researchers Robert Frouin and Sam Iacobellis
have discovered that microscopic phytoplankton, which cover
about three-quarters of the earth’s surface, help keep
our planet warm. They believe the findings have important implications
for predicting climate change.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/science/story/0,12450,848778,00.html
Speeding
the traffic on grids
Business Week, Dec. 2, Pg. 105 –
Entropia and the San Diego Supercomputer Center
described progress on software that will help a computer grid
organize itself, initially for online computational chemistry.
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Related
article appeared in:
Chicago Tribune, Nov. 29
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How to lift the mind
Newsweek, Dec. 2, Pg. 67 – For
those suffering from the pain of anxiety and depression, complementary
medicine is no miracle cure. But some treatments offer real
hope. A survey by Harvard scientists found that about half of
those battling depression or anxiety had sought out complementary
treatments. UCSD psychiatrist Mark
Rapaport is launching a three-site trial to test St.
John’s wart against the drug Celexa for minor depression.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/838786.asp
Hide and
seek
The Economist, Nov. 30 – The
technology to detect biological and chemical weapons seems to
be progressing to the point when it will soon be able to provide
sufficient warning to military forces deployed in the field.
UCSD chemist Michael Sailor
and colleagues are working on a ”smart dust.” This
will counter the malignant dust of biological and chemical weapons.
In a paper in the October issue of Nature Materials, Sailor
describes how to manipulate tiny, micrometer-sized, chips of
porous silicon so that they bind to a specific compound.
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A natural
way to age
Newsweek, Dec. 2, Pg. 64 – Before
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) dropped its bombshell
in July--a landmark trial of hormone-replacement therapy would
be halted early because of slight increased risks of blood clots,
heart disease, stroke and breast cancer --hormone therapy was
the treatment of choice for many women. Now that thousands have
gone off HRT, the spotlight is on alternatives. (Quotes UCSD
professor of family/preventive medicine Elizabeth Barrett-Connor).
http://www.msnbc.com/news/839109.asp
Scripps
may lose its priceless collections
San Diego Union Tribune, Front Page,
Nov. 30 – Scripps Institution of Oceanography
leaders have approved budget cuts that within two years will
wipe out all state budget funding to maintain and manage its
oceanographic collections, about $300,000 per year. (Quotes
Tom Collins, deputy director at Scripps,
James Hawkins, a Scripps geologist,
Richard Norris, a Scripps
geophysicist and Phil Hastings, head of the
marine vertebrates collection at Scripps).
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sat/news/news_2n30fish.html
Anchor John
Howard gets human transplant
KFMB TV Channel 8, Nov. 27 –
UCSD orthopedic doctor William Bugbee
was featured in a KFMB Channel 8 story about joint replacement
surgery. Bugbee performed the specialized procedure
on Channel 8 news anchor John Howard, replacing Howard's damaged
knee with donated tissue.
http://www.kfmb.com/healthcast/details.php?storyID=12353
The Quincy
Troupe episode continues
San Diego Union Tribune, Letters to
the Editor, Dec. 1 -- Three letters about UCSD
literature professor Quincy Troupe; two of
which are supportive yet asking for "damage control"
from UCSD. The third letter questions UCSD's
"double standard" and why Troupe is still allowed
to work there.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/arts/news_1a1artslets.html
Across-the-town
insight into names and places in the news
San Diego Union Tribune, Neil Morgan
column, Dec. 1 – Neil Morgan writes about UCSD's
new MBA program and Dean Robert Sullivan. Morgan
quotes the Business Week article on the management school and
mentions that Sempra Energy and Qualcomm are providing support
for the new school.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/sun/metro/news_1m1morgan.html
Fuel economy.
Stalled in traffic
Consumer Reports, Dec. Issue –
Almost 60 percent of respondents to J.D. Power and Associates’
survey two years ago of new-car owners rated fuel economy “extremely
important.”
Unrest in the Mideast and
fluctuating fuel prices are among the concerns that are driving
the issue of fuel conservation. (Quotes James Hamilton,
an economist at UCSD).
http://www.consumerreports.org/main/detailv2.jsp
Mom’s Web site accuses
professors of bias
San
Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 28, Pg. 27 – A
mother of a UCSD student who objected to what
she said was one-sided teaching in her son’s college writing
course has launched a Web site allowing students across the
country to anonymously accuse their professors of political
bias. The course was developed by literature professor Linda
Brodkey and taught by teaching assistants. (Quotes UCSD
anthropology professor David K. Jordan).
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/11/28/BA114985.DTL
