A Sampling of Clips for
December 13, 2002
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Self-management
for macular degeneration patients
United Press International, Dec. 13
– Individuals with vision loss caused by age-related macular
degeneration, and especially those depressed over their condition,
can benefit from a six-week self-management program, according
to a UCSD study led by Stuart Brown,
director of the Shiley Eye Center and chair of ophthalmology
at the UCSD School of Medicine. The study is
published in the journal Archives of Ophthalmology.
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New El Nino
deluge
Los Angeles Daily News, Dec.12 –
A stronger-than-expected El Nino system will bring wetter and
stormier winter weather to parched Southern California –
possibly even a repeat of the deadly rains of a decade ago.
(Quotes Dan Cayan, director of climate research
at Scripps Institution of Oceanography).
http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200%257E20954%257E1049439,00.html
Article
also appeared in:
Pasadena Star News, Dec. 12
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/Stories/0,1413,206%257E22097%257E1049617,00.html
Long Beach Press Telegram,
Dec. 12
http://www.presstelegram.com/Stories/0,1413,204%257E21474%257E1049822,00.html
Bag lost in plane crash
washes ashore 8 years later
NBC 7/39 News, Dec.
12 - A duffel bag
containing hundreds of Bank of America financial documents that
were lost in a 1994 plane crash washed ashore this week at San
Diego’s Black’s Beach. (Quotes Scripps Institution
of Oceanography researcher Edward Dever).
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/1834436/detail.html
Related
articles appeared in:
KFMBTV, Dec. 12
http://www.kfmb.com/topstory12579.html
San Diego Channel,
Dec. 12
http://www.thesandiegochannel.com/news/1835231/detail.html
