A Sampling of Clips for
January 13, 2004
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Putting
a Price on a Good Night's Sleep
New York Times, Jan. 13-A new effort
appears to be developing to expand the use of sleeping pills,
which because of their potential for abuse have long had a reputation
as being in some ways more dangerous than the insomnia they
are meant to treat. Some sleep experts say newer pills are safer
than the ones that once caused deaths from overdose. Moreover,
some say, there is growing evidence that insomnia is a serious
medical condition, not just a nuisance. (Quote by Daniel
F. Kripke M.D., a professor of psychiatry at the University
of California at San Diego.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/13/health/13SLEE.html
Mission
to Mexico
PBS, Jan. 12-In Monterrey, Mexico,
Presidents Bush and Vicente Fox highlighted U.S. immigration
reform, a week after Mr. Bush proposed legal status for millions
of undocumented workers in the United States. Mexican-U.S. border
issues first came up in February 2001, a month into the Bush
presidency. (Q & A with Jeffrey Davidow,
president of the Institute of the Americas at the University
of California, San Diego.)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/international/jan-june04/mexico_1-12.html
UCSD Researcher
Chosen for Prostate Cancer Research Grant
KFMB, Jan. 12-Michael Rosenfeld,
a UC San Diego scientist, was among 37 researchers
selected to receive grants from the Prostate Cancer Foundation.
The awards provide funding to high-impact research projects
with the highest likelihood of providing improved near-term
treatments for men with recurrent prostate cancer.
http://www.kfmb.com/topstory21455.html
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City News Service, Jan. 12
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Today's Health
Copley News Service, Jan. 12-When
Sangeeta Bhatia first arrived at the University
of California, San Diego, from Harvard in 1999, she
spent little time in her lab. There was too much work to do.
A tissue engineer by training, Bhatia reached
across department walls seeking the expertise of others - chemists,
physicists, materials scientists and electrical engineers. Bhatia
had grand ambitions. She wanted to find a way to grow liver
tissue in the lab - not merely some agglomeration of cells in
a petri dish, but an entire liver. Now at age 35, Bhatia
is among the youngest tenured professors at UCSD,
and among the most accomplished anywhere. Last September, MIT's
Technological Review magazine named her among the top 100 young
innovators for 2003.
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Dean Gives
Cold Shoulder to Middle-of-the-Road Views
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 13-Howard
Dean is pressing forward with a high-stakes strategy of distancing
himself from Democratic centrists who were largely responsible
for the party's only wins in the past six presidential elections.
(Quote by Sam Popkin, a professor of politics
at the University of California, San Diego.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20040113-9999_1n13dean.html
In Brief
Baltimore Sun, Jan. 12- If you're
headed to the doctor's office, take heed: The position of your
arm during a blood pressure reading can significantly influence
the result. Researchers from the University of California,
San Diego School of Medicine and the Medical College
of Wisconsin found that readings taken with the arm parallel
to the body were up to 10 percent higher than those taken with
the elbow at a right angle.
http://www.sunspot.net/news/health/bal-te.medbriefs12jan12,0,4861325.story?coll=bal-health-headlines
UCSD Career
Center Director Named
San Diego Daily Transcript, Jan. 12-Andy
Ceperley has been named director of the Career Services
Center at the University of California, San Diego.
He was the associate dean of Academic Support and director of
the Career Center at Santa Clara University. The UCSD
Career Services Center assists UCSD students
and alumni with virtually any career-related issue.
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