A Sampling of Clips for January 8^th, 2008

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Sunlight: Good or Bad for Cancer Risk?
CBS News, Jan. 8 -- If you are deficient in vitamin D, getting a little sun may actually reduce your risk of dying from certain non-skin cancers, according to a new report. And that benefit may outweigh the risk of getting skin cancer. (Quotes Cedric Garland, professor of family & preventive medicine at UCSD, who has also researched the association between Vitamin D, the sun, and cancer risk) More

Snoring? It Could Be Sleep Apnea
ABC News, Jan. 8 -- Medicare is poised to allow at-home testing for sleep apnea letting people snooze in their own beds instead of spending the night in a sleep laboratory. (Quotes Dr. Terence Davidson of UCSD, a longtime proponent of home-testing) More

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Kiplinger's Calls UCSD a Top Public College Value
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 8 -- UCSD ranked 11th on a national list of the 100 best values in public colleges, according to a report issued yesterday. Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine announced the top 100 public colleges that manage to exemplify excellent academics while also keeping their in-state and out-of-state costs down. More

UCSD Greens Its Grid
Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 8 -- Computers at UCSD have helped scientists predict global warming, but the machines have also added to the problem by sucking up tremendous amounts of electricity. The quandary isn’t unique to UCSD, but that campus has taken a step toward reducing its carbon emissions from computing by joining the Green Grid coalition. More

FBI Arrests Another Suspect in UC San Diego Bomb Hoax
Contra Costa Times, Jan. 8 -- The FBI has dismissed charges against one man, and arrested another on suspicion of making bomb threat against a research building at UCSD. More

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The Teacher
San Diego Union-Tribune, Jan. 8 -- UCSD men's golf coach Mike Wydra thought one of his kids was playing a prank on him. He answered his cell phone one day in the fall, and the man on the other end identified himself as Jim Flick. More