A Sampling of Clips for
May 04, 2004
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Stopping
Sleep Apnea Would Make Roads Safer
Forbes, May 3—Sleep apnea treatment
could cut down on traffic crashes and save hundreds of lives
and billions of dollars each year in the United States, according
to a University of California, San Diego School
of Medicine study in the May issue of Sleep. The study concluded
that using continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to treat
drivers who have obstructive sleep apnea could save about 980
lives and $11.1 billion in accident costs per year.
http://www.forbes.com/health/feeds/hscout/2004/05/03/hscout518579.html
Engines
Rev; Whales Wail
New York Times, May 4—Killer
whales and other marine mammals are encountering sightseeing
boats in greater numbers than previous years. Research by scientists
from the University of Durham in England shows that in the presence
of boat engine noise, some killer whales change their behavior
to communicate, not by shouting, but by lengthening their calls.
(Refers to study by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/04/science/04OBSE.html
Calif. School
Demands, and Delivers, More
Baltimore Sun, May 4—About two-thirds
of the first graduating class of Preuss School, a public charter
school run by UC San Diego, gained admission
to the University of California system, including its most prestigious
Berkeley campus. This spring's high-stakes college admission
season for the first graduating class has given the school powerful
evidence that it is achieving its ambitious aims. (Quote by
Cecil Lytle, the UCSD provost
who was the driving force behind the creation of the Preuss
School.)
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nationworld/bal-te.charter04may04,0,7689858.story?coll=bal-nationworld-headlines
Sun, Heat
Exposure Could Pose Serious Risks
NBC/Channel 7/39 (San Diego), May
3—While San Diegans love the sun, health officials warn
people to stay out of it while record-breaking temperatures
scorch the county. Temperatures reached 90 to 100 degrees in
most parts of the county Monday. It only takes a few hours of
exposure at these temperatures for the body to show signs of
heat exhaustion, extreme dehydration and heat stroke. (Quote
by James Dunford M.D., ER Director at UCSD.)
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/health/3265487/detail.html
Choose to
Move Program Cuts Heart Risk
KFMB/Channel 8, May 3—When you
hear advice that you need to start an exercise program, you
probably think you need to run in the morning, work out in the
afternoon and join a spin class at night. But getting the heart-healthy
benefits of exercise doesn't have to be that hard. The American
Heart Association has a new program that encourages women to
simply Choose To Move. (Quote by Denise Hermann
M.D., a Cardiologist at the UCSD Medical Center.)
http://www.kfmb.com/healthcast/details.php?storyID=24918
That Couch
Potato Marathon? No Sweat
San Diego Union-Tribune, Diane Bell,
May 4—There's a new marathon in town that could give all
the others a run for their money. Or, rather, no run. It's the
Couch Potato Marathon, a no-sweat way to support Huntington's
disease research. You pay NOT to run. It's easy, reasons Jody
Goldstein at UCSD's Huntington's disease
center.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/bell/20040504-9999-1m4bell.html
UCSD Talk
to Focus on Role of Feelings
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 4—The
role of emotions in decision-making and the physiology underlying
joy, sorrow and other feelings will be among the topics discussed
today in a public lecture at UCSD. The featured
speaker will be Antonio Damasio, an internationally recognized
researcher, author and lecturer in the field of neuroscience.
Damasio is a professor and head of the neurology department
at the University 0f Iowa College of Medicine.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20040504-9999-7m4briefs.html
