A Sampling of Clips for May 5^th, 2009

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Brain Games
The New Yorker, May 2009 – V.S. Ramachandran’s work with patients at UCSD has led to one of the most effective treatments for chronic phantom-limb pain and to a new therapy for paralysis resulting from stroke. It has also provided suggestive insights into the physiological cause of such mystifying syndromes as synesthesia and autism. More

Zettel Named to UC Board of Regents
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 5 – Former Poway Assemblywoman Charlene Zettel was appointed to the University of California Board of Regents yesterday, ending a stretch in which San Diego County had no representatives on the powerful board. (Mentions UCSD) More

Talking Points
San Diego Union-Tribune, May 5 – As Joyce Camiel learned, interacting effectively with an Alzheimer's patient requires new and different communication techniques, along with plenty of patience. (Quotes Susan Shepherd, a licensed clinical social worker at Seniors Only Care, a geriatric assessment clinic at UCSD) More

San Diego Gets Nine More Cases of Swine Flu
KPBS, May 4 -- The CDC has confirmed nine new cases of swine flu in San Diego county. Meanwhile, suspected cases at a San Diego State child care center have come up negative. (Mentions UCSD, which has no cases either confirmed or suspected) More

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