A Sampling of Clips for May 16^th, 2008

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Vitamin D Deficiency Linked to Breast Cancer, Study Finds
Los Angeles Times, May 15 -- Women who had a vitamin D deficiency when they were diagnosed with breast cancer were 94 percent more likely to have their cancer metastasize and 73 percent more likely to die within 10 years, Canadian researchers reported Thursday. Separately, a team from UCSD reported the same day in the Breast Journal that global breast cancer incidence was linked to the amount of sunlight received annually. The skin makes vitamin D when exposed to sunlight. More

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Antibiotic Used for Acne Could Prevent Emphysema Damage
FOX News, May 16 -- A team from the Universities of Leeds and UCSD studied a protein called VEGF and found that the antibiotic can boost the body’s ability to protect against damage to the lungs, since VEGF helps maintain healthy lung tissue and emphysema suffers have low levels of the protein. More

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Let Them Eat Juche
The Economist, May 2008 -- A decade after a famine killed 500,000-1m people in North Korea, recent news from the benighted country suggests it is once again on the brink of mass starvation. A new paper co-authored by UCSD researcher Stephan Haggard argues, recent extreme price rises appear consistent with the onset of famine. More

Mind Over Money
Forbes, May 15 -- Just because money is no object doesn't mean society's most prominent business figures won't have a string of bad days, or, worse yet, succumb to drug or alcohol abuse. This is why Dr. Mounir Soliman in late 2004 started the Executive Mental Health Program at the UCSD Medical Center. More

UCSD Names Neuman as Senior VP of External Relations
San Diego Daily Transcript, May 15 -- Debra G. Neuman, senior vice president of external relations at CARE USA in Atlanta, Ga., is UCSD’s vice chancellor of external relations, following approval by the University of California Board of Regents Thursday. More