A Sampling of Clips for
November 17, 2004
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Survey
Finds GOP Voters Ambivalent on Stem Cells
Los Angeles Daily News, Nov. 16-Republican
voters who backed President George W. Bush didn't necessarily
agree with his opposition to funding new embryonic stem cell
research, pollsters said Tuesday. (Quote by Larry Goldstein,
a stem cell researcher at the University of California,
San Diego.) http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2539613,00.html#
A New Way
to Fight Lyme Disease
Hartford Courant, Nov. 16-Scientists
at the Yale School of Medicine say they have found a way to
block the bacteria that cause Lyme disease from taking up residence
in ticks. (Refers to research conducted by the University
of California, San Diego.)
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Taking Care
of the Holiday Heart
Medical News Today, Nov. 17-During
the holidays most people worry about putting on a couple of
pounds, but in addition they should be concerned about what
they're doing to their hearts. Every year during the holidays,
emergency rooms like those at UCSD Medical
Center see patients with symptoms of palpitations and light-headedness.
(Quote by Ajit Raisinghani, M.D., Director
of the UCSD Non-Invasive Cardiac Lab.)
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=16458#
Sleeping
Pill Nightmares
NBC San Diego, Nov. 15-In the quest
for a good night's sleep, many Americans are becoming addicted
to sleeping pills. (Quote by Dan Kripke M.D.,
a
physician at the UC San Diego Medical Center.)
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/3921218/detail.html
Command
Performance
La Jolla Light, Nov. 4-A week before
the official opening gala for the new Joan and Irwin Jacobs
Center at the La Jolla Playhouse, it is still hard for a casual
observer to see what vision organizers have planned.
http://www.lajollalight.com/2004/11/04/n041104command.html
Questions Answered
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 17-Q
& A column by Sherry Seethaler, a UCSD
science writer and educator who answers science questions submitted
by San Diego Union-Tribune readers.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041117/news_1c17sciqa.html
This Week
in History
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 14-On
Nov. 18, 1960, the UC Board of Regents changed the name of its
La Jolla campus to the University of California, San
Diego from the University of California, La Jolla.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20041114/news_lz1j14history.html
Reed is
Selected for New Panel
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 17-John
C. Reed, the head of the Burnham Institute in La Jolla, was
appointed yesterday to the new committee overseeing the California
Institute for Regenerative Medicine established by Proposition
71 - the stem cell research initiative that voters approved
Nov. 2. At least one more person on the committee will come
from San Diego. UCSD is one of five University
of California campuses with medical schools that will be appointing
one member each.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20041117-9999-1b17stem.html
