A Sampling of Clips for
November 27th, 2007
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Prevention: Sun May Lower Risk of Endometrial Cancer
The New York Times, Nov. 27 -- Women in the sunniest countries seem to get endometrial cancer less often than those who live far from the equator. “There is a mathematical relationship,” said Cedric F. Garland, a professor of family and preventive medicine at UCSD, and a co-author of the study, which appears in the November issue of Preventive Medicine. More
Apathy over AIDS Could Prove Deadly
ABC News, Nov. 27 – Disease experts worry that a United Nations report that suggests the AIDS epidemic is waning could spark a false sense of security among those most at risk. (Quotes Dr. Robert Schooley, head of the division of infectious diseases at UCSD) More
Scientists Call for Global Ocean Checkup
MSNBC, Nov. 26 -- Saying that our ocean depths are as little-understood as the moon, marine scientists are calling for a $2 billion to $3 billion study of threats to the seas such as overfishing and climate change. "This is not pie in the sky ... it can be done," said Tony Haymet, director of UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and chairman of the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans, or POGO. More
A Searing Account of Life with Schizophrenia
Boston Globe, Nov. 26 -- In her gripping new book, "The Center Cannot Hold," an insightful look inside the mind of a person with schizophrenia, Elyn Saks, an adjunct professor of psychiatry at UCSD, describes her many traumatic experiences. More
UCSD Announces New Graduate Program in Dance
La Jolla Light, Nov. 21 -- UCSD recently announced a new graduate program in dance theater designed to offer hands-on creative opportunities to the next generation of voices in choreography. More