A Sampling of Clips for 
October 9 ^th, 2007

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Quick Treatment Key After Minor Strokes
Los Angeles Times, Oct. 9 -- Patients who receive treatment for a minor stroke within 24 hours reduce their risk of a second stroke by 80 percent compared with those who wait three days or more to see a doctor, according to a new study released today. (Quotes Patrick D. Lyden, the medical director of the UCSD Medical Center Stroke Center, who was not involved in the study) More

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This Ain't No Discovery Channel
Prague Post, Oct. 3 -- When he was 14, Miroslav Bárta received a punishment that was to change his life. Bárta, now a 40-year-old Egyptologist, remembers he was an unruly pupil at school. He was punished frequently by his teachers, who often made him memorize paragraphs of information. (Quotes UCSD anthropology professor Thomas Levy) More

San Marcos Teacher Brings Sea to School to Inspire Students
North County Times, Oct. 9 -- "In the Footsteps of Roger Revelle," is a partnership between Dr. Robert Knox of UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography, which sprung for the expensive broadcasting equipment, and the Office of Naval Research, which provided the program with grants of $12,000 to $15,000 each of the last three years to take 200 students out to sea for a day on a research ship. More

Scientists Search for the Right Message
to Prompt Public Action on Global Warming
KPBS, Oct. 8 -- UCSD science historian Naomi Oreskes has studied the breadth of global warming research. She knows what the vast majority of scientists believe is happening. She's seen how some groups have worked to contradict the overwhelming scientific evidence. She's also drawn a few conclusions about what it will take for society to confront this issue. More

Study at UCSD Will Look to Preserve Fertility of Cancer Patients
KPBS, Oct. 8 -- UCSD Medical Center will take part in new national study that's looking into ways to preserve the fertility of women being treated for cancer. Doctors say currently, women cancer patients have few options. More