A Sampling of Clips for 
September 01, 2004

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Children May Not Keep Parent's Secrets Mum
NBC Channel 7/39, San Diego, Aug. 31-Children may not be able to keep their parent's secrets, according to a new study jointly published by University of California, San Diego and Canadian researchers. The study -- "Children's Lie-Telling to Conceal a Parent's Transgressions: Legal Implications" - shows that when children are asked to tell the truth, their level of honesty goes up, even if their parents had asked them to lie. (Quote by UCSD psychologist and lead researcher Kang Lee.)
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/3695887/detail.html

Similar articles appeared in:
KFMB Channel 8, San Diego, Aug. 31
http://www.kfmb.com/printstory.php?storyID=28773

Copley News Service, Aug. 31
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City News Service, Aug. 31
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Visualizing Gene Activity
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 1-Biologists at UCSD have developed a way to visualize the activity of genes in individual cells - an advance that may provide new insights into how cancer tumors grow. The technique, called multiplex labeling, allows scientists for the first time to image multiple genes in the same cell, and even quantify how active a particular gene is. The study was published in the journal Science on Aug. 6. (Quote by Ethan Bier, a researcher and the study's author at UCSD.)
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20040901-9999-1c1scibriefs.html

XLIF Spine Surgery Helps Back Pain
KFMB Channel 8, Aug. 31-An innovative spinal surgery is proving to be safer and has a dramatically shorter recovery time. It's only being done at seven centers across the United States and UCSD Medical Center is one of them. If you've been putting off doing something about your chronic pain, with some help, your backache could be behind you for good.
http://www.kfmb.com/printstory.php?storyID=28775

Whole-Body CT Scans Increase Cancer Risk, Study Says
Contra Costa Times, Aug. 31-Whole-body CT scans, long controversial because of doubts about their effectiveness in finding hidden disease, can significantly increase the recipient's risk of developing cancer, according to a study released Monday. The radiation from a single whole-body scan is equal to that from 100 mammograms and is similar to that received by survivors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- about 1.5 miles from the explosion -- according to radiation biologist David J. Brenner of Columbia University. (Refers to a 2002 study by Giovanna Casola M.D. and her colleagues at UC San Diego.)
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/living/health/9551699.htm

Same article appeared in:
Seattle Times, Sept. 1
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/health/2002021862_scans01.html

Questions Answered
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 1-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/news/science/20040901-9999-1c1sciqa.html