A Sampling of Clips for 
September 21, 2005

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Stem Cell Injections Repair Spinal Cord Injuries in Mice
Washington Post, Sept. 20-Mice with severe spinal cord injuries regained much of their ability to walk normally after getting injections of stem cells taken from the brains of human fetuses, scientists in California reported yesterday. (Refers to research by neuroscientist Martin Marsala of UCSD). More

Regional Stroke System Urged to Eliminate Gaps in County Care
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 21-For the 700,000 people diagnosed with stroke this year - 5,000 of them in San Diego County - getting the best care is far from a guarantee, says a growing number of stroke experts. UCSD Medical is the only system in the county certified for stroke care by the agency that accredits hospitals nationwide. (Quote by Dr. Patrick Lyden, director of the stroke center serving UCSD Medical Center and Thornton Hospital.) More

Choice of Proper Hospital Crucial in Stroke Care
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 21-When Poway accountant Jay Mehlman suddenly lost his peripheral vision and couldn't read, his wife called paramedics and they drove him to the closest hospital. What the Mehlmans realize now, two years later, is that Jay should have gone directly to a hospital with a top-level stroke care system. UCSD has the only such program in the county certified by the national hospital accreditation agency, although many other hospitals have been bolstering their services, too. (Quote by Christy Jacson, a stroke specialist at UCSD.) More

Fed Votes to Further Raise Rates
Baltimore Sun, Sept. 21-The Federal Reserve chose inflation-fighting over public relations yesterday, raising its benchmark short-term interest rate by another quarter-point to 3.75 percent against suggestions that it pause in deference to Hurricane Katrina. (Quote by James D. Hamilton, an economics professor at UCSD.) More

Military Recruiters: Counselors or Salesmen?
Counterpunch.org, Sept. 21-With the Army still short of its 2005 quota by some 16,000 recruits and no end in sight to the disastrous occupation of Iraq, the new school year promises to be one in which military recruiters step up their activities. (Article written by Jorge Mariscal, a professor of Chicano Studies at UCSD.) More

Gross Anatomy
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 21-Used by doctors for centuries but discarded by modern medicine, maggots (fly larvae) and blood-sucking leeches have quietly regained favor in U.S. hospitals in recent years. (Quote by Dr. Reid Abrams, a professor and vice chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at UCSD.) More