A Sampling of Clips for
September 19th, 2007
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I'll Get Right On It -- Right After My Nap
FOX News, Sept. 19 -- If necessity really is the mother of invention, the mushrooming domestic "sleep economy" indicates that modern-day Americans are a tired lot. The National Sleep Foundation reveals that the average American gets about 6.9 hours of sleep per night — not quite enough to function at an optimal level. Without some help that is. (Quotes UCSD researcher Sara Mednick) More
Surgery Without Scars?
CBS News, Sept. 18 -- French doctors who report removing a woman's gallbladder through her vagina say such "no-scar surgery" may be the wave of the future. At least two U.S. women -- one at New York Presbyterian Hospital and another at the UCSD Medical Center -- have undergone similar surgeries. More
What Bob Dynes Gave to the UC and the State
San Diego Union-Tribune, Opinion, Sept. 19 – Much has been said in recent weeks about the announced resignation of Robert C. Dynes as president of the University of California. We believe it is important to remind the public about Dynes' accomplishments. As chancellor of UCSD from 1996 to 2003 and UC president from 2003 to the present, Dynes worked to make the university an ever more robust engine of economic growth for the people of San Diego and California. More
Regents to Discuss Role of UC Leader
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 19 – University of California regents are set to discuss some difficult questions today: Exactly what is their president doing in the months before he steps down, and how much should they pay him when he returns to the faculty at UCSD? More
Taste for Trouble
San Diego Union-Tribune, Sept. 19 – We're eating too much, and it's making us fat. That's the bottom line in explaining why 66 percent of Americans are now overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. You gain weight when you eat more calories than are burned off. (Quotes Michelle Murphy Zive, a registered dietitian and executive director of the Network for a Healthy California at UCSD) More
UCSD Assistant Professor Wins NIH New Innovator Award
The San Diego Daily Transcript, Sept. 18 -- UCSD received one of the National Institute of Health’s “New Innovator Awards,” announced Tuesday. More