A Sampling of Clips for
August 20, 2002
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Moms and
dads differ on kid’s pain
United Press International, Aug. 19 – A study
from Finland suggests mothers and fathers react differently to
a child in pain – dads are more likely to think the child
should suffer in silence, while moms tend to reach for the baby
aspirin. (Quotes UCSD clinical professor of anesthesiology
Sandra Chaplan).
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No link available online.
Wildfire
smoke carries health risks
San Diego Union Tribune, Aug. 19 – The makeup
of wildfire smoke and how it degrades air quality and human health
have been studied worldwide. V. Ramanathan, professor of
climate and atmospheric science at Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
contributed to a U.N. study that reported 500,000 premature deaths
a year in India may be caused by severe pollution compounded by
biomass burning. Ramanathan has estimated that biomass burning
accounts for at least 25 percent of persistent air pollution in
South Asia, which has resulted in a two-mile-thick blanket of
haze over the region called the Asian Brown Cloud.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/northcounty/20020819-9999_1m19firetox.html
Cholesterol
drug cited in nerve study
USA Today, Aug.19 – Life-saving drugs that
lower cholesterol may cause nerve damage, Danish researchers say
in a new study. The drugs, called statins, raise a person’s
risk of nerve damage by nearly 15%. (Quotes Beatrice Golomb,
an assistant professor of medicine at UCSD and head of
a federally funded study on the effects of statin drugs on thinking
ability, mood and quality of life).
http://www.usatoday.com/money/markets/2002-08-19-statin_x.htm
Bad
knees
San Diego Reader, Cover story, Aug. 15 – William
Bugbee, UCSD professor of orthopedics, was featured
in the article that covered both corrective knee surgery and corrective
knee replacement.
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Supporters
stand by candidate for trustee
San Diego Union Tribune, Aug. 20 – UCSD
political science professor Steven Erie is quoted in this
article about candidate Jeff Lee’s credibility in his run
for the San Diego city school board.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/uniontrib/tue/metro/news_1m20race1.html
