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February 15, 2002

Study links 8 hours’ sleep to shorter life span
The Washington Post,
Feb. 15 – A study led by UCSD professor Daniel Kripke suggests that adults who sleep six or seven hours a night live longer, and those who sleep eight hours or more die younger.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12305-2002Feb14.html

Also appeared in:
San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 15
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb.15

Less than eight hours of sleep may be good for you:
The Associated Press,
Feb. 15
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Also appeared in:
The Record,
Feb. 15
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Feb.15
St. Louis Today, Feb. 14

Study ties 6-7 hours of sleep to longer life
New York Times
, Feb. 15
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In study, longer sleepers die early
San Diego Union-Tribune, Feb. 15
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Oversleeping can do harm
Toronto Star
,
Feb. 15
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People who sleep for more than eight hours a night do not live as long
The Independent (London),
Feb. 15
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Sleep a solid eight hours a night- but first pray you don’t die early
The Guardian (London),
Feb. 15
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Wake-up call for people who like a long lie-in
The Times (London),
Feb. 15
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Warming trend in southern ocean
United Press International, Feb. 15A Scripps Institution of Oceanography study published in the journal Science by Sarah Gille has uncovered a warming trend over the last 50 years in the Southern Ocean.  Robots deployed in the 1990s have helped produce new evidence that the Southern Ocean, the body of water surrounding Antarctica, is warming faster than the rest of the world’s oceans.
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10 firms and UCSD get anti-terror tech grants
San Diego Business Journal,
Jan. 28- Feb. 3 – Ten firms and UCSD’s chemistry department receive anti-terror tech grants from the Center for the Commercialization of Advanced Technology. (UCSD’s Jacobs School of Engineering, and UCSD Connect are partners with the center).
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Hospitals noted for effort to reduce errors, improve care
San Diego Business Journal, Jan. 28- Feb. 3 – UCSD Medical Center is one of many hospitals in San Diego to receive high marks for having intensivists on staff.
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