A Sampling of Clips for
July 12, 2006
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In-home Eating "Rules"
May Improve Teens' Diet
Reuters, July 11 - A team of dietitians and nutritionists at UCSD say they've identified a number of promising ways to help adolescents make healthier food choices -- like reaching for fruits and vegetables instead of cookies and sweets. More
South America's Aymara
Put Future Behind Them
Chicago Tribune, July 12, 2006 -- Cognitive scientists study the human brain to learn about our mental processes and perceptions. UCSD researchers analyzed a series of interviews they conducted with the Aymara in the Andes Mountains in northern Chile, to study how speakers' hands move. When the Aymara people in South America want to forget something, they don't want to put it behind them -- they want to put it ahead of them. More
FDA Approves Shingles Vaccine
Journal of the American Medical Association, July 12 -- A new vaccine has been approved for use in the United States to reduce the risk of herpes zoster (shingles) in older adults. It is expected to reduce by about 50% the risk of shingles, which is caused by a reactivation of the virus (varicella zoster) responsible for chickenpox. (Quotes Michael Oxman, MD, chairman of the Shingles Prevention Study Group and a professor of medicine and pathology at UCSD) More
Buddies For Life:
When Should You Get A Second Opinion?
News 8, July 11, 2006 -- Lucy Roybal spends many afternoons taking care of her garden. And just as she cares for her flowers, the 53-year-old mother from Chula Vista pays extra special attention to her own health, including going for a regular mammogram. And for several years, Lucy's doctor told her it was nothing to worry about. But she wasn't so sure. Lucy had a feeling something was going on inside her body. Lucy ended up at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center in La Jolla. This time, her new doctors had a different diagnosis. More
City Council Votes
to Resume Needle-Exchange Program
San Diego Union-Tribune, July 11, 2006 -- The San Diego City Council voted 6-1 Tuesday to resume the city's clean syringe exchange program in an effort to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C. Dr. Jim Dunford, a UCSD Medical Center physician and the city's medical director, testified that needle exchange programs are an effective way to reduce the transmission of disease amongst drug users. More
Chamber May Not Support Miramar
Voiceofsandiego.com, July 12, 2006 -- A San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce committee voted Tuesday to recommend the chamber oppose the airport authority's Miramar ballot language, shaking the foundation of what was expected to be a pillar of support for the new airport proposal. If the chamber follows the committee's recommendation and opposes the airport plan, it would be a major blow to pro-Miramar supporters, who are counting on the chamber's endorsement. (Quotes Steve Erie, a professor of political science at UCSD) More
