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A Sampling of Clips for
March
1, 2002
UCSD
faculty and staff may obtain a copy of an article by e-mailing the University
Communications Office
Study
says
AIDS drugs may increase heart
attack risk
The
Associated Press,
Mar. 1 – New research raises the possibility that lifesaving AIDS
drugs may also increase the risk of heart trouble. Conflicting
studies, including one led by UCSD
professor Dr. Samuel Bozette,
were released in Seattle at the Ninth Annual Retrovirus Conference.
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This
AP article appeared in:
The
New York Times, Mar.
1
AIDS
drugs don’t raise risk of stroke and heart attack, study finds
The
Washington Post, Mar.1,
Pg. A11—According to a new study led by UCSD’s
Dr. Samuel Bozette,
people infected with the AIDS virus who take antiretroviral drugs
don’t appear to have an increased risk of having heart attacks or
strokes.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20839-2002Feb28.html
The
next frontier
Sydney
Morning Herald, Feb.
28, Pg.22 – There are still plenty of places where humans need to
boldly go in search for knowledge.
Discusses Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s
discovery of antivirals that could have applications for the
treatment of HIV and a compound being used to fight slow-growing
cancer tumors.
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Also
appeared in:
The
Age (Melbourne), Mar.1
Continuing
adult education Cal- (IT)2 director Larry Smarr sees himself on a
life-long program of learning
San
Diego Business Journal, Profile
column, Feb.
11-17—Profile of Larry Smarr,
director of Cal- (IT)2.
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Campus richie riches need archies
Los
Angeles Times, Commentary,
Mar. 1 – Bob Shireman editorial lists the
percentage of “working
class” students that attend prestigious colleges and universities
across the country. (UCSD
is one of the institutions ranked).
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-000015337mar01.story
Supervisors
order audit of trauma system
San
Diego Business Journal, Feb.
11-17—The San Diego County Board of Supervisors called for an
audit of the hospital trauma care system following the temporary
closure of Palomar Medical Center at the beginning of the year.
UCSD Medical
Center in Hillcrest is one of six hospitals that will be reviewed.
Dr. James Dunford,
director of emergency medical services for San Diego and a UCSD
Medical Center emergency room doctor, is interviewed.
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