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November 14th, 2006
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4 More California Transplant Programs Under Scrutiny
Los Angeles Times, Nov. 14 -- Eight More than a quarter of the state's 25 transplant centers have either been sanctioned or placed under scrutiny this year. UNOS' disciplinary panel also has recommended placing UC San Diego on probation for a series of clinical and administrative errors identified during a January inspection. More
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The Future of Back Pain
ABC 7, Nov. 13 -- Eight out of 10 Americans will have back pain at some point in their lives. Here are some more sobering statistics about this all-too-common problem. William Taylor, M.D., a neurosurgeon from the University of California, San Diego, says, "Back pain is one of the hardest things to treat. It's one of the hardest things to diagnose. It's one of the hardest things to predict what patient is going to do well." More
Slide in Housing Prices Halts, and Buyers Reduce Inventory
San Diego Union-Tribune, Nov. 14 -- San Diego County's housing price slide reversed course last month and brought the median up $9,000 from September to $485,000, DataQuick Information Systems reported yesterday. September's overall median of $476,000 was the lowest since February 2005, making October's turnaround a welcome sign to sellers tired of cutting prices and waiting for buyers to make an offer. (Quotes Ross Starr, a UCSD professor of economics) More
UCSD Calit2 Names Filmmaker in Residence
San Diego Daily Transcript, Nov. 13 -- The University of California, San Diego Division of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) appointed Jean-Pierre Gorin as its first filmmaker in residence for an initial two-year term. He is a professor in the UCSD Department of Visual Arts, where he has taught film history, criticism, editing and scriptwriting for more than 30 years. More
Research Team Pinpoints Impact of Climate Change
Santa Cruz Sentinel, Nov. 12 -- Springtime in Santa Cruz could feel more like June in San Jose within the century if global warming continues unchecked, according to the most detailed look yet at the possible effects of climate change along the Central Coast. (Quotes Daniel Cayan, a climate change researcher at Scripps Institution of Oceanography) More
Aleve Heart-Healthy Over Short-Term
Statesman, Nov. 13 -- Short-term use of Aleve, the over-the-counter version of the prescription painkiller naproxen, appears safe and even healthy for users' cardiovascular systems, a new company-funded study suggests. "The main point of the study is that OTC naproxen has similar anti-platelet effects as prescription-strength naproxen," added Dr. Arthur Kavanaugh, a rheumatology expert at the University of California, San Diego. More