Released: 15-Jun-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Summertime Safety Tips
UC San Diego Health

UCSD Healthcare and the California Poison Control System offer these summertime tips to help keep the season safe.

Released: 4-Apr-2007 7:00 PM EDT
Study of California's Tobacco Control Program
UC San Diego Health

Since the advent of the California Tobacco Control Program, in 1989, the state's young adult smokers are quitting the habit in record numbers and older smokers are consuming far fewer cigarettes, according to a new series of studies from the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

Released: 9-Apr-2007 2:45 PM EDT
Researchers Discover Variants of Natural Tumor Suppressor
UC San Diego Health

Building on their 2005 discovery of an enzyme that is a natural tumor suppressor, researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have now identified two variants of that enzyme which could provide new targets for therapies to treat diabetes, heart and neurological disease.

Released: 17-Apr-2007 3:40 PM EDT
Twin Studies Reveal Genes Influence Cardiac and Kidney Disease
UC San Diego Health

Studies may point to new drug targets for heritable conditions. Daniel O'Connor, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine has studied about 265 twin pairs over the past few years, which has led him to some surprising discoveries.

20-Apr-2007 4:30 PM EDT
Damaged Motor Neurons in ALS Contribute to Their Own Death
UC San Diego Health

Researchers from The Ludwig Institute and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have discovered that when motor neurons damaged by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, inappropriately send the wrong signal, immune cells react by killing the messenger. Their surprising finding provides new direction for therapies to treat ALS.

Released: 3-May-2007 8:50 AM EDT
UC San Diego Medical School Receives $1 Million for Telemedicine
UC San Diego Health

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has received a $1 million grant from the California Telemedicine & eHealth Center (CTEC) to support the development and implementation of a Southern California Telemedicine Learning Center (TLC).

5-May-2007 1:15 AM EDT
How to Steer a Moving Cell
UC San Diego Health

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have developed new technology which, combined with proteomics "“ the large-scale study of the structure and function of proteins and their functions "“ has allowed them to map an extensive network of the signaling proteins that control cell movement.

Released: 7-May-2007 7:40 PM EDT
Two UCSD Physician-Scientists Named to AAP
UC San Diego Health

The Association of American Physicians (AAP) has elected two physician-scientists from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine faculty as new members: Patricia Finn, M.D., Ph.D., Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Anthony Wynshaw-Boris, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Center for Human Genetics and Genomics Chief, Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics.

Released: 9-May-2007 6:55 PM EDT
Nationwide Trial to Study Omega-3 Fatty Acid for Alzheimer’s
UC San Diego Health

In order to test whether an omega-3 fatty acid can impact the progression of Alzheimer's disease, researchers supported by the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, will evaluate its effect in a clinical trial, the gold standard for medical research.

Released: 16-May-2007 3:05 PM EDT
Wearable Technology Helps Monitor Mental Illness
UC San Diego Health

Psychiatric researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine will report important new findings from a study of patients with bipolar affective disorder and schizophrenia at the upcoming meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, to be held in San Diego May 17-20.

Released: 16-May-2007 3:20 PM EDT
Salud y Vida: Healthy Living for Latinos
UC San Diego Health

The future and the health of the Latino community will take center stage at a conference in Mission Valley this week. Medical professionals and community health workers from across San Diego and the nation will participate in a two-day conference to discuss how to raise awareness and promote good health practices in the Latino community.

17-May-2007 11:25 AM EDT
Decoding Gene Expression in Cancer Tumors Using Non-Invasive Imaging
UC San Diego Health

By correlating images of cancerous liver tissue with gene expression patterns, a research team led by a radiologist at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine has developed tools that may some day allow physicians to view a CT image of a cancer tumor and discern its genetic activity.

Released: 17-May-2007 6:20 PM EDT
Healthy Humans Not Harmed By Taser
UC San Diego Health

A study conducted by emergency medicine physicians at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center showed no lasting effects of the Taser on healthy test subjects.

29-May-2007 2:25 PM EDT
Hot Flashes May Be Welcome Sign In Women with Breast Cancer
UC San Diego Health

Women on tamoxifen therapy who reported having hot flashes were less likely to develop recurrent breast cancer than those who did not report hot flashes, according to a study from the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

Released: 31-May-2007 12:00 AM EDT
Human Stem Cell Treatment Restores Motor Function in Paralyzed Rats
UC San Diego Health

Rats paralyzed due to loss of blood flow to the spine returned to near normal ambulatory function six weeks after receiving grafts of human spinal stem cells (hSSCs), researchers from the UCSD School of Medicine report. The study, led by Martin Marsala, M.D., UC San Diego professor of anesthesiology, is published in the June 29, 2007 issue of the journal Neuroscience, which is now online.

Released: 6-Jun-2007 8:40 AM EDT
Stem Cell Research Facilities at UC San Diego Will Grow, Thanks to $2.8 Million Grant
UC San Diego Health

The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Human Stem Cell Core Facility, which supports multiple research projects using stem cells to advance the understanding and ultimately the treatment of disease and injury, will receive a $2.8 million Shared Research Laboratory Grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM).

6-Jun-2007 7:15 PM EDT
Researchers Reveal Structure of Protein Altered in Autism
UC San Diego Health

As a result of mapping the structure of the protein complex implicated in autism spectrum disorders, a research team led by scientists at theUCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has discovered how particular genetic mutations affect this complex and contribute to the developmental abnormalities found in children with autism.

Released: 22-Jun-2007 7:40 PM EDT
New Vaccine Prevents CMV Infection and Disease in Mice
UC San Diego Health

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences have patented a strategy for developing a human vaccine to prevent against Human Cytomegalovirus (hCMV) infection and disease.

Released: 28-Jun-2007 6:35 PM EDT
Distorted Body Image Could be Linked to Abnormal Brain Function
UC San Diego Health

Sanjaya Saxena, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, is leading a study to identify abnormalities in brain structure and activity that are associated with BDD, and determine how these abnormalities change with treatment.

2-Jul-2007 1:00 PM EDT
Why Liver Cancer Is More Prevalent in Males than in Females
UC San Diego Health

Production of a protein that promotes inflammation appears to be linked to the higher incidence of liver cancer in men than in women, researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine have determined in mouse studies.

Released: 3-Jul-2007 3:00 PM EDT
Blood Clotting Protein May Inhibit Spinal Cord Regeneration
UC San Diego Health

Fibrinogen, a blood-clotting protein found in circulating blood, has been found to inhibit the growth of central nervous system neuronal cells, a process that is necessary for the regeneration of the spinal cord after traumatic injury. The findings by researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine, may explain why the human body is unable to repair itself after most spinal cord injuries.

10-Jul-2007 6:35 PM EDT
Researchers Discover Key Mechanism to Emergence of Deadly Strep Bacteria
UC San Diego Health

Strep infections have risen dramatically in the last three decades, and this increase is largely attributed to the spread around the globe of a single strain of strep known as the invasive M1T1 clone. Researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine and the University of Wollongong in Australia have discovered that a virus infected the strep bacteria "“ creating a deadly strain of "flesh-eating" bacteria.

Released: 19-Jul-2007 3:35 PM EDT
UCSD Names Ming Tsuang to Endowed Chair in Behavioral Genomics
UC San Diego Health

Ming T. Tsuang, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc. has been named Endowed Chair in Behavioral Genomics by the Department of Psychiatry and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine.

Released: 26-Jul-2007 12:20 PM EDT
UCSD Physicians Named Fellows in American College of Radiology
UC San Diego Health

Rosalind B. Dietrich, M.B., Ch.B., F.A.C.R., and Roland Robert Lee, M.D., FACR, of University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine were inducted as fellows in the American College of Radiology (ACR) in a recent convocation ceremony during the annual ACR conference in Washington, D.C.

Released: 26-Jul-2007 1:35 PM EDT
UCSD Med Center Named Most Wired and Most Wireless by Hospitals, Health Networks
UC San Diego Health

For the second consecutive year, UCSD Medical Center is among the nation's "Most Wired" and "Most Wireless" hospitals, according to Hospital and Health Networks, a publication of the American Hospital Association.

30-Jul-2007 12:45 PM EDT
Language Relates to Use of Mental Health Services for California Latinos
UC San Diego Health

An examination of usage of publicly sponsored mental health services by Spanish-speaking Latinos in San Diego revealed significant differences from use patterns by either English-speaking Latinos or Caucasians. The study, conducted by researchers at the UCSD School of Medicine, looked at more than 6,000 patients.

31-Jul-2007 1:05 PM EDT
Researchers Discover Cause of Rosacea
UC San Diego Health

A team of researchers, led by Richard L. Gallo, M.D., Ph.D., professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Dermatology at the UCSD School of Medicine and the Dermatology section of the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System, has determined that it is not one, but a combination of two abnormal factors, that result in rosacea.

Released: 1-Aug-2007 3:45 PM EDT
UCSD’s Igor Grant Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Neuropsychology
UC San Diego Health

Igor Grant, M.D., F.R.C.P.(C), Professor and Executive Vice-Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine has received the top national award from the National Academy of Neuropsychology (NAN).

Released: 4-Aug-2007 6:25 PM EDT
Autism Center of Excellence Established at UC San Diego
UC San Diego Health

One of six Autism Centers of Excellence (ACE) in the country has been established at the University of California, San Diego by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to be directed by Eric Courchesne, Ph.D., professor of neurosciences at the UC San Diego School of Medicine.

Released: 7-Aug-2007 2:30 PM EDT
UC San Diego Fighting Terrorism on the Medical Front
UC San Diego Health

A cooperative research project involving seven institutions in the United States and Peru, led by Joseph Vinetz, M.D., professor of medicine in the Division of Infectious Disease at the UCSD School of Medicine, has received a biodefense grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Released: 13-Aug-2007 11:40 AM EDT
Pick Up the Cell Phone, Drop the Pounds
UC San Diego Health

Researchers with the PACE (Patient-centered Assessment and Counseling for Exercise and Nutrition) project at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, want to find out if cell phone technology can help with weight loss.

Released: 13-Aug-2007 12:40 PM EDT
The Internet Helps Motivate Teens to Lose Weight
UC San Diego Health

The PACE (Patient-centered Assessment and Counseling for Exercise and Nutrition) Teen Study is aimed at overweight adolescents who are at risk for Type 2 Diabetes, and their families. The program, which is still enrolling volunteers, uses web and cell phone-based prompts to urge the teens to make permanent changes in diet and behavior, without drugs, supplements or costs.

Released: 17-Aug-2007 1:00 PM EDT
Autumn Tips: Treat Children to a Safe Halloween
UC San Diego Health

There's no trick to treating your kids to a safe Halloween. The staff at UCSD Medical Center and the California Poison Control System-San Diego Division, located at UCSD Medical Center, offer the following safety precautions for parents to keep Halloween safe.

Released: 21-Aug-2007 2:00 PM EDT
Clinical Trial Tests Surgery as Teen Obesity Treatment
UC San Diego Health

With childhood obesity sharply on the rise, researchers are exploring whether surgery may be a viable option for teens. As part of a multi-center clinical trial, UCSD Medical Center will evaluate whether or not a minimally invasive procedure called gastric banding is a safe and effective weight loss treatment in obese adolescents ages 14-17.

Released: 21-Aug-2007 4:45 PM EDT
Study Shines More Light on Benefit of Vitamin D in Fighting Cancer
UC San Diego Health

A new study looking at the relationship between vitamin D serum levels and the risk of colon and breast cancer across the globe has estimated the number of cases of cancer that could be prevented each year if vitamin D3 levels met the target proposed by researchers.

Released: 24-Aug-2007 8:45 AM EDT
UC San Diego Researchers Celebrate 15 Years of Smokers Helpline
UC San Diego Health

The California Smokers' Helpline has helped "kick the habit" in its 15 years of service. The Helpline is a free, multi-lingual service operated out of the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego. UCSD researchers joined the California Department of Public Health in a celebratory press conference today, August 23, 2007, in Los Angeles.

Released: 28-Aug-2007 2:15 PM EDT
High-risk Behaviors Could Lead to HIV Epidemic in Afghanistan
UC San Diego Health

In a report that is among the first to describe the prevalence of HIV and Hepatitis B and C viruses in Afghanistan, a researcher from the UCSD School of Medicine voiced concerns that increasing injection drug use and accompanying high-risk behavior could lead to an HIV epidemic in Afghanistan.

Released: 29-Aug-2007 6:30 PM EDT
UCSD Program to Identify Young Patients At Risk for Psychosis
UC San Diego Health

Early detection and intervention in psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia and bipolar disease in adolescence could perhaps prevent some of the devastating effects of mental illness, according to researchers with the Cognitive Assessment and Risk Evaluation (CARE) program at the UCSD Medical Center.

Released: 12-Sep-2007 5:40 PM EDT
Surgeons Remove Patient's Gall Bladder Through Vagina
UC San Diego Health

Surgeons at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center have performed the first clinical trial surgery in the Southwest to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of performing abdominal procedures through the body's natural openings, virtually eliminating scarring.

18-Sep-2007 4:40 PM EDT
Study Reveals the Regulatory Mechanism of Key Enzyme
UC San Diego Health

Research conducted at the UCSD School of Medicine has shed new light on the structure and function of one of the key proteins in all mammalian cells, protein kinase A (PKA), an enzyme which plays an essential role in memory formation, communication between nerve cells, and cardiac function.

Released: 24-Sep-2007 12:05 PM EDT
New Urology Chief Leader in Robotic Techniques
UC San Diego Health

Christopher Kane, M.D., F.A.C.S., a nationally recognized researcher and specialist in the diagnosis and treatment of prostate and kidney cancer has been recruited as the new chief of urology at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center and Moores UCSD Cancer Center.

Released: 25-Sep-2007 3:15 PM EDT
Sense of Taste Different in Women with Anorexia Nervosa
UC San Diego Health

A new study finds that women with anorexia have distinct differences in the insula "“ the specific part of the brain that is important for recognizing taste "“ according to a new study by University of Pittsburgh and UCSD researchers currently on line in advance of publication in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology.

Released: 26-Sep-2007 11:45 AM EDT
Enzyme's Second Messenger Contributes to Cell Overgrowth
UC San Diego Health

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have uncovered a novel pathway by which hormones elevated in inflammation, cancer and cell injury act on cells to stimulate their growth.

Released: 26-Sep-2007 1:50 PM EDT
UC San Diego Breaks Ground on Cardiovascular Center
UC San Diego Health

On September 27, 2007, UC San Diego Medical Center will break ground for the Sulpizio Family Cardiovascular Center, a new 128,000-square-foot facility that includes an expansion of patient care areas of UCSD's Thornton Hospital.

Released: 27-Sep-2007 12:10 PM EDT
UCSD Physician Recipient of Inaugural Best Research Award
UC San Diego Health

Matthew Allison, M.D., M.P.H., assistant adjunct professor, University of California, San Diego, department of family and preventive medicine, received the first-ever "Best PAD Research Award" from The Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) Coalition at the organization's 4th annual meeting in Washington, D.C.

Released: 8-Oct-2007 2:00 PM EDT
Preserving a Woman's Fertility Prior to Cancer Care
UC San Diego Health

The University of California, San Diego Medical Center, in collaboration with four leading academic medical centers, will share a $21 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant for a landmark national research, clinical, and education program to preserve the fertility of women being treated for cancer.

Released: 10-Oct-2007 8:35 AM EDT
Physicians Perform Cutting-Edge Stem Cell Procedure
UC San Diego Health

Patients living with Myasthenia Gravis (MG) may breathe easier thanks to a rare bone marrow transplant procedure performed at The Bone Marrow Transplant Program at University of California, San Diego Medical Center, the only program in the western United States that has attempted this procedure.

10-Oct-2007 1:30 PM EDT
Findings Could Lead to New Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury
UC San Diego Health

UCSD Findings Could Lead to New Therapy for Spinal Cord Injury-Induced Spasticity and Rigidity. Research led by scientists at the UCSD School of Medicine has identified a target with potential as an effective new therapy for chronic spasticity and rigidity, a painful condition that often results from spinal cord injury.

17-Oct-2007 5:45 PM EDT
Transparent Zebrafish Help Researchers Track Breast Cancer
UC San Diego Health

Scientists at the UCSD School of Medicine can't look through human skin. But a small, tropical minnow fish common to aquariums has given UCSD researchers a window for viewing live, human cancer cells in action. Working with transparent zebrafish to study inflammatory breast cancer has led to their discovery of how two proteins interact in the metastasis of breast cancer.

Released: 24-Oct-2007 2:10 PM EDT
Smoked Cannabis Proven Effective in Treating Neuropathic Pain
UC San Diego Health

Smoked cannabis eased pain induced in healthy volunteers, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Center for Medical Cannabis Research (CMCR.) However, the researchers found that less may be more.


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