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February 2012
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UCSD Uses Heat Energy to Fix Odd Heart Beat →
FDA-approved non-surgical technology alters heart tissue that triggers atrial fibrillation
UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center is now offering patients with atrial fibrillation the breakthrough benefits of heat energy, or radio frequency waves, to irreversibly alter heart tissue that triggers an abnormal heart rhythm or arrhythmia. The THERMOCOOL® SF Catheter is an FDA-approved outpatient...
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Will Anti-Arrhythmic Drug Beat Sudden Cardiac... →
Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA) is the leading cause of death in the United States. This form of heart attack kills 325,000 people every year, representing one death every two minutes. Almost all SCA victims die before they even reach a hospital. To identify a drug that paramedics can use in the field, UC San Diego Health System has opened a clinical trial to evaluate two medications to help restore...
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Too Young For This: young survivors of breast...
While cancer affects a person’s quality of life at any age, a recent study in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute reports that women under the age of 50 who survive breast cancer are more adversely affected psychologically and physically. The study noted that, “these women suffer from severe psychological distress, infertility, premature menopause, a decrease in physical activity and...
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New Method Makes Culture of Complex Tissue... →
Scientists at the University of California, San Diego have developed a new method for making scaffolds for culturing tissue in three-dimensional arrangements that mimic those in the body. This advance, published online in the journal Advanced Materials, allows the production of tissue culture scaffolds containing multiple structurally and chemically distinct layers using common laboratory reagents...
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Allergan Pulls Lap-Band from 800-Get-Thin
Allergan has announced that they will no longer sell their Lap-Band device to clinics that participate in the 1-800-Get-Thin marketing campaign. Santiago Horgan, MD, chief of Minimally Invasive Surgery and director of the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute at UC San Diego Health System is available to comment on the Lap-Band procedure and Allergen’s decision.
To arrange an interview with Dr....
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Moores Cancer Center Offers New Hope for Deadly... →
Jim Black is fighting the meanest, most aggressive, most common kind of brain tumor in the United States: recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). In the United States, each year, approximately 10,000 patients are affected by GBM. Now, a novel investigational device – available only at clinical trial sites – is offering new hope to these patients.
The non-invasive procedure – called Tumor...
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January 2012
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Moores Cancer Center Recruiting for Four Breast... →
The ENERGY Study – Exercise and Nutrition to Enhance Recovery and Good Health for You – explores the role of diet and exercise in female breast cancer survivors who are at risk for recurrence.
4-year study
21 years of age or older
Overweight
Diagnosed with Stage I-III breast cancer within the previous 5 years and have completed their initial treatment
Willing and able to attend group...
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National Academy of Sciences Honors UC San Diego... →
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) will honor 17 individuals with awards in recognition of their extraordinary scientific achievements in a wide range of fields spanning the physical, biological, and social sciences. Among them is Larry R. Squire, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry, Neurosciences, and Psychology at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, and...
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Dr. Karen Piece Discusses the Success of the... →
The Autism Science Foundation interviews Karen Pierce, PhD on developing a screening for autism at a child’s one year “well baby” check-up:
Jonathan Carter spoke with Dr. Pierce about her work.
You’ve developed an early detection technique named the 1-Year Well-Baby Check-Up Approach. Can you describe how you developed the approach?
For me, the motivation was twofold and...
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New Study Links Timing of Alcohol Exposure In... →
Results Show No ‘Safe’ Period For Drinking Alcohol In Pregnancy
Researchers at the California Teratogen Information Service (CTIS) Pregnancy Health Information Line, a state-wide non-profit organization based at the University of California, San Diego, have found new links between the timing of alcohol consumption during pregnancy and certain characteristics of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). The...
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Roche Funds Drug Discovery Projects at UC San... →
“We are very pleased about this exciting and innovative partnership, which strengthens UCSD Health Sciences’ strategic goal of broadly advancing our programs in drug discovery,” said David A. Brenner, MD, vice chancellor for Health Sciences and dean of the UCSD School of Medicine.
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New Test Spots Early Signs of Inherited Metabolic... →
A team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Zacharon Pharmaceuticals, have developed a simple, reliable test for identifying biomarkers for mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS), a group of inherited metabolic disorders that are currently diagnosed in patients only after symptoms have become serious and the damage possibly irreversible.
MPS is...
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New Chair Named for UC San Diego Department of... →
Wolfgang H. Dillmann, MD, has been selected as chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. He has also been named the Helen M. Ranney Endowed Chair, the school’s first faculty-funded endowed chair, founded in 1991 in honor of the department’s second chair.
With nearly 470 full-time faculty members and more than 100 academic...
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UC San Diego Program on Safe Driving Goes... →
Program showed success in training health care, law enforcement
The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine TREDS (Training, Research and Education for Driving Safety) program has been awarded a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety to continue their work on driving safety in older adults. This team of experts, part of UCSD’s Injury Epidemiology, Prevention and...
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UC San Diego's William C. Mobley Recognized for... →
Jérôme Lejeune Foundation U.S. Scientific Committee Chair acknowledged by U.S. Congress, honored with international prize in Paris
William C. Mobley, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Neurosciences at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Chairman of the U.S. Scientific Advisory Committee of the Jérôme Lejeune Foundation, was recognized by U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions...