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Jan 2018
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Hear to Here
At 29, Kristine Siwek noticed that she was switching her cell phone from ear to ear to hear better. She thought maybe it was due to a cold but, when various remedies failed, she sought medical attention. She was not prepared for the diagnosis: a brain tumor called an acoustic neuroma. Read how UC San Diego Health’s acoustic neuroma program, one of the most comprehensive in the nation, treated her rare tumor and how Siwek’s experience turned into a career opportunity. |
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What's Age Got to do With It?
Over the next decade or so, the number of Americans over age 65 is projected to nearly triple. It's critical this demographic receives expert care from specialists in the aging body. Learn about the types of services provided through senior medicine at UC San Diego Health, the best time to consider transitioning to this type of care and the story of an 84-year-old who says his customized care allows him to live life to the fullest.
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Six Minutes Can Save Your Life
The majority of women diagnosed with breast cancer have no known risk factors or family history of the disease. And yet more than 252,000 women were diagnosed with this disease in 2017. A new study aims to uncover whether annual mammograms are the best way to screen for breast cancer or whether a more personalized approach could deliver better results. It needs your help. |
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Smoking and Killer Cows
This is the time when we all resolve to do things to improve our health or life, like going on a diet or taking up hang gliding. Some things boost life expectancy and some things not so much — like hang gliding. But hey, what are the chances?
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Ketamine for Depression
Ketamine, a medication originally developed as an anesthetic, may be an alternative for treatment-resistant depression. Alexander Papp, MD, assistant clinical professor in Department of Psychiatry, discusses its potential.
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Knoisy Knuckles
Why do cracking knuckles make that noise? For a long time, researchers thought it was the sound caused by an air bubble being formed when finger joints were slightly pulled apart, then collapsing. Now they say it’s quite the opposite. |
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of UC San Diego School of Medicine. Our first class in 1968 comprised 39 men and 8 women. The class that entered in 2017 has 64 men and 70 women. We currently have a total of 520 medical students and 800 trainees (residents and fellows), taught by more than 1,500 physician and scientist faculty members in 18 academic departments. Last year, we were ranked the 12th Best Medical School for Primary Care and 18th Best Medical School for Research in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Join us as we celebrate a half-century years of innovative teaching, research and patient care at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
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Full Circle
Shea McNanie was born premature and weighed less than a can of soda. She spent more than three months in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at UC San Diego Medical Center. Her parents say she's a miracle. Twenty-five years later, Shea is back in the hospital as a volunteer "cuddler" in the NICU at Jacobs Medical Center. She says holding and comforting the hospital’s tiniest patients is the best thing she has ever done. |
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Roiling Stones
Roughly one in 10 Americans will experience kidney stones — mineral deposits that can be quite painful to pass and may require other treatments. Seth Bechis, MD, a UC San Diego Health urologist with the Comprehensive Kidney Stone Center, offers some tips for prevention and explains treatment options. Above, a colorized micrograph of a kidney stone from microscopist Kevin Mackenzie, which was a winner in the 2014 Wellcome Image Awards. |
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Just a Pill, Liquid, Spray...Helps the Medicine Go Down
Capsule, tablet, liquid, skin patch, nasal spray, injection, IV... there are a myriyad of ways to take medicine. How do you decide? From the right dose to preference and adherence, many specific reasons dictate why a patient and doctor prefer one delivery system over another.
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Researchers find common psychological traits among the very elderly; the need for immediate gratification may have genetic link to smoking and obesity; even light physical activity can boost life expectancy; a new strategy for preventing liver cancer; mapping the microbiome of everything; the microbial anatomy of an organ; and inflamed support cells may contribute to some kinds of autism.
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Century-Old Drug Tested in Boys with Autism
In a small clinical trial, a single dose of suramin, a 100-year-old drug developed to treat African sleeping sickness, produced measurable but transient improvements in five boys with autism spectrum disorder. Here, we discuss the trial, why one boy wanted to participate and his concerns about changing a condition that makes him who he is.
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