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July 2016
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Radiation Therapy — Not a Light Topic
Radiation therapy won’t result in web-slinging superpowers, but the effects can be a powerful tool for patients undergoing cancer treatment. The National Cancer Institute says half of all cancer patients receive some type of radiation therapy. Find out what to expect and how UC San Diego Health provides both clinical excellence and support to patients. |
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Mouthing Off
Eating is one of life’s simple pleasures, but if you have a salivary stone in your mouth, mealtime can become frightful with every biteful. Read about one patient’s experience and how he underwent an innovative, incision-less procedure at UC San Diego Health to remove a painful obstruction that had caused his neck to swell like a balloon.
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Young, Strong and Mentally Ill
At 13, Christine Frey felt adrift and alone – except for the voices in her head. A diagnosis of early psychosis by Kristin Cadenhead, MD, psychiatrist at the Cognitive Assessment and Risk Evaluation program, changed everything. Now Christine is happy, healthy and telling her story — perhaps eventually in song. |
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Body and Whole
The adult human body contains 22 internal organs, 206 bones, 600 muscles and more. It could do with less. While even the most heartless of us require an actual heart, we all possess body parts whose function, if not existence, now seems dubious. Herewith, 12 pieces of you that you no longer need or didn’t even know you had.
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No Sugar-Coating —Diabetes is a National Health Threat
It’s estimated that 86 million adults have prediabetes and 29 million have the disease. Julie Celebi, MD, a primary care physician, discusses diabetes from early diagnosis to remedy and prevention.
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Stars in Their Eyes
Cataracts happen when the lens of the eye begins to opacify, causing the world to be viewed through a visual fog. Mostly, the condition is related to aging but sometimes when the eye is violently struck, the result can be a cataract with a distinctive star-shape. |
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Road to Rio
As an official U.S. Olympic Regional Medical Center, UC San Diego Health is part of a national network of leading medical providers selected to provide comprehensive medical services to Team USA. UC San Diego Health experts provide comprehensive care services across specialties for athletes in a variety of sports such as track & field, cycling, skiing, rowing and volleyball. Hear from some of the world-class athletes treated by our sports medicine physicians as they go for the gold. |
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Building a Defense Against Zika
With publication of two new studies establishing its causal connection to birth defects and describing its mechanism of infection, UC San Diego researchers are leading efforts to better understand the Zika virus. UC San Diego is also taking a lead role in a new global effort to identify and test potential drugs for treatment and a future vaccine. |
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Meds Got You Stuck?
Constipation is hard to define — what’s normal for some may be abnormal for others – though experiencing fewer than three bowel movements per week signals a common gastrointestinal problem, one affecting roughly 42 million Americans. Pregnant women, older adults and people taking certain medications are most at risk for constipation. Learn about steps you can take to get things moving again.
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Personalized medicine leads to better outcomes for cancer patients; cellular differences explain why rheumatoid arthritis varies by joint location; improving screening methods for mild cognitive impairment; genetic variants put some soldiers at higher PTSD risk; and an HIV prevention pill for transgender person.
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When Antibiotics Fail
Antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections are on the rise. What other treatment options do we have? This episode of our N Equals One podcast features a scientist who discovered in lab experiments that the breast cancer drug tamoxifen helps boost the immune system.
Also available on iTunes and SoundCloud.
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Clinical Trials
Clinical trials are the last and most important step before scientific discoveries can be delivered to patients in the form of new medicines and therapies. Each year, UC San Diego Health researchers and doctors, including those at Moores Cancer Center, conduct hundreds of such trials involving a vast array of diseases, disorders and conditions. Among studies currently recruiting participants are:
Pain Control for Intrauterine Device Placement Using Paracervical Block
Improving Negative Symptoms of Psychosis In Real-world Environments
Effects of Oxytocin on Emotional Processes and Stress Responses in Patients with Opiate Dependence
Nuts and Olestra for Persistent Organic Pollutant Reduction (NO-POPs) Trial
View additional trials, both at UC San Diego and across the nation.
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Corner Clinic: Answers from Our Experts
L-R: Eduardo Grunvald, Erin Gross, Sanjay Agarwal.
1. Why do contestants on The Biggest Loser regain weight?
2. Do I need to worry about getting toxic shock syndrome from tampons?
3. Can too much exercise impair fertility?
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Keeping a Pulse on Good Nutrition
When the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations declared 2016 to be International Year of Pulses, many people thought, what’s a pulse? You may know them better as dried beans, lentils and chickpeas. (The word pulse derives from the Latin puls, meaning a thick soup or potage.) Versatile, nutritious and economical, these recipes will keep your finger on the pulse of healthy eating.
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