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Sept/Oct 2015
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Soothing Souls with Words, Paws and Strings
A hospital visit can be a time of stress for patients and visitors alike. Volunteers can help ease the occasion, sometimes by offering an ear (to listen), sometimes by offering an ear (to scratch). |
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The Beat Goes On
A 27-year-old man’s heart was donated not once, but twice. Read and watch how this rare double transplant – it’s only been done 10 times in the world - united three families during a meeting filled with laughter and tears.
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Cancer, Fertility, Lessons Learned
A novel summer program teaches San Diego County high school girls about cancer, fertility and, in the process, perhaps inspires some of them to pursue a career in medicine.
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Aging casefully: 9 things that happen to your body (some aren’t so bad!)
Contrary to TV commercials and certain actresses, everybody gets old. The trick is to do it well. Get some tips at the free Healthy and Active Aging seminar Oct. 3 on the UC San Diego campus. Take along this list of nine age-related effects to talk about. The last one should make you smile, if you aren’t already.
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Q&A with: Hossein Ansari, MD |
Headache Help
The International Headache Society diagnoses a migraine headache by its pain and number of attacks (at least five, lasting 4-72 hours if untreated) and other symptoms. Up to 20 percent of Americans suffer from them. They’re the fifth leading cause of emergency room visits in the U.S. We asked Hossein Ansari, MD, a headache specialist, for more details.
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Close Nit
With school back in session, kids are coming home with more than an education. The Centers for Disease Control estimate 6 to 12 million head lice infestations annually among children 3 to 11 years of age – usually girls. It’s not a matter of hygiene: Close contact with an infested head can still louse things up.
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World’s Strongest Woman Beats Weak Bladder
Kristin Rhodes has earned the title of “World’s Strongest Woman” three times, but a battle with urinary incontinence severely disrupted her life and intense training schedule. On the brink of retiring, Rhodes received treatment at UC San Diego Health that had her competing again, lifting 315-pound stones and flipping 700-pound tires. |
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