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For 50 days, Steven Arana couldn't leave the sixth floor of Jacobs Medical Center. As he struggled to overcome his cancer, he found strength in art. When Summer Golden was diagnosed with an incurable cancer, she wrote a new comedy routine to help her cope. Serious physical challenges often bring mental ones too; treating the latter can speed recovery of the former, but how that happens is different for every patient.
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Born after just 33 weeks gestation, Weslie Broom arrived in the world with a defect in her abdominal wall, requiring around-the-clock care in the neonatal intensive care unit at Jacobs Medical Center. A web camera perched above little Weslie's bed allows her parents to peek at her anytime using phone, tablet or laptop via a secure account. It brings connection, constancy and comfort.
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Julianne Bachman was diagnosed with a rare condition called nutcracker syndrome, in which a renal vein is compressed by an artery, as if squeezed by a nutcracker, resulting in diminished blood flow, extreme pain and kidney dysfunction. Standard treatment is removal of the afflicted kidney, but Bachman only had one due to a previous surgery. So surgeons moved her kidney to a new home.
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It's estimated that roughly 20 percent of Americans experience constipation at any given time. There are lots of treatments for constipation – and lots of causes. The modern American diet is a major culprit – too much fat, too little fiber – but some foods can actually help move things along. Here are 14 foods to help you get up and go.
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Millions of people in the United States break bones each year. Millions more visit their doctors for rotator cuff problems. And osteoarthritis is a frequent cause of disability. Matthew Meunier, MD, orthopedic surgeon, sees it all. In this Q&A, he discusses the kinds of cases he treats, from sports to scooters, and how people can prevent or remedy them.
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Development of the human brain involves newly formed neurons moving to their appropriate places in the growing brain. This image by English neurophysiologist Bill Harris uses fluorescent proteins to colorfully capture the process – a mind-blowing bit of biological abstraction.
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More than most sports, baseball is a game of numbers. And as the Official Health Care Provider of the San Diego Padres, UC San Diego Health sees its fair share. In 2018, for example, our clinicians completed 301 eye exams of which 74 were dilated. They provided 23 new contact lens prescriptions and 102 glasses prescriptions. All the better to hit a pitched baseball speeding more than 95 miles per hour.
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Light-headedness and weakness were the first signs Tony Zand was suffering a stroke. Quick action and specialized treatment by physicians at UC San Diego Health's Comprehensive Stroke Center helped him recover fully. But Tony would face new challenges.
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Certified athletic trainers in our Sports Medicine program can work with you to help prevent and recover from injuries and surgery. In the last of this four-video series, they walk us through ankle exercises you can do at home.
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If you've ever had a migraine, you know how debilitating it can be. More than 38 million Americans get migraine headaches each year, so it's no surprise pharmacies carry dozens of medications. Dani Maria, PharmD, pharmacy supervisor, looks at what's available and what to take when.
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In this episode, we talk to Kathryn Gold, MD, a medical oncologist who specializes in the treatment of head, neck and lung cancer, about clinical trials – what they are, why someone might want to participate in one, and how they might get started.
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