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Nov/Dec 2015
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Doctors Help Save Stroke Patient More Than 50 Miles Away
While standing in the kitchen of her Temecula home one afternoon, Lori Hoopingarner was suddenly stricken by paralysis. Her vision blurred. She could not speak. Hoopingarner was rushed to the nearby community hospital where doctors sitting in front of a computer screen 50 miles away determined she was having a stroke. Read how a collaborative partnership, telemedicine and an innovative surgical approach saved Hoopingarner’s life. |
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Beating Tumors One Trial At A Time
Susan Rooney was diagnosed with a brain tumor days before her daughter’s high school graduation. It was stage 4, generally considered incurable. After surgery and chemotherapy proved ineffective, Rooney joined a clinical trial testing a new drug at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health. Today Rooney is again enjoying life.
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Halt The Salt, Spice Is Nice
Americans consume way too much salt, mostly in processed and restaurant fare, which makes the food additive a major contributor to heart disease and stroke risk. New guidelines, backed by research and UC San Diego scientists, suggest pinching the salt in favor of healthy, flavorful spices like paprika, anise, garlic, pepper, onion powder and more exotic seasonings.
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Mind Your Membrane: Eight Things to Know About Your Skin
Nothing does a better job of holding you together than your skin. It’s your biggest and most obvious organ. Everyone sees it so why not know a little more about it. We dig deep – at least a tenth of an inch (the average thickness of skin).
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Female Viagra
The first FDA-approved medication to treat sexual dysfunction in women became available in late October. Dubbed “female Viagra,” flibanserin (marketed as Addyi) treats low sex drive in premenopausal women. We asked Ildiko Kovacs, a board-certified psychiatrist licensed to prescribe Addyi, to talk about the controversial drug.
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You Bred a Mouthful
The phrase “oral cavity” suggests an empty space, but in truth your mouth is quite a busy place, bustling with countless members of 500 to 1,000 microbial species. Some species are benign or beneficial; others are not. It’s a constant battle for Darwinian dominance; survival of the spittest, so to speak.
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Therapy Dogs Lend Helping Paw
From tail wags and sloppy kisses to ear scratches and many cuddles, certified therapy dogs brighten the day of UC San Diego Health patients through the Tender Loving Canine Program. Watch how Cody and Riley put a smile on the face of a young man battling heart failure during a time when he was missing his own four-legged friend. |
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Breast Cancer Screening
The American Cancer Society has revised its recommended guidelines for breast cancer screening, suggesting women at average risk needn’t get them so often. Anne Wallace, MD, director of the Comprehensive Breast Health Center at UC San Diego Health, discusses what the new guidelines mean – and don’t mean.
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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:
Reproductive Health Survivorship Care Plan Pilot
Real-Time Mobile Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Serious Mental Illness
A Minimally-invasive Approach to Cytoreduction and HIPEC for Peritoneal Surface Malignancy
Long-Term Study Of CP-690,550 In Subjects With Ulcerative Colitis (OCTAVE)
Efficacy of ART to Interrupt HIV Transmission Networks (ART-NET)
View additional trials, both at UC San Diego and across the nation.
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Corner Clinic: Answers from Our Physicians
L-R: Megan Lang, Alan Shahtaji, Christine Zoumas,
1. Do blood thinners actually make my blood thinner?
2. How do I know when my child, the athlete, has had one concussion too many?
3. The World Health Organization says red meat is “probably carcinogenic to humans” and processed meats, like ham and sausage, are carcinogenic. Should I stop eating bacon and hot dogs altogether?
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Pale, Hale and Definitely Not Kale
If your taste buds are beginning to protest a certain leafy green, here’s a long under-appreciated alternative. Cauliflower looks nothing like kale (though they belong to the same family), but it packs a similar healthy punch. And cauliflower’s versatility in everything from soup to pizza is making it the new “hot” vegetable – especially for the holidays.
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