|
Problems viewing this email?
View in a browser
|
Tamara Strauss has been living with stage IV pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer for more than three years. She's participant number one in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health, testing a personalized vaccine that uses her unique cancer mutations to boost an anti-tumor immune response.
|
|
|
From scheduling an appointment and checking test results to refilling a prescription or finding information on visiting hours and parking, the MyUCSDHealth app is a one-stop shop for patients, family members and caregivers at UC San Diego Health. Learn more about the app's capabilities and how world-class health care is now at your fingertips.
|
|
Sarah Gibson, 23, began swimming competitively at age five with one goal: the Olympic Games. She had the heart to compete, but maybe not the heart to compete. Born with dysfunctional cardiac valves, Gibson is working with UC San Diego Health experts to not only accomplish her Olympian goals, but maybe one day trade in her swimsuit for scrubs.
|
|
|
For many people most of the time, their primary care physician is the first person they contact with health issues, excluding emergencies. Here are five tips on things to do before you're next appointment or visit.
|
|
Cannabis or its derivatives can be found in everything from smoothies to purported medicines. We asked experts at the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research to cut through the hyperbole and haze to answer some burning questions.
|
|
Wound healing is a complex process. Sometimes things go wrong, like when bone forms in locations outside of the skeleton, such as soft tissues where it can trap the occasional wayward red blood cell.
|
|
|
November is "American Diabetes Month," which seems apt given how many of us are affected. One in 10 Americans have type 2 diabetes. That's more than 30 million people, with another 84 million at risk of developing the condition. If current trends continue, as many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults could have diabetes by 2050. The disease has several causes, genetics and lifestyle chief among them. Proper diet and physical activity significantly reduce risk and help control the condition. Learn more here about diabetes prevention and care at UC San Diego Health or visit the self-management clinic.
|
|
|
"Is there a loved one in the waiting room?" Michelle knew why the nurse asked: Bad news was coming. But cancer? The mother of two young boys couldn't even say the word. In the moments, days and months that followed, Michelle would document every stage of her breast cancer treatment, often raw with emotion, at UC San Diego Health.
|
|
Certified athletic trainers in our Sports Medicine program can work with you to help prevent and recover from injuries and surgery. In the second of four videos, they work us through five exercises you can do at home to help prevent and alleviate back pain. To make an appointment, visit health.ucsd.edu/SportsMed
|
|
|
Older people are more likely to take many medications to manage multiple chronic health issues. "Patients 65 and older make up 15 percent of the U.S. population, but they account for half of hospital readmissions due to medication side effects," says Sarah Lorentz, PharmD, director of medication therapy management services, who describes some common pharmacy problems and how to avoid them.
|
|
In the movie "Minority Report," Tom Cruise's character leads a futuristic police unit that prevents crimes based on mutated humans called "precogs" who "previsualize" crimes before they've happened. Far-fetched? Maybe not, at least when it comes to cancer. We chat with Hannah Carter, PhD, who uses a person's genomic data to help predict the location and behavior of future tumors.
|
|
|
You are receiving this email because you subscribed to our newsletter or you attended a UC San Diego Health event.
You may unsubscribe by using the links below.
|
