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UC San Diego Health System Sept/Oct 2015
Focus on Health
 
 
  Volunteers

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).

 
 
 
The Beat Goes On

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.

 
high school girl

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.

 
 
 
Listicle

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.

 
Hossein Ansari, MD


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.

 
The Body Gaudy

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.

 
 
 

By the Numb3rs

 
 
 
Moving Pictures

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.

 
How to Video

How To Prevent Soccer Injuries

Sports medicine physician and soccer player Alan Shahtaji, DO, shows how to avoid a variety of game-related injuries, with the help from members of the UC San Diego women’s soccer team.

 
 
 

Over the Counter

The Green Pharmacy
Wary of prescription medicines, some consumers prefer “natural” products, such as herbal supplements that they believe are safer and gentler. But are they? The supplement industry is lightly regulated, which makes for a lot of unsubstantiated claims, but some natural products have a good history.

 

Research roundup

A much-touted smoking cessation drug doesn’t boost the total number of smokers who quit; liver cells that regenerate without forming tumors; new drug combo treats patients with hepatitis C and HIV; and the brain’s bumps and grooves correlate with genetic heritage.

 

In the News

See Your Children Leading Healthy Lives? Research Suggests Parents Should Look Harder
New York Times

Oculus Rift could help people with vision problems
Marketplace Tech

The pill that can make you angry
Independent Online

Pregnancy Is the Best Time for Some Vaccines
New York Times

 
 
 
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:

Long-Term Safety of PF-00547659 In Ulcerative Colitis

Safety and Efficacy of Subjects With Critical Limb Ischemia

Reproductive Health Survivorship Care Plan Pilot

A Complex Contraception Registry

Real-Time Mobile Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Serious Mental Illness

View additional trials, both at UC San Diego and across the nation.

  Corner Clinic: Answers from Our Physicians

Corner Clinic
L-R: Mark Sawyer, Maya Kumar , Alan Hargens,

1. What vaccines do my kids need before going back to school? Why?
2. How much sleep do adolescents need? How can I get my teen to improve his/her sleep?
3. When it comes to school backpacks, what should I be worried about? How heavy is too heavy?

 
Recipe

Luncheon Feat

Back-to-school means back to making school lunches. It’s a daily challenge to create a midday meal that’s both nutritious and tasty (so that it gets eaten and not tossed). Here are some tips to help satisfy the lunch box set.

 
 
 
 
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