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- Study identifies first drug therapy for sleep apnea https://health.ucsd.edu/news/press-releases/2024-06-21-study-identifies-first-drug-therapy-for-sleep-apnea/ 7 comments
- Marijuana accelerates growth of HPV-related head and neck cancer (2020) https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2020-01-13-how-marijuana-accelerates-growth-of-hpv-related-head-and-neck-cancer-identified.aspx 135 comments
- Desert Creosote Bush Could Treat Giardia and “Brain-Eating” Amoeba Infections https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2017-08-15-compounds-in-desert-creosote-bush-could-treat-giardia-and-brain-eating-amoeba-infections.aspx 17 comments
- Low-dose suramin temporarily improves symptoms of autism in small-scale study https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2017-05-26-century-old-drug-potential-new-approach-to-autism.aspx 40 comments
- Novel Phage Therapy Saves Patient with Multidrug-Resistant Bacterial Infection https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2017-04-25-novel-phage-therapy-saves-patient-with-multidrug-resistant-bacterial-infection.aspx 4 comments
- Sugar Molecule Links Red Meat Consumption and Elevated Cancer Risk in Mice http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2014-12-29-sugar-molecule-in-red-meat-linked-to-cancer.aspx 16 comments
- New clinical trials demonstrate that the anti-diabetic medication tirzepatide (sold as Mounjaro and Zepbound) is the first effective drug therapy for obstructive sleep apnea. Researchers found the drug led to a significant decrease in the number of breathing interruptions during sleep. https://health.ucsd.edu/news/press-releases/2024-06-21-study-identifies-first-drug-therapy-for-sleep-apnea/ 57 comments science
- Unprecedented Increase in Number of Border Wall Falls and Trauma https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2022-04-29-study-unprecedented-increase-in-number-of-border-wall-falls-and-trauma.aspx 5 comments science
- Poorer Mental Health Smolders After Deadly, Devastating Wildfire. Direct exposure to large-scale fires significantly increased the risk for mental health disorders, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, researchers found. https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2021-02-09-poorer-mental-health-smolders-after-deadly-devastating-wildfire.aspx 3 comments science
- Youth Using E-cigarettes Three Times as Likely to Become Daily Cigarette Smokers. Among those who reported using a tobacco product, daily use increased with age through age 28. Daily cigarette smoking nearly doubled between 18 to 21 year olds (12 percent) and 25 to 28 year olds (21 percent). https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2021-01-10-youth-using-e-cigarettes-three-times-likely-to-become-daily-cigarette-smokers.aspx 6 comments science
- Common Class of Drugs Linked to Increased Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease. Cognitively normal participants who were taking at least one anticholinergic drug at baseline were 47 % more likely to develop mild impairment. No participants displayed cognitive or memory problems at the beginning of the study https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2020-09-04-common-class-of-drugs-linked-to-increased-risk-of-alzheimers.aspx#:~:text=a%20team%20of%20scientists%2C%20led,cognitive%20decline%2C%20particularly%20in%20older 3 comments science
- Glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Monsanto's popular weed killer Roundup, has been linked to liver disease in animal models. In a new study, the first of its kind, researchers report an association between the herbicide and negative effects upon the human liver. https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2019-05-14-herbicide-linked-to-human-liver-disease.aspx 3 comments science
- Glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Monsanto's popular weed killer Roundup, has been linked to liver disease in animal models. In a new study, the first of its kind, researchers report an association between the herbicide and negative effects upon the human liver. https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2019-05-14-herbicide-linked-to-human-liver-disease.aspx 4 comments science
- Phage Therapy Shows Promise for Alcoholic Liver Disease. Bacteriophage targeting of gut bacterium attenuates alcoholic liver disease (Nov 2019) Gut bacteria toxin linked to worse clinical outcomes in patients with alcoholic liver disease; phages clear the bacteria and eliminate the disease in mice https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2019-11-13-phage-therapy-promise-for-alcoholic-liver-disease.aspx 6 comments science
- Glyphosate, the primary ingredient in Monsanto's popular weed killer Roundup, has been linked to liver disease in animal models. In a new study, the first of its kind, researchers report an association between the herbicide and negative effects upon the human liver. https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2019-05-14-herbicide-linked-to-human-liver-disease.aspx 152 comments science
- Alright boys, if you missed it the first 2 times, here's your next thread about shorting $PM earnings next week. https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/Pages/2018-10-10-Lung-Cancer-Deaths-are-28-Percent-Lower-in-California.aspx 90 comments wallstreetbets
- Lung cancer deaths are 28 percent lower in California compared to the rest of the country and the gap is widening each year by almost a percentage point. The State’s long-term, aggressive tobacco control programs are cited as the primary reason. https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2018-10-10-lung-cancer-deaths-are-28-percent-lower-in-california.aspx 2196 comments science
- Study Finds 100-year-old Drug Reverses Autism Symptoms in Kids “The six-year-old and the 14-year-old who received suramin said the first sentences of their lives about one week after the single suramin infusion, this did not happen in any of the children given the placebo.” https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2017-05-26-century-old-drug-potential-new-approach-to-autism.aspx 63 comments science
- Researchers identify neural factors that predict adolescent alcohol use https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2016-08-30-neural-factors-that-predict-adolescent-drinking-identified.aspx 3 comments science
- Study of 6,822 adults in 14 global cities finds that those who live in the most activity-friendly neighborhoods get up to 89 minutes more exercise per week than adults in the least activity-friendly areas. The Lancet study demonstrates that urban planning may be used to combat obesity. http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2016-04-01-study-finds-neighborhood-design-helps-health.aspx 508 comments science
- UC San Diego Researchers Link Higher Risk of Leukemia to Low Sunlight and Vitamin D http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2016-01-06-leukemia-rates-higher-further-away-from-equator.aspx 7 comments science
- New Computational Strategy Finds Brain Tumor-Shrinking Molecules: Computer modeling identifies first-ever molecule to inhibit a transient cellular event that drives glioblastoma, and the molecule shrinks glioblastoma in mice https://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2015-10-30-new-computational-strategy-finds-brain-tumor-shrinking-molecules.aspx 4 comments science
- Nutrients Turn on Key Tumor Signaling Molecule, Fueling Resistance to Cancer Therapy http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2015-07-13-nutrients-fuel-resistance-to-cancer-therapy.aspx 4 comments science
- Sugar Molecule Links Red Meat Consumption and Elevated Cancer Risk in Mice: Neu5Gc, a non-human sugar found in red meat, promotes inflammation and cancer progression in rodents http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2014-12-29-sugar-molecule-in-red-meat-linked-to-cancer.aspx 46 comments science
- Scientists discover neurochemical imbalance in schizophrenia http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2014-09-11-nuerochemical-imbalance-identified-schizophrenia.aspx 7 comments worldnews
- Aspirin, Take Two - White blood cell research shows how causing and conquering inflammation are inextricably linked: In a new study, researchers conclude that aspirin not only prevents inflammation and pain, but also prompts the generation of another compound that hastens the end of inflammation http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2014-08-18-aspirin-and-inflammation.aspx 10 comments science
- Parents Rank Their Obese Children as “Very Healthy” http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2014-07-21-parents-rank-obese-children-as-very-healty.aspx 3 comments nottheonion
- Parents rank their obese children as "very healthy". http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2014-07-21-parents-rank-obese-children-as-very-healty.aspx 1100 comments science
- Gulf war illness not in veterans' heads but in their mitochondria: Researchers demonstrate that 1990-91 Persian Gulf War veterans, who suffer from “Gulf War illness”, have impaired function of mitochondria – energy powerhouses of cells. Findings may lead to new treatments and new ways of protection http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2014-03-27-mitochondrial-disease-and-gulf-war-illness.aspx 18 comments science
- Study gives clear and direct new evidence that autism begins during pregnancy: Patches of cortical layers disrupted during brain development in autism http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2014-03-26-cortical-layer-disruption-and-autism.aspx 709 comments science
- Vitamin D increases breast cancer patient survival, study shows: Breast cancer patients with high levels of vitamin D in their blood are twice as likely to survive the disease as women with low levels of this nutrient, report researchers http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2014-03-06-vitamin-d-and-breast-cancer-survival.aspx 3 comments science
- People who sleep 7 hours a night live longer than those who sleep for 8. http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2002/02_08_kripke.html 124 comments science
- Brain cancer cells hide while drugs seek: A team of scientists has found that brain cancer cells resist therapy by dialing down the gene mutation targeted by drugs, then re-amplify that growth-promoting mutation after therapy has stopped. http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2013-12-05-brain-cancer-cells-resist-therapy.aspx 4 comments science
- By tinkering with their chemical structures, researchers have essentially re-invented a class of popular antimicrobial drugs, restoring and in some cases, expanding or improving, their effectiveness against drug-resistant pathogens in animal models http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2013-10-07-new-antimicrobials-from-old.aspx 3 comments science
- Study Shows Effectiveness of Magnetic Device for Treatment of Reflux Disease http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2013-02-22-study-shows-effectiveness-of-magnetic-device-gerd.aspx 5 comments science
- Smoked Cannabis Reduces Symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2012-05-14-smoked-cannabis-reduces-symptoms-of-multiple-sclerosis.aspx 29 comments science
- Neural Stem Cells Regenerate Axons in Severe Spinal Cord Injury. New relay circuits, formed across sites of complete spinal transaction, result in functional recovery in rats http://health.ucsd.edu/news/releases/pages/2012-09-13-stem-cells-regenerate-axons.aspx 11 comments science
- This is why we still need Human Embryonic Stem Cells: Mutations Found In Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells http://health.ucsd.edu/news/2011/03-02-human-pluripotent-stem-cell-mutations.htm 23 comments science