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Infantile Cataracts are a Blind Spot

December 8, 2021

Pediatric ophthalmologist with Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health explains why infantile cataracts are more common — and problematic — than most people realize.

Summit of Science

December 2, 2021

The tools of a scientist often feature items like microscopes and petri dishes. For an elite group of physiologists and biologists 40 years ago, they also included ice axes and belays.

Can Ancient Botanical Therapies Help Treat COVID-19?

November 12, 2021

A novel study is assessing whether medicinal mushrooms and Chinese herbs provide therapeutic benefit in treating acute COVID-19 infection.

$2.1 Million Gift Launches Comprehensive Breast Cancer Database

October 25, 2021

Philanthropists Richard and Carol Dean Hertzberg have committed $2.1 million to develop and maintain the Dean-Hertzberg Breast Cancer Database System Initiative at UC San Diego Health Moores Cancer Center to support the work of Anne Wallace, MD and her collaborators at Moores Cancer Center.

New UC San Diego Health Study Addresses Loneliness in Patients with HIV

October 21, 2021

HIV is not what defines Candis Givens. In fact, very few people, including those close to her, know she has the virus. The effectiveness of new HIV treatments makes this possible for the San Diego resident. Unfortunately, so does the fact that very few people are close to her.

New Scoliosis Procedure Helps One-Time Olympic Hopeful Compete Again

September 30, 2021

In 1980, Michele Pease-Downey’s dream was to qualify for the U.S. Olympic swimming team. At 60, her dream was to continue walking. The lifelong swimmer needed a cane and, by 2018, the occasional wheelchair, due to increasing pain in her legs. She also experienced an odd and troubling sensation.
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