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Expanding Treatment Options for Severe Brain Trauma

July 23, 2020

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized room or tube and is commonly used to treat decompression sickness or wounds that resist healing. A new research study at UC San Diego Health called Hyperbaric Oxygen Brain Injury Treatment assess whether the approach might also benefit patients with severe brain injuries.

Public Health Students Graduate and Enter the Workforce During Unprecedented Times

June 25, 2020

The first graduating class of the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science listened, on June 12, 2020, to the school’s founding dean and the university’s first Black, female dean Cheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH, during a commencement ceremony conducted by video conference.

Wellness Project Serves as Lifeline to Senior Adults During COVID-19 Pandemic

May 21, 2020

While many people are dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic by sheltering at home with family, some must cope alone. Daily tasks like grocery shopping or managing prescriptions can be challenging, but for populations most at risk, such as seniors over the age of 85, these necessities may be impossibly daunting.

How are You Doing? Researchers Hope to Measure Well-Being at Global Scale

May 5, 2020

With website, UC San Diego School of Medicine scientists will monitor health and well-being during and after pandemic.

Loss of Smell and Taste Validated as COVID-19 Symptoms

April 13, 2020

Researchers at UC San Diego Health publish the first empirical findings that strongly associate sensory loss and COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

How Gene Therapy May Hold Key to Treating Life-Threatening Cardiac Disease

March 18, 2020

New study finds gene therapy improved cardiac, muscle and liver function in Danon disease mouse models.
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