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Adding Emotion Management Skills to Family Weight Treatment May Help Teens Maintain Weight Loss

Randomized clinical trial found similar weight loss during treatment, but teens who learned emotion regulation skills regained less weight and reported less emotional eating over the year after treatment ended.

UC San Diego Joins ARPA-H-Funded Initiative to Launch Drug-Testing Platform for Alzheimer’s Disease

As part of a nationwide clinical trials network for Alzheimer's disease, UC San Diego will help coordinate participating clinical trial sites and standardize how studies are conducted across the network.

High-Nicotine E-Cigarettes Linked to Rising Nicotine Dependence Among Young Adults

Researchers from UC San Diego have found that high-nicotine e-cigarette use rose sharply among young adults between 2017 and 2022 and was associated with increased nicotine dependence and more persistent vaping.

UC San Diego Receives $12.6 Million Award to Launch a New Polysubstance Addiction Research Center

UC San Diego researchers have received a $12.6 million award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to establish the Polysubstance Addiction Research Center, a multidisciplinary center designed to uncover the biological factors that contribute to addiction across multiple substances.

Exercise Program Supports Better Attention and Slows Biological Aging in Breast Cancer Survivors

Researchers from UC San Diego found that a 12-month exercise intervention was associated with improvements in attention and memory among breast cancer survivors, while a companion analysis suggests exercise may also slow epigenetic aging.

One in Nine Older Adults Who Use Cannabis Meet Criteria for Cannabis Use Disorder

A new UC San Diego study finds that an estimated 8.9% of adults age 65 and older used cannabis in the past year, and more than one in 10 of those who used cannabis met criteria for cannabis use disorder.

Breakthrough Helps Expand Genetic Alphabet

Researchers at UC San Diego have demonstrated that one of biology’s most essential enzymes can accurately read and transcribe an expanded genetic alphabet containing eight DNA letters instead of the four used by all known life.

UC San Diego Study Finds Changes to California’s Landscapes May Influence Valley Fever Risk

UC San Diego study links higher Valley fever rates to some natural landscapes and agricultural land uses, raising concerns as drought and water regulations lead to more farmland being left uncultivated across the state.

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