September 2, 2020
September 2, 2020 —
Two UC San Diego School of Medicine-led analyses report that e-cigarettes are not effective in helping adults to quit smoking.
August 20, 2020
August 20, 2020 —
Dr. Edward R. Cachay, an infectious disease physician who specializes in caring for people with HIV, and the team at the Owen Clinic at UC San Diego Health have specific questions about the impact of COVID-19 on their patients.
July 30, 2020
July 30, 2020 —
UC San Diego Health nurse helps start farm that will provide free food to community in Mexico hurt by COVID-19.
July 23, 2020
July 23, 2020 —
Cancer doesn’t stop because of a pandemic. People diagnosed with cancer must continue lifesaving treatment. Sometimes the only options are clinical trials. That is why, despite some modifications, UC San Diego Health has continued its cancer clinical trial enrollment.
May 21, 2020
May 21, 2020 —
A seizure sent Danielle Lovette to the hospital where a brain scan revealed an oligodendroglioma, a cancer of the central nervous system.
May 7, 2020
May 7, 2020 —
It’s 7 p.m. when Stephanie Lichtwardt, R.N., receives a call from her 10-year-old son. She’s nearing the end of a 12-hour shift in the intensive monitoring unit at UC San Diego Medical Center.
She worries. He doesn’t normally call at this time. She picks up.
April 20, 2020
April 20, 2020 —
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center used CRISPR technology to identify key regulators of aggressive chronic myeloid leukemia.
April 16, 2020
April 16, 2020 —
Like many high school teenagers, Maribel Patiño elected to take an unconventional summer job to supplement her family’s income.
April 14, 2020
April 14, 2020 —
Manoj Monga, MD, recognized as an international authority in endourology and stone disease, has been named chair of the Department of Urology at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and will see patients at UC San Diego Health.
March 3, 2020
March 3, 2020 —
Netherton syndrome is exacerbated by the presence of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus epidermidis living on human skin report University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers.