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New Radiation Therapy Delays Brain Cancer Regrowth, Protects Healthy Tissue

UC San Diego Health now offers a novel therapy option shown to extend the lifespan and improve quality of life for certain patients.

Cancer Patients Facing Housing Instability Show Greater Risk of Mortality

UC San Diego study finds housing instability linked to increased mortality risk in cancer, highlighting need to screen for patients’ social risk factors

Adults Show Poorer Cognition, Better Well-Being with Age

A UC San Diego study identifies neural mechanisms contributing to poorer cognition in aging adults; results may inspire new clinical interventions

UC San Diego Joins NIH ‘Bridge to Artificial Intelligence’ Program

UC San Diego scientists will lead several components of Bridge2AI, a new NIH-funded program to promote the use of AI in health and research.

Violence is Common and Increasing in Pandemic-Era California

A new report finds physical and sexual violence are an increasing ‘epidemic’ in California; UC San Diego researchers call for health equity-based reform.

Father’s Life is Saved after Receiving Heart, Kidney and Liver Transplant

After a rare disease caused organ failure, UC San Diego Heath transplant teams performed a heart, liver and kidney transplant on a patient. The surgery is a first for UC San Diego Health and a first in the nation to use three organs from a donor after circulatory death.

UC San Diego Welcomes New Cohort of Medical Students at Annual White Coat Ceremony

The University of California San Diego School of Medicine welcomed the Class of 2026 at its White Coat Ceremony on Friday, September 2, 2022. An annual tradition, the event marks the beginning of the medical education journey for first-year students when they receive the white coat that will be worn

How Changes in Length of Day Change the Brain and Subsequent Behavior

Using a mouse model, UC San Diego researchers describe a process in which affected neurons switch expression of neurotransmitters in response to day length stimuli, triggering related behavioral changes.

First in Nation: UC San Diego Health Offers Treatment for Hereditary Amyloidosis

New medication now available at UC San Diego Health allows for less frequent visits for patients, helping improve quality of life.

UC San Diego Receives $1.3M from W. M. Keck Foundation to Study Origins of Dementia

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have received a $1.3 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation for a project that could help scientists better understand the role misfolded tau proteins play in causing neurodegenerative diseases like dementia, which may lead to more effective

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