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Mindfulness Meditation Reduces Pain by Separating it from the Self

Mindfulness meditation is effective in reducing pain relief; UC San Diego study reveals the underlying neural circuitry.

Brain Ripples May Help Bind Information across the Human Cortex

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine provide some of the first empirical evidence that brain ripples exist. These electrical waves have long been hypothesized as a way for the brain to integrate and encode memories.

New Headache Center Opens at UC San Diego Health

New site at UC San Diego Health will provide specialized, multidisciplinary treatment for headaches, migraines and traumatic brain injuries.

Awash in Potential: Wastewater Provides Early Detection of SARS-CoV-2 Virus

Scientists and physicians at UC San Diego and Scripps Research describe how wastewater sequencing provided dramatic new insights into levels and variants of SARS-CoV-2 on campus and in the broader community — a key step to public health interventions in advance of COVID-19 case surges.

‘You Are What You Eat,’ and Now Researchers Know Exactly What You’re Eating

UC San Diego researchers describe a new method to identify all of the unidentified molecules derived from food, providing a direct way to link molecules in diet to health outcomes.

Familiarity Breeds Exempt: Why Staph Vaccines Don’t Work in Humans

UC San Diego researchers say they may have found the reason why multiple human clinical trials of staphylococcus vaccines have failed: the bacteria knows us too well.