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New Sports Medicine Procedure Heals Runner’s Heel (external site)

UC San Diego Health offers new minimally invasive sports medicine treatment to repair tendon overuse injuries.

One-Two Punch: Novel Drug Pairing Could Beat Pancreatic Cancer (external site)

UC San Diego researchers find a combination of drugs outperformed other treatments in human and mouse models of pancreatic cancer; now urge clinical trial

Study: Potential New Treatment Identified for Liver Disease (external site)

Researchers with UC San Diego School of Medicine identified a potential new drug that improved liver fibrosis in patients with NASH by 27%.

Rohit Loomba, MD, Named Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (external site)

Loomba will lead the division at UC San Diego School of Medicine, building upon a team that shines a light on UC San Diego Health’s tripartite mission.

UC San Diego Health Recognized for Leadership in Environmental Sustainability (external site)

UC San Diego Health was honored with six different awards for its health care sustainability efforts by Practice Greenhealth.

UC San Diego First to Test Cancer Drugs in Space Using Private Astronaut Mission (external site)

The latest space experiments from UC San Diego and Axiom Space will explore therapies for breast and colorectal cancer aboard the ISS, and monitor astronauts’ stem cell health over time.