Personalized Cancer Therapy Improves Outcomes in Advanced Disease, Says Study (external site)
Patients receiving care at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego Health had better outcomes if they received personalized cancer therapy.
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Organ Transplant Recipients Significantly Protected by COVID-19 Vaccination (external site)
UC San Diego researchers report that solid organ transplant recipients who were vaccinated experienced an almost 80 percent reduction in the incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated counterparts during the same time.
Pandemic Upends Breast Cancer Diagnoses (external site)
UC San Diego Health researchers surveyed and compared early- and late-stage breast and colorectal cancer diagnoses in patients in pre-pandemic 2019 and in 2020, the first full year of the COVID-19 pandemic, discovering fewer of the former and more of the latter as patients delayed care.
Older Adults with Functional Impairments Linked to Prescription Drug Use/Misuse (external site)
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine found that functional impairments among adults aged 50 and older are associated with a higher risk of medical cannabis use; and prescription opioid and tranquilizer/sedative use and misuse.
Objective Subtle Cognitive Difficulties Predict Amyloid Accumulation and Neurodegeneration (external site)
Researchers report that accumulating amyloid protein occurred faster among persons deemed to have "objectively-defined subtle cognitive difficulties" (Obj-SCD) than among persons considered to be "cognitively normal," offering a potential new early biomarker for Alzheimer's disease.
Obesity and Cardiovascular Factors Combine to Cause Cognitive Decline in Latinos (external site)
Obesity is a major public health issue among Latinos, and a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. But in a new study, researchers at UC San Diego report that cardiometabolic abnormalities, such as hypertension, are more strongly associated with cognitive decline than obesity alone.
In the Media
Meet the Unsung Heroes Making San Diego Hospitals Feel Like Home
San Diego Magazine, October 29
Op-Ed: A Path Forward for Health Care in the Imperial Valley
Imperial Valley Weekly, November 2
How to choose a primary care doctor
FOX 5, November 5
New health system board touts partnership ‘An opportunity to regain financial stability’
Escondido Times-Advocate, November 5
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