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Study: Time-Restricted Eating May Improve Health of Adults with Metabolic Syndrome

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine find that limiting food consumption within a 10-hour window each day improved key markers of heart health.

UC San Diego Health Achieves Milestones for Lifesaving Heart and Lung Treatments

Patient undergoes 5,000th innovative surgery by a multidisciplinary team at UC San Diego Health to remove blood clots from the lung’s paper-thin arteries.

Michael Madani, MD, Mark and Melissa Washburn, Nick Kim, MD

Organoids Derived From Gut Stem Cells Reveal Two Distinct Molecular Subtypes of Crohn’s Disease

UC San Diego researchers discover two distinct molecular subtypes of Crohn’s disease using patient-derived organoids, opening the door to personalized treatment for the chronic inflammatory bowel disease.

Histology images of patient-derived organoids.

Breaking Barriers, Shattering Glass: Women in Medicine Month

September is designated as Women in Medicine Month, and UC San Diego Health celebrates three inspiring women physicians and accomplishments.

Diane Simeone, Crystal Wiley Cené and Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman

A Dose of Pharmacreations

How would you treat pain in an alien, monster or superhero patient? For the young students enrolled in A Dose Of Pharmacreations, a course offered by the Sally Ride Science Academy within University of California San Diego Division of Extended Studies, the answer was multi-fold.