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A Prescription Dose of TLC: Tender Loving Canines

After a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, therapy dogs have returned to UC San Diego Health.

What Does ChatGPT Say When You Tell It You Were Assaulted, You’re Suicidal, or Want to Quit Smoking?

A new UC San Diego study published in JAMA Network Open provides an early look into how artificially intelligent assistants could help answer public health questions.

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Industrial Disasters May Cause Higher Rates of Disability and Cancer for Future Generations

Industrial accidents may have a much longer-term and serious impact on people’s health than just the immediate aftermath, suggests a study from the University of California San Diego published online in the journal BMJ Open.

View of the Bhopal gas tragedy site. Credit: Paulose N Kuriakose/iStock.

UC San Diego Health Recognized for Leadership in Environmental Sustainability

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

Super Low-cost Smartphone Attachment Brings Blood Pressure Monitoring to Your Fingertips

UC San Diego engineers have developed a super low-cost 3D-printed attachment that clips over a smartphone's camera and flash to measure blood pressure at the user's fingertip. Researchers say it could help make regular blood pressure monitoring easy, affordable and accessible.

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$2.5M Gift Targets Gaps in Circadian Biology and Medicine

A $2.5 million initiative supported by philanthropists Irwin and Joan Jacobs has created the Stuart and Barbara L. Brody Endowed Chair in Circadian Biology and Medicine, along with a supporting research fund, to target largely unexplored areas related to circadian biology and patient health.