December 14, 2011
Experts in pregnancy and breastfeeding health at the California Teratogen Information Service (CTIS) Pregnancy Health Information Line warn expectant moms about the potential dangers of common cold medicines during pregnancy. CTIS is a California non-profit housed at the University of California, San Diego that educates the public about exposures during…
April 22, 2021
Babies born to mothers diagnosed with cannabis use disorder are more likely to experience negative health outcomes, such as preterm birth and low birth weight, than babies born to mothers without a cannabis use disorder diagnosis, report UC San Diego researchers.
May 8, 2013
As Mother’s Day approaches, the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine announces MotherToBaby CA, the new name of its free, statewide counseling service that connects experts in the field of birth defects research with moms-to-be and the general public.
January 17, 2012
Researchers at the California Teratogen Information Service (CTIS) Pregnancy Health Information Line, a state-wide non-profit organization based at the University of California, San Diego, have found new links between the timing of alcohol consumption during pregnancy and certain characteristics of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS).
July 9, 2014
Experts at the UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center (SCVC) are now able to save patients from potentially fatal outcomes from blood clots, infected masses or foreign bodies from major cardiac blood vessels without performing open-heart surgery by using a new, minimally invasive technology.
March 18, 2021
…Diseases and Global Public Health. To learn more about the panelists’ professional backgrounds, please visit the Evenings of Nonconventional Wisdom news story here. Now, a little over a year after the World Health Organization officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic, the virus, the vaccine and its related effects remain among the…
March 11, 2014
Three weeks after delivering her first child, Amanda began to suffer from extreme fatigue, headaches, a tight chest and stomach pain. An initial diagnosis of pneumonia changed for the worse: Amanda was experiencing heart failure. She was quickly transferred to UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center where a multidisciplinary team…
April 16, 2015
…spotlight acute need for breastfeeding in developing countries In a country burdened by myriad infectious diseases and widespread poverty, the value of breastfeeding to improve infant health cannot be overstated. Such is the feeling of Lars Bode, an associate professor of pediatrics at UC San Diego whose research collaborations and…
April 22, 2021
…that’s doing to our health Tarik Benmarhnia didn’t plan on ending up here, in an office overlooking the pier at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography. As a young student in France, he started out studying environmental engineering, with an interest in soil decontamination. During his schooling, he developed…
June 13, 2019
…a demonstration site for Breastfeeding-Friendly San Diego. Recognizing the challenges associated with juggling academic careers and family responsibilities, the American Association of University Professors reports that a lack of family support services at a university has a negative impact on faculty recruitment and retention of women seeking tenure, which in…
