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UC San Diego Researchers Inducted to Renowned Medical and Biological Engineering Organization

March 25, 2019

Three researchers at the University of California, San Diego were inducted into the College of Fellows of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), the organization announced.

Remote Italian Village Could Harbor Secrets of Healthy Aging

March 29, 2016

…researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains on the country’s coast.

Fatty Acid Test: Why Some Harm Health, But Others Help

September 29, 2011

A major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and other health- and life-threatening conditions, obesity is epidemic in the United States and other developed nations where it’s fueled in large part by excessive consumption of a fat-rich “Western diet.”

Lights, Camera, Action: New Catheter Lets Doctors See Inside Arteries for First Time

September 26, 2016

…out only the diseased tissue. Interventional cardiologists at Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center at UC San Diego Health are the first in the region to use this technology.

Thomas Savides, MD, Named Chief Experience Officer for UC San Diego Health System

December 8, 2014

Thomas Savides, MD has been named as the first Chief Experience Officer at UC San Diego Health System. In the newly created role, Savides will be responsible for the strategy, leadership and implementation of the plan to improve the total health care experience of patients, families, providers and staff.

Re-Defining Future Stroke Risk among Pre-Diabetics

June 8, 2012

…at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in a new meta-analysis of epidemiological studies, but the precise degree of that threat is confounded by differing medical definitions and factors that remain unknown or unmeasured.

Community Celebrates Groundbreaking of Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute Facility

January 17, 2013

…San Diego School of Medicine), Lisa Altman, Steve Altman, Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla, Lindsay Altman (daughter), Jessie Altman (daughter), Gary Firestein, MD, Director of the Clinical and Translational Research Institute, and Andy Altman (son) University leaders, philanthropists and community members gathered Thursday to celebrate the official start of construction on…

UC San Diego Health Physicians Named ‘Top Docs’ in San Diego County

October 10, 2022

More than 100 UC San Diego Health physicians have been named “Top Docs” in the 2022 San Diego Magazine “Physicians of Exceptional Excellence” survey.

Too Much Sitting, Too Little Exercise May Accelerate Biological Aging

January 18, 2017

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that elderly women who sit for more than 10 hours a day with low physical activity have cells that are biologically older by eight years compared to women who are less sedentary.

UC San Diego Researchers Receive $3 Million Grant from California Stem Cell Agency

March 27, 2017

…California Institute for Regenerative Medicine March 23. Their work aims to help people with peripheral arterial disease. The condition narrows and blocks arteries providing blood supply to the legs resulting in cramping, pain and fatigue condition called critical limb ischemia. It leads to an estimated 230,000 amputations every year in…

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