Serotones Hits a High Note
November 14, 2023
Learn about Serotones, a classical music group in the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences that performs in healthcare settings around San Diego.
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VA San Diego, UC San Diego Promote Entrepreneurial Veterans
November 30, 2016
Sponsored by the Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System and UC San Diego, “So You Want To Be An Entrepreneur” will be held from 12:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 5, at Fuse Integration, 1425 E Street in downtown San Diego.
E-Cigarette Vapor Boosts Superbugs and Dampens Immune System
January 26, 2016
…Diego School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System report data suggesting that e-cigarettes are toxic to human airway cells, suppress immune defenses and alter inflammation, while at the same time boosting bacterial virulence. The mouse study is published January 25 by the Journal of Molecular Medicine.
Cigarette Smoke Makes Superbugs More Aggressive
April 2, 2015
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), an antibiotic-resistant superbug, can cause life-threatening skin, bloodstream and surgical site infections or pneumonia. Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine now report that cigarette smoke may make matters worse. The study, published March 30 by Infection and Immunity, shows that MRSA…
Healthcare Services for Rural Sub-Saharan Africa Within Reach, According to New UC San Diego Study
February 14, 2013
A new paper published in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization has determined that providing rural sub-Saharan Africans a close-to-client health system by paid, full-time community health workers by 2015 would cost $2.6 billion per year, or just $6.86 per person covered by the program.
Patterns in Adolescent Brains Could Predict Heavy Alcohol Use
August 8, 2012
…San Diego School of Medicine and VA San Diego Healthcare System. Their results will be published in the September issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, online August 8.
Industry Veteran Pablo Velez, RN, PhD, Named CEO of El Centro Regional Medical Center
April 12, 2023
Pablo Velez, RN, PhD, has been appointed by UC San Diego Health as ECRMC’s chief executive officer effective April 17.
UC San Diego Hospital Ranked Among “20 Most Beautiful Hospitals”
July 20, 2012
University of California, San Diego’s LEED-Gold certified Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center is ranked #10 on Soliant Health Care’s annual list of top 20 most beautiful hospitals in the United States. According to Soliant leaders, participants cast nearly 170,000 votes this year.
Pharmacists Helping to Redefine Diabetes Care
January 14, 2016
…Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System. Photo by Ryan Parks Health care providers are facing increasing pressure to achieve better patient outcomes, faster. With that in mind, Candis Morello, PharmD, and her team of Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences students set up what they call a Diabetes Intensive…
Study Finds ChatGPT Outperforms Physicians in High-Quality, Empathetic Answers to Patient Questions
April 28, 2023
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine compared written responses from physicians with those from ChatGPT to real-world health questions. A panel of licensed healthcare professionals preferred ChatGPT’s responses 79% of the time.
