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Scholarship Connects Hollywood Actor with Budding UC San Diego Talent

February 22, 2012

…reviews for chronicling the pains of racism and discrimination. Currently, he is in the undergraduate production “Wintertime,” as well as the undergraduate dance production, “Winterworks.” Very soon, he will travel to New York to read for a musical at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem. “I’ve learned that life brings you…

Staring Pain in the Face – Software “Reads” Kids’ Expressions to Measure Pain Levels

May 31, 2015

Accurately assessing pain in children in a clinical setting can be difficult. A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has demonstrated the validity of a new method for measuring pediatric pain levels using novel facial pattern recognition software.

Study Tests Potential New Drug to Reduce Pain and Symptoms of Endometriosis

October 8, 2012

…potential new option for patients with moderate to severe pain from this disease.

Later Hit: Does Cannabis Ease Pain, Speed Recovery in Injured Athletes?

February 1, 2022

The National Football League is funding a novel clinical trial by UC San Diego researchers to assess whether cannabis or CBD provide any post-game pain relief caused by athletic injury. Trial participants will be professional rugby players.

Single Injection Alleviates Chemotherapy Pain for Months in Mice

May 29, 2018

…prevented and reversed inflammation and cellular events associated with pain processing. As reported May 29 by Cell Reports, the treatment alleviated chemotherapy pain in mice for two months with no side effects.

First Large-Scale Population Analysis Reinforces Ketamine’s Reputation as Antidepressant

May 3, 2017

…database for depression symptoms in patients taking ketamine for pain. They found that depression was reported half as often among the more than 41,000 patients who took ketamine, as compared to patients who took any other drug or drug combination for pain.

Stimulating the Vagus Nerve in the Neck Might Help Ease Pain Associated with PTSD

February 13, 2019

In a randomized, controlled pilot trial published February 13, 2019 in PLOS ONE, UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers found that participants pre-treated with noninvasive vagus nerve stimulation experienced less pain after heat stimulus than mock-treated participants.

UC San Diego and UCLA Led UC System in Commercializing Inventions

August 2, 2018

UC San Diego and UCLA led the University of California system during the 2017 fiscal year in the number of commercial startups based on campus inventions, according to a report released this week by the University of California’s Office of the President.

Pinning Down the Pain

March 27, 2013

…discovery has implications for improving the treatment of neuropathic pain, a complex and largely mysterious form of chronic pain that afflicts over 100 million Americans.

New High for Migraine Treatment? Trial Looks at Effectiveness of THC, CBD

May 19, 2021

UC San Diego Health is conducting the first known randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial looking at cannabis as a potentially effective treatment for acute migraines.

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