How are You Doing? Researchers Hope to Measure Well-Being at Global Scale
May 5, 2020
With website, UC San Diego School of Medicine scientists will monitor health and well-being during and after pandemic.
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Terrence Sejnowski Named Scientist of the Year by ARCS San Diego
January 9, 2024
Professor Terrence Sejnowski has been named 2024 Scientist of the Year by the ARCS Foundation of San Diego. Sejnowski is being honored for his pioneering research in neural networks and computational neuroscience, achievements that helped form the cornerstones of artificial intelligence.
Century-Old Drug Reverses Autism-like Symptoms in Fragile X Mouse Model
January 15, 2015
…San Diego School of Medicine previously reported that a drug used for almost a century to treat trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, reversed environmental autism-like symptoms in mice. Now, a new study published in this week’s online issue of Molecular Autism, suggests that a genetic form of autism-like symptoms in mice…
Study: Time-Restricted Eating Improves Cardiovascular Health for Firefighters
October 4, 2022
In a recent collaborative effort, physicians with UC San Diego Health and scientists at the Salk Institute reported a form of intermittent fasting, called time-restricted eating, improved the health of study participants who had been diagnosed with metabolic syndrome.
Brain Ripples May Help Bind Information across the Human Cortex
July 8, 2022
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine provide some of the first empirical evidence that brain ripples exist. These electrical waves have long been hypothesized as a way for the brain to integrate and encode memories.
Short Overnight Fasting Linked to Increased Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence
March 31, 2016
…night, report University of California, San Diego School of Medicine researchers.
Biological Sciences Professor Terrence Sejnowski Wins Brain Prize
March 5, 2024
Terrence Sejnowski has been selected to receive the 2024 Brain Prize, the world’s largest neuroscience prize, for his pioneering work in computational and theoretical neuroscience, contributions to our understanding of the brain and paving the way for the development of brain-inspired AI.
Study: Time-Restricted Eating May Improve Health of Adults with Metabolic Syndrome
September 30, 2024
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine find that limiting food consumption within a 10-hour window each day improved key markers of heart health.
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.
New Guidelines Promote More Family Engagement in Intensive Care Units
January 25, 2017
Having a loved one go through a critical illness is a stressful and traumatic experience that may have lasting effects months after the patient is discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU). To improve the well-being of both patients and family during this vulnerable time, a set of new guidelines…
