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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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.
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.
GERD Study Offers Minimally Invasive Procedure at No Cost
September 21, 2015
Approximately 20 million Americans will experience some type of gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, in their lives. In some cases, patients suffer resulting heart burn or acid regurgitation so severe that they require surgery to repair damage to their esophagus. A clinical trial at UC San Diego Health is using…
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…
UC San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital Join Nationwide Long-COVID Study
August 5, 2022
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego have joined a nationwide study to better understand the long-term impact of COVID-19 on patients in the United States across all demographic groups.
Glowing, Blinking Bacteria Reveal How Cells Synchronize Biological Clocks
September 1, 2011
Biologists have long known that organisms from bacteria to humans use the 24 hour cycle of light and darkness to set their biological clocks. But exactly how these clocks are synchronized at the molecular level to perform the interactions within a population of cells that depend on the precise timing…
