December 5, 2019
Researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies reported a form of intermittent fasting, called time-restricted eating, improved the health of study participants who had been diagnosed with metabolic syndrome.
December 17, 2019
Researchers combined eye gaze data with brain scans to discover that in a common subtype of autism, brain areas responsible for vision and attention are not controlled by social brain networks, and so social stimuli are ignored.
February 14, 2013
…understanding alertness and performance, sleep disturbances and hormone sensitive cancers in humans. In addition to the financial support, Glickman said that fellowships and grants have provided her with valuable opportunities that have helped her to become a more competitive and promising candidate for jobs following graduate school. Aaron Louie, undergraduate…
August 15, 2017
…lives of parents: diet, sleep, discipline, learning, screen time, impulse control, and vaccination. It also explores ongoing mysteries, like what causes autism, and why so many children are allergic to peanuts. In addition to featuring Barner, who is a leading expert on language and conceptual development, the course includes experts…
July 30, 2019
UC San Diego Health has been recognized among the nation’s best hospitals for 2019-20 by U.S. News & World Report. The annual “Best Hospitals” rankings are designed to assist patients and their doctors in making informed decisions about where to receive care for challenging health conditions.
October 10, 2019
…a viable alternative for sleeping pills among patients with chronic sleep disorders. “Sleeping pills are moderately safe but they can also be habit-forming and they do have side effects, particularly in older people,” said Grant. “Since many people are prescribed sleeping pills, there is good reason to look for something…
March 10, 2016
…each year, ranging from sleep studies and stem cell-based therapies to new ways to detect primary breast cancer and early stage Inflammatory Bowel Disease. It provides researchers and institutions with services such as trial design, data analysis and training, with doctoral and community outreach programs in bioinformatics, clinical psychology, communicative…
March 12, 2015
…a week. He would sleep for a few hours and then go to work. George was looking at an additional 2.5 years of dialysis before his turn could come up on the transplant list. “My family members were not a match for an organ donation,” said Martinez. “My friends that…
October 6, 2022
Facing extreme conditions such as starvation and stress, some bacterial cells enter a dormant state in which life processes stop. Biologists have discovered how they assess environmental conditions for a return to life, carrying implications for evaluating life on Earth as well as other planets.
August 20, 2020
…and go back to sleep,” she said. In 2005, the San Diego resident was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease, a genetic disorder that causes many fluid-filled cysts to grow in the kidneys. Unlike the harmless kidney cysts that can form later in life, PKD cysts can distort the shape of…
