Ryan Ghassemi
Preserving Cardiovascular Health in Low-Gravity Environments
After collecting cardiovascular data from an astronaut and a long-distance swimmer after their respective activities, scientists have...
News Bites
Quick recap of recent medical news
Alan Doan
- May 25, 2021
- 2 min
COVID-19 Vaccines Now Available for Children of Ages 12-15
Now, in May 2021, the United States government has officially made COVID-19 vaccines available to children from 12 to 15 years of age.
19 views0 comments
Riya Shah
- May 21, 2021
- 2 min
Placebos and Psychedelics
Placebo effect may explain the reported benefits of psychedelic microdoses.
5 views0 comments
Anthea Leng
- May 14, 2021
- 2 min
Elucidating the Mechanisms Behind Silent Hypoxia in COVID-19 Patients
Little has been known about how the novel COVID-19 virus causes silent hypoxia until recently.
12 views0 comments
Leyna Nguyen
- Apr 2, 2021
- 1 min
FDA Approves First Drug Treatment for Progeria
Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome, otherwise known as progeria, is a rare disorder that causes accelerated aging in children and...
4 views0 comments
Kimberly Pham
- Mar 19, 2021
- 1 min
Despair: A Growing Consequence of Covid
Amongst middle-aged, working-class people of European descent, the mortality rate has risen since the 1990s. The term “death of despair,”...
6 views0 comments
Tianru Zhang
- Mar 12, 2021
- 2 min
Bariatric Surgery to Combat Covid-19-Related Complications in Patients with Obesity
Obesity has been identified as a risk factor of COVID-19. It triggers an inflammatory state of the patient’s body, which in turn weakens...
2 views0 comments
Anthea Leng
- Feb 19, 2021
- 2 min
Air Pollution Correlated with Lower Test Scores amongst Third Graders
Never before has the correlation between peak P2.5 levels and the academic success of children in grades K-5 been studied until now.
10 views0 comments
Leyna Nguyen
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
Differences in Symptoms Exhibited by Patients with PTSD and Alcohol Use Disorder
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, approximately seven or eight percent of the United States population will develop...
11 views0 comments
Susie Choi
- Feb 8, 2021
- 1 min
Manipulating the Immune System to Stop Growth of a Deadly Brain Cancer
Cancer is something that has touched many individuals and families. Though the scientific community has made novel discoveries and is...
11 views0 comments
Jordan Lee
- Feb 8, 2021
- 2 min
Possible Link Found Between COVID-19 Infection and Neuropsychiatric Sequelae
Having infected nearly 10 million Americans as of November 8, the COVID-19 pandemic has put a large strain on individuals psychologically...
20 views0 comments
Issac Kim
- Jan 18, 2021
- 2 min
Anti-Diarrheal Drug Shows Potential for Treating Glioblastoma
A cancer research team sourced at Goethe University found startling results on the effects of an anti-diarrheal drug, loperamide, on cell...
50 views0 comments
Riya Shah
- Jan 15, 2021
- 1 min
Reviving Cells After a Heart Attack
Researchers at Harvard's John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have revealed promising results in helping heart attacks
14 views0 comments
Sarah Lobo
- Dec 29, 2020
- 1 min
2020 Chemistry Nobel Prize: the Winner is...CRISPR!
This year’s Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier (Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens in Berlin) and
6 views0 comments
Destiny Hernandez
- Dec 29, 2020
- 1 min
Potential Short Term Benefits of Cannabis for OCD
Researchers at Washington State University have made new insights about the short-term benefits of cannabis in patients suffering from OCD.
4 views0 comments
Anthea Leng
- Dec 26, 2020
- 1 min
Early Detection of Parkinson’s Disease through Skin Tests
Until recently, Parkinson’s disease could only be detected by clinical symptoms or during autopsy, as it is often misdiagnosed or found too
15 views0 comments
Kate Eunice Lorenzo
- Dec 25, 2020
- 2 min
Finding the Most Vulnerable Sites on Viruses
Finding the most vulnerable and accessible sites on viruses can help researchers develop more efficient vaccines.
119 views0 comments
Joanna Jain
- Dec 12, 2020
- 2 min
Tissue Transplant Technology Derived from Octopus Suckers
In recent years, there have been great strides made in tissue-grafting technology.
28 views0 comments
Loryssa Tade
- Dec 12, 2020
- 2 min
Increased Social Interaction Linked to Healthier Brain Structures for Older Populations
In a recent study, researchers discovered a strong correlation between levels of social interaction and the amount of gray matter in a brain
8 views0 comments
Amira Zayed
- Dec 10, 2020
- 2 min
Sensory Nerves at the Root of Autism
For people with autism, it is not unusual to experience either sensory hypersensitivity or under-sensitivity, especially when it comes to...
19 views0 comments
Andrew Nguyen
- Dec 10, 2020
- 1 min
Alzheimer's Research Pushes On Despite Pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has drastically impacted current medical research. It has caused cancellation or postponement of many clinical...
25 views0 comments
Ibrahim Khan
- Nov 29, 2020
- 1 min
Studies Suggest There is a Specific Gene Responsible for Protecting Against Psychological Trauma
Memories of traumatic experiences tend to have a lasting effect on individuals of varying ages. Sometimes these memories translate to PTSD.
54 views0 comments
Kimberly Pham
- Nov 29, 2020
- 1 min
Bacterial Toxin Revolutionizes Gene Editing
This reengineered toxin introduces a new, refreshing method to edit DNA, target mutations.
25 views0 comments
Tianru Zhang
- Nov 9, 2020
- 2 min
Using Tattoo Ink and Food Dyes to Find Cancer
Researchers on Cristina Zavaleta’s team from USC Viterbi Department of Biomedical Engineering recently developed new ways for cancer...
26 views0 comments
Ryan Ghassemi
- Oct 30, 2020
- 2 min
Antibiotics Constitute Promising Treatment for Appendicitis
In February of 2020, researchers across the United States concluded the largest appendicitis trial to date whose purpose was to evaluate...
15 views0 comments
Alan Doan
- Oct 20, 2020
- 1 min
Pfizer Begins COVID-19 Vaccine Trials on Children
Pfizer has just announced that it has gotten FDA approval to accept children as young as 12 years of age to enroll in their trials.
55 views0 comments
Alan Doan
- Feb 9, 2020
- 2 min
Prior Updates on the Coronavirus
As of Saturday, February 8th, 2020, there have been at least 12 cases of 2019-nCoV reported in the United States.
49 views0 comments
Marion Panis
- Nov 4, 2019
- 2 min
How the "Medicare For All" plan will change America
Elizabeth Warren, the leading female Democratic presidential candidate for the 2020 election, has proposed a $20.5 trillion "Medicare f
20 views0 comments
Lynn Nguyen
- Oct 28, 2019
- 2 min
San Diego Doctor Accused of Excessive Vaccine Exemptions
Dr. Tara Zandvliet, a San Diego physician, has been formally charged with negligence by the Medical Board of California.
26 views0 comments
Ryan Ghassemi
- Oct 15, 2019
- 2 min
New Blood Test Accurately Screens for Cancer
Within the past several months, researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have made great advancements in the development of...
45 views0 comments
Daniel Marrama
- Apr 10, 2019
- 1 min
Brain inflammation detected in patients with 'post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome'
Many medical professionals produce an irksome reaction when a patient or family member utters these words: chronic Lyme disease. It’s a...
111 views0 comments
Ryan Ghassemi
- Mar 30, 2019
- 2 min
HIV Patient Deemed "Cured" for Second Time in History
For a debilitating disease as destructive as HIV, any amount of progress is an outright victory. Therefore, when a patient was declared...
16 views0 comments
Lynn Nguyen
- Mar 3, 2019
- 1 min
San Diego's 2018-2019 Flu Season
A recent issue of Influenza Watch, a weekly report released by the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency to summarize...
29 views0 comments
Anaamika Campeau
- Feb 24, 2019
- 1 min
Measles Outbreak in Washington State
The past year has seen a disturbing uptick in the number of cases of measles in the United States. A devastating disease, measles was...
30 views0 comments
Ryan Ghassemi
- Feb 15, 2019
- 1 min
FDA Polices Advertisement of Dietary Supplements
On Monday, the US Food and Drug Administration issued warnings to 17 dietary supplement companies for making falsified or unsupported...
24 views0 comments
Daniel Marrama
- Feb 4, 2019
- 1 min
Xu Lab at UCSD finds 'guardian of the genome' protein also causes tumor growth
For many decades, it has been known that a human protein, p53, has played a significant role in fighting cancer. However, researchers at...
36 views0 comments
Lynn Nguyen
- Jan 27, 2019
- 1 min
NSAIDs Present Possible Treatment for Certain Cancers
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, otherwise known as NSAIDs, are drugs that are known to reduce pain, inflammation, fever, and blood...
15 views0 comments
Anaamika Campeau
- Jan 20, 2019
- 1 min
Rate of Opioid Deaths Correlated to Physician-Direct Marketing
One of the most visible health stories of our time remains the opioid crisis. In the 1990s, when drugs like Oxycodone were first...
41 views0 comments
Vineet Tummala
- Jan 14, 2019
- 2 min
U.S. Government Shutdown has Major Health Consequences
The US government shutdown is now in day 23 of the longest shutdown in history with no end in sight. While the shutdown has major...
36 views0 comments
Ryan Ghassemi
- Dec 4, 2018
- 1 min
Allison and Honjo awarded 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for cancer research
On October 1st, the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their pioneer work on...
30 views0 comments
Lynn Nguyen
- Nov 19, 2018
- 1 min
Local medical response teams aid recovery efforts in fire evacuation centers
As the Camp Fire and the Woolsey Fire continue to burn throughout parts of California, evacuation centers have been filled with fire...
74 views0 comments
Anaamika Campeau
- Nov 11, 2018
- 1 min
FDA releases new app aimed at integrating patient-generated data with clinical trial design
Clinical trials are a critical bridge between the worlds of scientific discovery and patient care. Billions of dollars and countless...
93 views0 comments