News From Around the System

With Age Comes Hearing Loss and a Greater Risk of Cognitive Decline

But study suggests higher education might counter effects of milder hearing impairment

Tracking HIV’s Ever-Evolving Genome in Effort to Prioritize Public Health Resources

In one example, researchers uncovered an unexpected pattern of HIV infection among transgender women and cisgender men in Los Angeles County

New Congenital Heart Disease Program Treats Patients with Complex Cardiac Needs

Program helps patients transition from pediatric care to adult care with a multi-disciplinary team

In-home stroke rehabilitation comparable to clinic-based therapy to improve mobility

Home-based telerehabilitation is just as effective as clinic-based therapy at restoring arm function among stroke survivors, according a research presented by UCI Health stroke neurologist Steven C. Cramer MD, MMSc, at the American Stroke Association’s 2019 International Stroke Conference in Honolulu. “Many patients receive suboptimal rehabilitation therapy doses after stroke…

UC San Diego School of Medicine and Leica Establish Center of Excellence in Microscopy

4,000th Lifesaving Heart and Lung Surgery at UC San Diego Health

Procedure involves heart and brain being flat lined to remove scar tissue from lung’s paper thin arteries

UC San Diego Health Expands Leading-Edge Cancer Care in Hillcrest

How Men Continually Produce Sperm — and How that Discovery Could Help Treat Infertility

Using a leading-edge technique, researchers define the cell types in both newborn and adult human testes, opening a path for new strategies to treat male infertility with stem cells

Study Looks for DNA Changes to Measure Parkinson’s Disease

Two-year effort, funded by The Michael J. Fox Foundation, will look for molecular indicators in DNA that could aid diagnosis and treatment

Novel Autism Mouse Model Based on an Epigenetic Gene Developed

Researchers say epigenetic changes negatively affect gene, resulting in neurological disorder; mouse model offers new way to test potential therapeutic interventions