Imperial Valley News Center
Moments of Acute Stress Can Cause Molecular Alterations in Immune Response
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- Written by Scott LaFee
San Diego, California - Chronic psychosocial and emotional stress has well-documented negative effects upon the human immune system, measurably increasing the risk of disease. Much less is known about the health effects of acute but transitory episodes of stress, such as jumping out of an airplane. Do these panic-inducing moments also raise the risk of stress-related conditions and disorders, such as cardiovascular disease, sleep dysfunction, impaired wound healing, depression and obesity?
New Living Donor Option for Liver Transplantation at UC San Diego Health
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- Written by Jackie Carr
San Diego, California - Nationally, more than 15,000 patients are waiting for a liver transplant. Approximately 6,300 persons each year will receive a new liver; 1,400 die waiting. In California, one in four listed for liver transplant will die before an organ becomes available. Fortunately, living donation is now a lifesaving option at UC San Diego Health.
Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, 16 Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Urging Supreme Court to Reverse Lower Court Decision on Executive Actions on Immigration
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- Written by IVN
Los Angeles, California - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that California has joined 15 other states and the District of Columbia in a friend-of-the-court brief in the case of United States v. Texas, urging the Supreme Court to reverse an injunction upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The injunction prohibited the federal government from putting into effect President Barack Obama’s immigration directives that were announced in November 2014.
National Park Service Revises Projected Peak Bloom Date for Cherry Blossoms
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Washington, DC - Driven by this week's sustained, unseasonably warm temperatures, the projected peak bloom dates for the cherry blossoms has been revised to March 18-23. Although the National Park Service factored above average March temperatures into the original prediction date, potentially record-setting temperatures, averaging nearly 20 degrees above normal for the next week, have greatly accelerated the bloom watch.
49 Million U.S. Internet Homes Now Own a Connected TV or Attached Content Device
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- Written by David Riley
Hollywood, California - More than half (52%) of all U.S. Internet homes have at least one TV connected to the Internet, representing an increase of six million homes over the past year, according to The NPD Group Connected Intelligence Connected Home Entertainment Report.
Stanford scientists report new insights into HIV's evolution that can improve pharmaceutical testing techniques
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- Written by Rosemary Mena-Werth
Stanford, California - Treatment of HIV/AIDs has evolved greatly since the disease's emergence in 1981. When antiretrovirals were first introduced, almost every patient developed drug resistance within the first year of drug use. Today, however, drug resistance is fairly uncommon and HIV patients can typically maintain healthy lives.
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