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UCSF’s plan for Mt. Sutro’s ailing forest
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UCSF Proposes New Management Plan for Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve
UCSF has released a draft management plan for the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve aimed at restoring the health of its trees following years of drought and pest infestation in order to protect the safety of its community and neighbors.
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Childhood Adversity Looms Large for Older Homeless Adults
A new UCSF report on an understudied population – older homeless adults – reveals that adverse childhood experiences have long-lasting effects.
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Concussion Rates Rising Significantly in Adolescents
The number of Americans diagnosed with concussions is growing, most significantly in adolescents. UCSF researchers recommend that adolescents be prioritized for ongoing work in concussion education, diagnosis, treatment and prevention.
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A Big Step Forward in the Quest for a Better Painkiller
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A Big Step Forward in the Quest for a Better Painkiller
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Researchers Develop Safer Opioid Painkiller From Scratch
An international team of researchers has developed a new opioid drug candidate that blocks pain without triggering the dangerous side effects of current prescription painkillers.
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Package Delivery Program Expands to Parnassus
Supply Chain Management will expand its “last-mile” package-delivery program to all Parnassus locations. Additional campus locations will roll out the program throughout the fall.
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New Cholesterol Drugs Could Add $120 Billion to Annual U.S. Health Costs
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Cost of New Cholesterol Drugs Unsustainable, Says Study
A new UCSF-led study concludes that the price of a promising new class of cholesterol-lowering drugs would need to be reduced by up to 70 percent to be cost-effective.
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Global Health Sciences Names Co-Associate Directors for Master’s Program
UCSF's Global Health Sciences master’s program has named three new co-associate directors.
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Five Department Chairs in School of Medicine to Step Down
Five department chairs in the School of Medicine have announced their intention of stepping down within the next year.
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Chance Collaboration Yields an Advance in Cancer Treatment
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Immune-Cell Population Predicts Immunotherapy Response in Melanoma
The abundance of a subtype of white blood cells in melanoma tumors can predict whether or not patients will respond to a form of cancer immunotherapy known as checkpoint blockade, according to a new study led by UCSF researchers and physicians.
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UCSF School of Nursing Dean David Vlahov to Step Down
UCSF School of Nursing Dean David Vlahov has announced he will step down as dean at the end of August. He will continue as a member of the school’s faculty where he will focus on research and mentoring.
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The Hospitalist Turns 20: UCSF-Led Movement Has Revolutionized Inpatient Care
In 1996, two UCSF physicians published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine that launched a new field of medicine focused on the inpatient experience. To mark the 20th anniversary of their seminal NEJM article, Robert Wachter and Lee Goldman reflect on the rapid rise of hospitalists.
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When Children Are Diagnosed With a Sensory Disorder
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UCSF Alum Joshua Gordon Named Director of NIMH
UCSF alumnus Joshua A. Gordon has been selected as the next director of the National Institute of Mental Health.
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$85 Million Grant Supports UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute
UC San Francisco’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has received $85 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue to provide training, research support and other services, and to launch new programs aimed at diversifying the patients in research and advancing precision medicine.
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The Key to Effectively Treating Mental Illness: Eliminate the Stigma
The stigma associated with mental illnesses is causing millions of Americans go untreated because of misconceptions and shame. UCSF researchers are among those who are pushing for changes that would help to eliminate the stigma and get people the treatments they need.
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Hospital Units Tailored To Older Patients Can Help Prevent Decline
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UCSF Mourns Loss of Former Medical Center CMO Theodore R. Schrock (1939-2016)
The UCSF community is deeply saddened by the passing of Theodore R. Schrock, the former chief medical officer of UCSF Medical Center and a renowned endoscopic surgeon who pioneered the use of colonoscopy as a diagnostic and therapeutic tool.
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Race Plays Role in Emergency Department Opioid Prescribing
A new analysis of nationwide emergency department (ED) records led by UC San Francisco researchers has revealed that black patients seen for back or abdominal pain are roughly half as likely as white patients to be prescribed opioids in the ED or at discharge.
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Gene Variant Explains Differences in Diabetes Drug Response
The first results from a large international study of patients taking metformin, the world’s most commonly used type 2 diabetes drug, reveal genetic differences among patients that may explain why some respond much better to the drug than others.
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'Sometimes More is Worse': Iconoclastic Breast Surgeon Laura Esserman Challenges the Status Quo
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UCSF Launches Water Testing Program Across Campus
In light of the recent national focus on lead in water, UCSF is taking voluntary, proactive steps to test the quality of its drinking water to ensure that lead levels are within the standards recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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UCSF Launches Medical School Curriculum for 21st Century
UC San Francisco, one of the nation’s top three medical schools, is launching a new curriculum this month to train doctors in the skills needed to navigate and engineer the complex health care delivery and bioscience systems of the 21st Century.
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Canopy Health Receives License, Names New Leadership
Canopy Health, the Bay Area-wide health care network being developed by UCSF Health, John Muir Health and three physician groups, has received its Knox-Keene license to operate in seven Bay Area counties.
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Gut Bacteria Linked to Rare Autoimmune Disease
A new study led by UCSF scientists shows that a bacterium commonly found in the human gut is overrepresented in patients with a rare, often disabling autoimmune disease known as neuromyelitis optica.
