UCSF's Gail Martin, Allan Balmain Admitted to Royal Society
Researchers Gail Martin and Allan Balmain are UCSF's newest members of the Royal Society.
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5 Lifestyle Changes To Protect Your Brain
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For Prostate Cancer Patients, Risk-Specific Therapies Now More the Norm
After decades of overtreatment for low-risk prostate cancer and inadequate management of its more aggressive forms, patients are now more likely to receive medical care matched to level of risk, according to a UCSF study.
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Community-Living Older Adults with Dementia at High Risk of Having Pain
Older adults with dementia who live at home are at high risk of having pain, according to UC San Francisco researchers, and creative interventions and programs such as home-based palliative care are needed to manage their pain adequately.
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Chancellor Emeritus Julius Krevans, a Transformative Leader at UCSF, Dies at 91
Chancellor Emeritus Julius “Julie” R. Krevans, MD, a distinguished physician, educator and one of the transformative leaders who propelled UCSF into greatness during the past generation, has died. He was 91.
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Low-Nicotine Cigarettes Fail to Sway Smokers
Smokers who successfully lowered their nicotine intake when they were switched to low-nicotine cigarettes were unable to curb their smoking habits in the long term, according to a study by UCSF and San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.
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UCSF Medical Center Ranked 8th Best Hospital in the Nation
UCSF Medical Center is one of the nation’s premier hospitals for the 14th consecutive year, ranking as the eighth best hospital in the country in the 2015-2016 Best Hospitals survey from U.S. News & World Report.
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Diane Sklar, MD ’79: Providing care around the globe
Diana Sklar, MD ’79, has completed more than 20 medical missions to far-off destinations during her 30-year career.
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Your Body on Sugar
How too much sugar can make you sick.
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Faculty Mentors Honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards
Faculty members Eliseo Pérez-Stable and Zena Werb were honored with the Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award.
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Researchers Receive Nearly $3M from Allen Family Foundation to Study Alzheimer’s Disease
Two groups of UCSF researchers have been awarded Allen Distinguished Investigator grants of more than $1 million each for Alzheimer’s disease research.
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Laurel Heights Volunteer Team Boost Staff Morale Through Events And Activities
Activities organized by Campus Life Services' Arts & Events volunteers are the primary way to provide fun activities and boost staff morale in the workplace.
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Vaginal Douches May Expose Women to Harmful Phthalate Chemicals
Women who use feminine care products called douches may increase their exposure to harmful chemicals called phthalates.
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Min Cho: Blood Cell Research Grows Personal
Min Cho’s work in a UCSF lab that researches protein translational mechanisms in blood cancers was just an abstract, albeit important, concept to him – until he was diagnosed with a rare blood disease.
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Evidence-based Health Equity Research Receives $9 Million In Funding
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Postmenopausal Women With Depression or Urinary Incontinence Experience Vaginal Symptoms Affecting Daily Life
Special efforts should be made to identify and treat depression and urinary incontinence in postmenopausal women with vaginal symptoms, according to UC San Francisco researchers.
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UCSF Medical Center Named One of 2015’s 'Most Wired' Hospitals
UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco have been named one of HealthCare’s Most Wired™ for 2015, in recognition of the focus on security and patient engagement through information technology.
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IT Rolls Out New VPN for Remote Access Users
Virtual Private Networks (VPN) users can now enjoy the benefits of a faster and more reliable tool with a new VPN, known as Junos Pulse,
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Study Finds Donor Funds Fall Short for Key Global Health Functions
A new analysis estimates that $22 billion was spent on global health aid in 2013, yet only a fifth of this went toward such global imperatives as research on diseases that disproportionally affect the poor, outbreak preparedness and global health leadership.
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Distance Doesn't Make the Heart Grow Stronger for 50 Million Americans
Despite a modest upswing in the number of hospitals equipped to perform angioplasty, a life-saving procedure for heart disease that should be carried out promptly, nearly 50 million residents of the continental United States face travel times of more than one hour to reach them, according to a new study.
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UCSF Warms Up for AIDS Walk San Francisco 2015
Teams rally for the annual AIDS Walk event on July 19.
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Geri Ehle: Supporting the Next Generation of Physician Scientists
In August 2014, Geri Ehle became the coordinator for UCSF’s medical scientist training program, where she supports some of the brightest students in the country as they train to become future medical leaders. Her charge is to ensure students in the program are well cared for socially, emotionally and academically during their long and arduous eight years of study.
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Work Begins on Modernizing the UCSF Parnassus Campus
Construction at the UCSF Parnassus campus will address structural issues and modernize buildings.
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Lamorna Brown Swigart: Circling the Bay for Breast Cancer
Lamorna Brown Swigart and Malinda Walker tackled fundraising for breast cancer at the personal level by riding around the San Francisco Bay and blogging at We Go for Good.
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Extra Heartbeats Could Be Modifiable Risk Factor for Congestive Heart Failure
Common extra heartbeats known as premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) may be a modifiable risk factor for congestive heart failure and death.
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Age-Related Cognitive Decline Tied to Immune-System Molecule
A blood-borne molecule that increases in abundance as we age blocks regeneration of brain cells and promotes cognitive decline, suggests a new study.
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UCSF Reports Laptop Burglary in Faculty Office
UCSF is alerting individuals about a burglary involving an unencrypted laptop belonging to a faculty member in the Cardiac Electrophysiology & Arrhythmia Service that contained some personal, research and health information.
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Catching Dreams
The towering steel sculpture “suggests the balance of hard work and aspiration that enables dreams to take flight,” according to its creator, renowned artist Mark di Suvero.
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Mission: Migration
Marvel at the complexities of the move to UCSF’s new medical center.
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Acute Kidney Injury Linked to Increased Risk of High Blood Pressure
Hospitalized patients with acute kidney injury were 22 percent more likely to develop high blood pressure within two years than patients who did not experience AKI, according to a study by UCSF and Kaiser Permanente.