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Gallo Center Scientists Identify Potential New Mechanism for Treating Problem Drinking
<p>A study by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UCSF identified a potential new approach for reducing problem drinking: a new family of drugs with the ability to manipulate DNA structure without changing it.</p>
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United Nations Panel Calls Hormone Disruptors a "Global Threat"
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Smoking's Gender Gap Closes
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Bay Area Moms Share Joy, Heartache While Waiting for Kids' Transplants
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Matthew Ouimet, of Antioch, Turns 2 While Awaiting Liver and Kidney Transplant
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Flu Season Breeds Spread of Germaphobes
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CME Credits Now Available for UCSF's Online Courses
<p>UCSF has started offering continuing medical education credits for select Massive Open Online Courses – known as MOOCs – making it among the first universities in the nation to do so.</p>
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New Chef at Mission Bay Showcases Diversity, Sustainability on Menu
<p>The UCSF Mission Bay campus has welcomed a new chef to shape the daily menus at the Pub and the Mission Bay Conference Center.</p>
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Bionic Eye Implant Approved for U.S. Patients
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Valentine's Day Chocolates Can Be Good for Heart Health
<p>Giving chocolates on Valentine's Day is a billion-dollar business in the United States, but besides delighting our taste buds, dark chocolate actually has health benefits for the body, a UCSF cardiologist says.</p>
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Fear Of Cantaloupes And Crumpets? A 'Phobia' Rises From The Web
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State Policies on Medicaid Committee Disclosure Vary
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California's Tobacco Control Program Generates Huge Health Care Savings
Over a span of nearly 20 years, California’s tobacco control program cost $2.4 billion and reduced health care costs by $134 billion, according to a new study by UCSF.
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Gene Invaders Are Stymied by a Cell's Genome Defense
<p>UCSF researchers have discovered a molecular machine that helps protect a cell’s genes against invading DNA that contributes to inherited human disease and death.</p>
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Stem Cell Survival Strategy Is Key to Blood and Immune System Health
Stem cells of the aging bone marrow recycle their own molecules to survive and keep replenishing the blood and immune systems as the body ages, UCSF researchers have discovered.
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Cutting Salt to Recommended Levels Could Prevent Hundreds of Thousands Deaths
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Storyteller Rhodessa Jones Saving Lives
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Eating Less Salt Daily Saves More Lives, Study Finds
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What If A Simple Blood Test Could Tell You When You'll Die?
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UCSF-Safeway Pharmacy Alliance Aims to Help Customers Quit Smoking
The UCSF School of Pharmacy has partnered with Safeway Inc. to help Safeway customers quit smoking, by connecting them with specially trained pharmacists to learn about smoking-cessation programs and other resources.
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Reducing Sodium in American Diet Would Save Hundreds of Thousands of Lives
<p>A new study finds that hundreds of thousands of lives could be saved over 10 years if Americans reduced their sodium consumption to the levels recommended in federal guidelines.</p>
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Cancer Patient Concerned About Multiple CT Scans
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Conflict-of-Interest Drug Policies Wanting
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That's the Spot: Massage Neurons Found
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Cutting Salt Could Save Hundreds of Thousands of Lives, Study Says
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Parents of Teen Girls More Accepting of Birth Control Pills than Other Contraceptive Methods
Parents are more accepting of their teenage daughters using birth control pills than any other form of contraception, including condoms, according to a recent study from UCSF.
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Study Confirms Tea Party Was Created by Big Tobacco and Pollutocrat Kochs
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Good News for the Aging Brain
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Bay Area School Districts Rewrite Tobacco Policies to Counter Teen E-Cigarette Use