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UC Regents Give UCSF Medical Center OK to Move Forward with Children's Oakland Affiliation
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Study: Abortions Are Safe When Performed By Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Certified Nurse Midwives
First trimester abortions are just as safe when performed by trained nurse practitioners, physician assistants and certified nurse midwives as when conducted by physicians, according to a new six-year study led by UCSF.
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UCSF Medical Center Throws a Great Outside Curve Ball, Keeps EMR Rollout Under Wraps
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Ayasdi: A Big Data Start-Up With a Long History
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Prop. 65 Hazard Signs Arouse Controversy
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Light in Womb 'Gives Healthy Eyes' - In Mice
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Light Exposure During Pregnancy Key to Normal Eye Development
New research in Nature concludes the eye – which depends on light to see – also needs light to develop normally during pregnancy.
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Obama Pushes Mental Health Changes as Part of Gun Package
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No Questions Asked: Big Data Firm Maps Solutions Without Human Input
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Coca-Cola Weighs in on Obesity Fight
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Helping Drive Health Care's Fast-Moving Technology Train
<p>With technology fast becoming a part of health care, technology-savvy nurse scientists are helping to create and refine technology-based clinical interventions that would be fully informed by the real-world needs of patients and providers.</p>
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These Are The Tweets That Will Get A Doctor In Trouble
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Campus Technology Centers Receive $2 Million
<p>Ten core facilities on campus have been selected to receive a collective $2 million in funds from the Chancellor’s office to expand and improve access to transformative research technologies across UCSF.</p>
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Great Manager Profile: Stuart Gansky
<p>Stuart Gansky, MS, DrPH, is featured in the fifth profile of an occasional series to highlight UCSF's great managers as determined by scores in the 2011 employee engagement survey administered by Gallup.</p>
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Cigarette Makers Frustrated As Product Approvals Stall
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UCSF Ranks Second Among World Universities in Clinical Medicine and Pharmacy
<p>UCSF ranks second in the annual ranking of world universities in clinical medicine and pharmacy by the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU).</p>
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Creative Journals Connect Youths in N eed
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Opinion: A Fast-food, Sugar Fiasco
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National Institute of Medicine Will Recommend Ways to Improve End-of-Life Care
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Sugar Fights Still Simmer as New Brain Study Finds Fructose Might Stimulate Appetite
<p>UCSF pediatric endocrinologist Robert Lustig comments on a Yale University study that found that fructose might stimulate appetite more than other sugar types.</p>
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Are We The Problem? The Role Of Poor Decision-Making In Stifling Drug Development
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New Health Rankings: Of 17 Nations, U.S. Is Dead Last
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Gov. Brown's Proposed Budget a Positive Step Forward, UC Official Says
<p>Gov. Brown’s proposed budget is seen as positive step forward, according to Patrick Lenz, the University of California system’s vice president for budget and capital resources.</p>
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UCSF Teams Tackle Childhood Mortality and River Blindness
Two UCSF teams have received a total of $16 million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to study new ways to significantly reduce childhood mortality and disease in developing nations.
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Drug-Resistant Melanoma Tumors Shrink When Therapy Is Interrupted
Researchers have discovered that melanomas that develop resistance to the anti-cancer drug vemurafenib (marketed as Zelboraf), also develop addiction to the drug – an observation that may have important implications for the lives of patients with late-stage disease.
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Study Examines Qualities of Good and Bad Mentoring Relationships
<p>What makes a good mentor? Previous studies have shown the professional benefits of cultivating a strong mentoring relationship, but a recent study co-led by UCSF researchers delved further to analyze the attributes that make a successful mentor-mentee pairing.</p>
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1/3 of Docs Often Prescribe Brand-Name Drugs Over Generics: Study
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Simulated 520-day Mars Trip Yields Data for Researchers
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Renowned Child Psychiatrist and Molecular Geneticist to Join UCSF
<p>Matthew State, MD, PhD, a leading child psychiatrist and internationally recognized expert on the genetics and genomics of autism, Tourette syndrome and other neurodevelopmental syndromes, was recently named to lead UCSF’s psychiatric programs.</p>