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Study Finds Minorities Most Affected by ED Overcrowding
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A Molecule Central to Diabetes Is Uncovered
At its most fundamental level, diabetes is a disease characterized by stress — microscopic stress that causes inflammation and the loss of insulin production in the pancreas, and system-wide stress due to the loss of that blood-sugar-regulating hormone.
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CA Hospital Overcrowding Disproportionately Affects Minority Patients, Study Says
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The Journey Home
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Epilepsy Drug Could Help with Alzheimer's-Related Memory Loss
Scientists at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes have discovered that an FDA-approved anti-epileptic drug reverses memory loss and alleviates other Alzheimer’s-related impairments in an animal model of the disease.
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Overcrowded ER Points to Larger Problems
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Cracks in the Test: Doctors Improve Osteoporosis Screens
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Minorities Hit Hardest by Calif. Hospital Overcrowding: Study
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Gladstone Researchers Find Epilepsy Drug That May Work for Alzheimer's Patients
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Brain Might Not Stand in the Way of Free Will
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Researchers Identify Mechanism that Turns White Fat Cells to Brown
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Hospital Chain Inquiry Cited Unnecessary Cardiac Work
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Epilepsy Drug Reverses Memory Loss in Animal Model of Alzheimer's Disease
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Emergency Room Overcrowding More Likely to Impact Minorities
Hospitals in areas with large minority populations are more likely to be overcrowded and to divert ambulances, delaying timely emergency care, according to a multi-institutional study focused on California.
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Minorities Hit Hardest by Hospital Overcrowding, Study Finds
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How Digital Culture Is Rewiring Our Brains
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Sleeping Less May Dampen Vaccine Response
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Half in U.S. Have Poor Health Literacy
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Summer Internships Encourage High School Students to Pursue Careers in Science
<p>Andrea Lopez knows that she could easily be doomed by her demographic: She is 17, Latina and the mother of a baby boy. But UCSF's Science Education & Health Partnership's internship program has helped her prove otherwise.</p>
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Cradle to College to Career
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What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
Is it possible for a health care system to redesign its services to better educate patients to deal with their immediate health issues and also become more savvy consumers of medicine in the long run?
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Not Losing Weight? Here's Why
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UCSF, Dignity Discuss Linking San Francisco Hospitals
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Violence Prevention Program at SF General Hospital Saves Lives
<p>When Rochelle Dicker, MD, was a UCSF intern, she cared for a 16-year-old boy who had been shot as a result of gang violence. He was eventually discharged, but returned to the emergency room a few weeks later after he was shot again. Today, Dicker directs a program that has proven to save lives.</p>
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SF Police Commission Hears Taser Debate
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Sports Medicine Service Keeps Kids Alive
UCSF's PlaySafe program has provided free sports medicine care to Bay Area high school students since 2002. By combining cardiac evaluations with annual physicals, the program aims to reduce the risk of sudden athlete death.
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Students Volunteer at Mabuhay Health Center
On the second Saturday of every month, UCSF students spend their day in downtown San Francisco learning how to provide culturally competent health care.
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Young Women Unleash Their Potential
The annual summit brings together more than 250 young women from 20 schools for a day to discuss issues most important to them. Topics ranged from building self esteem, avoiding teen pregnancy, and preparing for college life.
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SFGH Helps Patients Become Financially Fit
Led by UCSF family medicine and pediatric residents as well as financially savvy volunteers, the Financial Fitness Clinic improves people’s health and well-being through financial education.