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Soda Tax Debate Pushes Richmond into National Spotlight
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San Francisco's Mission Bay Lands $10 Million Transportation Grant
<p>Under sunny skies at UCSF Mission Bay on June 22, Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, joined House minority leader Nancy Pelosi and San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee to celebrate a $10 million federal grant for transportation improvements at Mission Bay.</p>
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New Drug Prospect Offers Hope Against Hookworm Infections
<p>A drug candidate that is nearing clinical trials against a Latin American parasite is showing additional promise as a cure for hookworm, one of the most widespread and insidious parasites afflicting developing nations, according to a collaborative study at UCSF and Yale University.</p>
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Vitamin D Recommendations: A Critical Look at the New USPSTF Guidelines
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Parnassus Avenue Repaving Project Moves to UCSF Campus
<p>July will be an active month for the City’s repaving project for Parnassus Avenue as the work moves through the portions of street most densely used by UCSF staff, students, faculty, researchers and patients, according to Maric Munn, director of Campus Facilities Management at UCSF. </p>
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KCBS In Depth: Push For States To Opt In On Affordable Care Act
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Cigarettes Made from Tobacco with Less Nicotine May Help Smokers Quit
<p>Smokers can begin loosening the tight grip of nicotine addiction by smoking low-nicotine cigarettes, without lighting up any more than they usually do, according to recent research led by long-time UCSF nicotine researcher Neal Benowitz, MD. </p>
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AIDS Walk San Francisco Only Weeks Away
<p>UCSF teams are working hard to achieve a collective fundraising goal of $55,000 in AIDS Walk San Francisco, which is on July 15.</p>
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A Calorie, Is a Calorie, Is a Calorie -- Or Is It?
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Health Sector Sees Looming Labor Shortage
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Mysterious Phenomenon of Orgasm Headaches
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Plea to End Transplant Ban Between HIV Patients
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AIDs Conference Returns to the U.S.
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U.S. Task Force's Recommendations Stoke Debate over Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements
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Supersize Servings: Good for Your Wallet, Hazardous to Your Health?
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Researchers Find Clues to Living Longer, Healthier Lives
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Affordable Care Act: Next Challenge to Turn Health Coverage into Access
<p>The Supreme Court ruling on the health care law is a "great opportunity, but it’s really only the beginning of what’s likely to be a very long journey,” said <a href="http://profiles.ucsf.edu/ProfileDetails.aspx?From=SE&Person=4574215">Josh Adler</a>, MD, chief medical officer of UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.</p>
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Demand for Care Will Rise as Health Law Boosts Insured
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Bay Area Researchers Say They See an End to AIDS Epidemic
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Secrets of Lung Cancer Drug Resistance Revealed at UCSF
People with lung cancer who are treated with the drug Tarceva face a daunting uncertainty: although their tumors may initially shrink, it's not a question of whether their cancer will return—it's a question of when. And for far too many, it happens far too soon.
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I Took a Web Detour, and Now I Feel Better
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Mother of All Hormones?
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Educators Consider Impact of Supreme Court Ruling on Teaching Health Professionals
<p>Educators across UCSF are considering the implications of the newly affirmed health care law on teaching future pharmacists, doctors, nurses and dentists.</p>
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California and the Affordable Care Act
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Supreme Court Ruling on Medicaid Causes Concern Over Health Coverage
<p>As Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling on the health care law is examined, experts are citing concerns about the Medicaid decision, which could end up insuring fewer Americans as states opt out of expansion.</p>
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Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, More -- Due to Infectious Proteins?
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Teaching Hospitals, Medical Students Applaud Supreme Court's Health-Care Ruling
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Gladstone Scientists Use Stem Cell Technology to Tackle Huntington's Disease
Scientists at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes and an international team of researchers have generated a human model of Huntington’s disease — directly from the skin cells of patients with the disease.
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Better Breathing Can Mean Better Health