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Oakland, UCSF Children's Hospitals May Merge
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Imaging, Radiation Exposure Up, Even For HMO Patients
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UCSF Names Guglielmo Interim Dean of Pharmacy School
<p>UCSF has named Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, an international expert in the clinical use of antimicrobials and chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, as interim dean of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, starting July 1.</p>
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Panel: Postmenopausal Women Shouldn't Take Vitamin D, Calcium Supplements to Prevent Fractures
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Soaring Rates of Advanced Imaging Increase Radiation Exposure
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CalPERS to Raise Health Care Premiums 9.6 Percent
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Radiation Concerns Rise With Patients' Exposure
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Biomedical Imaging Expert Answers Questions About New Study
<p>Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD, a professor of radiology and biomedical imaging at UCSF, answered these questions in light of a new study that shows that medical imaging is increasing even in health maintenance organization systems (HMOs), which don’t have a financial incentive to conduct them.</p>
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Radiation Exposure From Medical Imaging Has Increased Even at HMOs
A study led by researchers at UCSF and Group Health Research Institute, shows that medical imaging is increasing even in health maintenance organization systems (HMOs), which don’t have a financial incentive to conduct them.
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Use of Imaging Tests Soars, Raising Questions on Radiation Risk
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Young Poets Launch Social Justice Campaign Against Diabetes
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UCSF: Program Could Reduce National Health Care Expenses by $6 Billion a Year
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Breast Cancer Risk Can Be Lowered By Avoiding Unnecessary Medical Imaging
The single thing that a woman can do to lower her risk of breast cancer is to avoid unnecessary medical imaging, says Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD, a professor of radiology and biomedical imaging, epidemiology and biostatistics at UCSF, who contributed to a new Institute of Medicine report.
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Computers May Predict Drugs' Side Effects
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Computer Model Successfully Predicts Drug Side Effects
<p>A new set of computer models has successfully predicted negative side effects in hundreds of current drugs, based on the similarity between their chemical structures and those molecules known to cause side effects, according to a paper appearing online this week in the journal <em>Nature</em>.</p>
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LGBT Leaders Receive Chancellor's Award at UCSF
<p>Members of the UCSF community recently recognized three individuals for their leadership in championing rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.</p>
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Mitchel Berger Takes Helm of American Association of Neurological Surgeons
<p>Mitchel Berger, MD, who chairs the Department of Neurological Surgery at UCSF, talks about his work as president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), a scientific and educational association with more than 8,000 members worldwide.</p>
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Amputees Become Athletes with Prosthetic Advances
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Specialized Hospital Care for Elderly Patients Could Significantly Cut Costs
Creating specialized hospital units for elderly people with acute medical illness could reduce national health care costs by as much $6 billion a year, according to a new study by UCSF researchers.
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Type of Stem Cell May Contribute to Heart Disease
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Teen Patient Sings About Struggles of Medical Journey
<p>Rachel Hale, 18 and Monica Joy, 15, have a friendship similar to a lot of teenagers. But unlike most teenagers, their friendship first started at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital while they were both undergoing treatment for gastrointestinal issues.</p>
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Gladstone Scientists Reprogram Skin Cells into Brain Cells
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have for the first time transformed skin cells — with a single genetic factor — into cells that develop on their own into an interconnected, functional network of brain cells.
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Should Sugary Drinks Be Taxed Like Cigarettes?
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SF General Hospital Celebrates Milestone In Rebuild Of Its Acute Care Facility
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UCSF Chancellor Appointed to New California Task Force to Improve Health
<p>UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, has been appointed to a new state task force established by Governor Jerry Brown to develop a 10-year blueprint for improving the health of Californians.</p>
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Dipsea Champ Rivers Can't Wait for 'Dipsea Day'
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San Francisco General Hospital Celebrates Topping Out
<p>Members of the community gathered Tuesday to celebrate the "topping out" of the UCSF-affiliated San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, which will house more than 284 beds, 14 operating rooms as well as an emergency room nearly three times larger than the current one.</p>
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Prop. 29 a Virtual Tie So Far
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Standard Measures of Clinical Care of Blood Pressure Misleading, Say Researchers
Standard performance measures used by health care systems and insurance companies to assess how well physicians are controlling their patients’ blood pressure tell an incomplete and potentially misleading story, researchers say.