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Nobel Laureate to Talk About Ways to Cure, Prevent Alzheimer's, Parkinson's Diseases
<p>Nobel laureate Stanley Prusiner will talk about his prize-winning research about prions during the UCSF Osher Mini Medical School for the Public on April 16.</p>
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Watch Corey Lee Discuss Science and Cooking with a Harvard Physics Professor
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Inside UCSF's Mission Bay Hospital
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Doctors Urged to Cease Gratuitous Tests
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UCSF Police Report Armed Robbery at Laurel Heights
<p>A UCSF employee was the victim of an armed robbery at California and Laurel Streets at about 9:10 p.m. on April 4, UCSF police report.</p>
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American History Alive and Well at UCSF
<p>Let the record reflect: American history is indeed taught at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), one of the world's leading health sciences universities with its founding as a medical school dating back to 1864.</p>
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Witnessing, Experiencing Traumatic Events May Worsen Heart Disease
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UCSF Fresno Fills New Resident Positions
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Aging and Cancer at AACR
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Poll Shows Support for Soda Tax to Fight Obesity
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Health Policy Experts to Address California's Independent Medical Review Program
<p>Two health policy experts will present the findings from "A Study of California's Independent Review," as part of UCSF's regular health policy seminars on April 13.</p>
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Meditate the Pain Away
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Gladstone Scientists Find Increased ApoE Protein Levels May Promote Alzheimer's Disease
Scientists at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes have enhanced the understanding of how a protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease keeps young brains healthy, but can damage them later in life — suggesting new research avenues for treating this devastating disease.
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Spotlight: Lisa Magargal
Lisa Magargal is the Program Coordinator for the UCSF Biomedical Science (BMS) Graduate Program, which is one of the largest PhD programs at UCSF.
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Four Successful Innovators Earn UCSF's Highest Honor
<p>UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, bestowed the University’s highest honor to four internationally renowned innovators and leaders for outstanding contributions in areas associated with UCSF’s mission.</p>
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UCSF Posts Final Three-Year Plan with Tactics
<p>UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann today notified the campus community that the final three-year strategic plan, complete with tactics and metrics, is now posted on UCSF’s strategic plan website.</p>
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Autism: UCSF Zeroes In on Rare Chromosome Defect
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UCSF's Frank McCormick Now Leads World's Largest Cancer Research Association
<p>Frank McCormick, director of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCSF and new president of the 35,000-member American Association of Cancer Research, discusses the state of cancer research.</p>
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Media Advisory: UCSF Hosts Chef Corey Lee in Science of Cooking Program
A UCSF program titled, "Science & Cooking," will feature a discussion on the increasingly parallel technologies behind modern cooking and bioscience, with guest speakers David Weitz, a physics professor at Harvard University, and Corey Lee, award-winning chef and owner of San Francisco's Benu restaurant.
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StemCells Rare Disease Trial Nets Early Positive Results
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UCSF Leaders to Discuss Roadmap to Creating an Inclusive Campus
<p>UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann and leaders at UCSF will participate in a live webcast discussion about how the University is working to create an inclusive campus community on April 10.</p>
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Surgical Alternative to Implants
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Sugar Saturates Our Environment
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Most Young Women with Cancer Don't Try to Preserve Their Fertility
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Is Sugar Toxic?
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Puberty Before Age 10: A New 'Normal'?
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Greater Traumatic Stress Linked with Elevated Inflammation in Heart Patients
Greater lifetime exposure to the stress of traumatic events was linked to higher levels of inflammation in a study of almost 1,000 patients with cardiovascular disease led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
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UC Regents Discuss Tentative Multi-Year Funding Plan
<p>The University of California Board of Regents heard a report today (March 29) on UC's efforts to secure a framework for a multi-year funding plan with the state, including administrators' efforts to avoid a tuition increase in the coming year.</p>
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LGBT Forum Attracts 200 Interprofessional Health Students
<p>The UCSF Center for LGBT Health & Equity convened a health forum for the fourth consecutive year, attracting 200 interprofessional health students for two days of education about the long-overlooked health concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex people.</p>