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UCSF's Auerbach Named Editor of Leading Hospitalist Journal
<p>Andrew Auerbach, associate professor in the UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine, was recently named the new editor of the peer-reviewed <em>Journal of Hospital Medicine</em>, the leading publication in the field first reported in a 1996 <em>New England Journal of Medicine </em>article co-authored by UCSF’s Bob Wachter, professor and chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine.</p>
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Heart Disease and Stroke Worldwide Tied to National Income
An analysis of heart disease and stroke statistics collected in 192 countries by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that the relative burden of the two diseases varies widely from country to country and is closely linked to national income, according to researchers at UCSF.
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UCSF Emerges as a Leader in the Neurohospitalist Movement
<p>Of all the various types of doctors who see patients admitted to hospital wards or emergency departments, neurologists are among those who admit the largest number of patients with the widest variety of conditions, spurring the growth of a new medical speciality known as “neurohospitalists” – neurologists who focus on treating patients exclusively in the hospital.</p>
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DNA Study Has Details from 100,000 Kaiser Patients
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UCSF Medical Center Program Cuts Heart Failure Readmission Rate By 30 Percent
UCSF Medical Center has reduced hospital readmissions for older heart failure patients by nearly a third, thanks to a program designed to identify ways for hospitals to improve patients' transitions to their homes.
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2011 AIACC Design Award Recipients - Honor Award for Architecture
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Breast-Feeding May Not Protect Moms Against MS Relapse
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Autism: New Findings
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AIDS Documentary Maker Starts Film Production Company
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Bay Area Facilities Rank High in Healthcare Equality Index
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UCSF, Stanford Autism Study Shows Surprises
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San Francisco Approves City Budget
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Brain Research and the Challenge of Aging
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Study: Environmental Factors May Be Just as Important as Genes in Autism
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Study Debunks Autism as a Primarily Genetic Disorder
A rigorous study of nearly 400 twins has shown that environmental factors have been underestimated, and genetics overestimated, for their roles in autism-spectrum disorders.
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Study Shows Flame Retardants May Be Harmful
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Autism Study Downplays Role of Genetics
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Customize Starting Age and Frequency of Mammograms
Mammograms should not be done on a one-size fits all basis, but instead should be personalized based on a woman’s age, the density of her breasts, her family history of breast cancer and other factors including her own values, according to a new study.
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Study: No One-Size-Fits-All Guidelines for Mammograms
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When Should Women Begin Having Mammograms?
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Which Birth Control Now?
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New Study Implicates Environmental Factors in Autism
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Many SF School Cafeterias Parched as Tap Water Deadline Looms
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Daphne Stannard: Strengthening Ties Between Research and Hospital Nursing
<p>Daphne Stannard’s story mirrors an important shift in nursing: the tightening connection between the ivory tower and the practice setting or, as the nurse researcher puts it, “diminishing the dichotomy between academia and service.”</p>
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3 S.F. Hospitals, Kaiser Lauded for LGBT Care
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Champion Charities Gives UCSF $2.5 Million to Tackle Brain Disease
<p>Former NFL players Harris Barton and Ronnie Lott recently presented a check for $2.5 million on behalf of Champion Charities to UCSF’s Brain Tumor Research Center to support its mission to eradicate brain disease.</p>
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Gladstone Institutes Ranked No. 1 Academic Employer
The Gladstone Institutes has been named America’s best place to work in academia, capping a seven-year stint in which readers of <i>The Scientist</i> have ranked the independent biomedical-research organization among academia’s top ten places to work.
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UCSF Scientists Working to 'Program' E-Coli
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Gay rights group: Bay Area Hospitals Lead the Way in LGBT "Equality" Standings