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Jaime Sepúlveda, a foreign associate of the Institute of Medicine who chairs the Committee on the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Implementation Evaluation, will present the recommendations of that committee at UCSF on May 7.
A decrease in hormone use by women has led to a decline in breast cancer cases, according to new research published in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine</em> this week.
Almost half of sales visits by pharmaceutical company representatives advocating the use of the drug gabapentin led to doctors stating that they intended to increase their prescription of the drug or recommend it to colleagues ...
The beetle's back and the crab's shell owe their toughness to a common compound called chitin that now appears to trigger airway inflammation and possibly asthma, UCSF scientists have found.
Scientists have determined that a specific class of PCB causes significant developmental abnormalities in rat pups whose mothers were exposed to the toxicant in their food during pregnancy and during the early weeks when the pups were nursing.
The beetle's back and the crab's shell owe their toughness to a common compound called chitin that now appears to trigger airway inflammation and possibly asthma, UCSF scientists have found.
Some HIV-infected patients in Uganda who self-paid for their antiretroviral medications experienced interruptions in drug supply due to either financial demands or supply logistical disruptions.
A dramatic reading of letters between critically ill adults and their teenage pen pals will be performed at the fourth annual Firefly Project Adaptation on Wednesday, June 6.
UCSF and Vietnam formalized their historic relationship in health sciences research and teaching on March 12 when top officials signed letters of intent for collaboration.
The spring issue of <em>Newsbreak</em> focuses on stories that explain how UCSF is making a difference to improve health locally, nationally and internationally.
Orthopaedic surgeon Kevin Bozic has been named a member of the board of directors of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).
In this last conversation about addiction with neuroscientist Howard Fields, he argues that if drugs can dissolve your will power, it follows that other drugs can restore it...
The campus community is invited to join the UCSF Innovation Accelerator on Friday for a thrilling free event featuring innovative technology pitches and prize money.
Keith McBurnett, PhD, associate adjunct professor of psychiatry at UCSF, who specializes in disruptive behavior in children and adolescents, is one of Michael Krasny's guests discussing Monday's shooting rampage at Virginia Tech.
A computer file server containing research subject information related to studies on causes and cures for different types of cancer was stolen from a locked UCSF office on March 30, 2007.
I write to acknowledge the shock and grief that the UCSF community is feeling over the incomprehensible shootings and deaths at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). I know you all join me in extending our deepest sympathies to the many individuals and families who are suffering in the wake of this tragedy.
Ephraim P. Engleman, clinical professor of medicine, has been awarded the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons' Gold Medal.
In the aftermath of the tragedy at Virginia Tech University, questions naturally arise regarding the safety of our own community. As a public university, UCSF is uniquely challenged to strengthen our safety and security while also preserving the openness and public accessibility that we so highly value. While there are no failsafe solutions to preventing violence, we have measures in place to enhance our community's safety.
UCSF is launching a new study to evaluate treatments for addiction to prescription painkillers and has openings for patients to enroll.
On March 27, technicians at UCSF noticed suspicious activity on a remote server located at the University of California Office of the President. The server, which contained sensitive data for about 46,000 UCSF faculty members, staff and students, was operating slower than usual, and a hacker was determined to be running a program on the server.
A vaccine for treating a recurrent cancer of the central nervous system that occurs primarily in the brain has shown promise in preliminary data from a clinical trial at the University of California, San Francisco.
Lawyers of alleged al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla have argued that he should not be tried because of questionable interrogation techniques used on him, including the use of truth serums.
Craniofacial expert Karin Vargervik recently received the 2007 Craniofacial Biology Research Award.
Does the brain treat alcohol like a food? If so, UCSF neuroscientist Howard Fields wonders why alcoholics don't get full...
Orthopaedic surgeon Rebecca Yu, MD, blogs from Wenzhou, China, where she and Jonathan Lam, MD, PhD, are assisting physicians at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou through an opportunity with Orthopaedics Overseas/Health Volunteers Overseas.
The UCSF Child Care Referral Service's 2007 summer programs guide is now available for distribution to UCSF employees and students.
The UCSF Pain Management Center and UCSF Pain Center for Advanced Research and Education have been honored jointly as one of six centers of excellence nationwide by the American Pain Society. They are the only award recipients located west of the Mississippi.