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Many Breast Cancer Patients Don't Get Recommended Follow-Up, Study Finds
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Breast Cancer Follow-Up Imaging Varies Widely, Study Finds
Follow-up imaging for women with non-metastatic breast cancer varies widely across the country, according to a new study led by researchers at UCSF.
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Not Just An Apple A Day: California Doctors Start Prescribing Medically Tailored Meals
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UCSF Study Finds Simplified Systems Intervention Improves Blood Pressure Control in Safety-Net Settings
Study shows that a simplified intervention building on the hypertension treatment algorithm used in KP’s PHASE program can significantly improve rates of blood pressure control in the city’s safety net clinics.
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Upgrade: UCSF Fresno Program Gets Status Boost For Medical School
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Take a Walk in the Woods. Doctor's Orders.
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Swift Gene-Editing Method May Revolutionize Treatments for Cancer and Infectious Diseases
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T Cell Engineering Breakthrough Sidesteps Need for Viruses in CRISPR Gene-Editing
In an achievement that has significant implications for research, medicine, and industry, UCSF scientists have genetically reprogrammed human immune cells without using viruses to insert DNA
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UCSF Establishes UCSF Fresno as a ‘Branch Campus’ of the UCSF School of Medicine
UCSF School of Medicine is establishing a ‘branch campus’ at UCSF Fresno to lead a training program preparing students to address health needs of the region's diverse and underserved populations.
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Hospital Quality Improves Over Time with EHRs, Study Finds
An examination of how the adoption of EHRs affected the quality of hospital care between 2008 and 2013 found that mortality rates fell as hospitals learned how to work with the technology.
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Deadly Form of Advanced Prostate Cancer is Common, Calls for Distinct Treatment
Study of prostate cancer in 202 men, whose cancers had spread and were resistant to standard treatment, found that about 17 percent of these cancers belong to a deadlier subtype of metastatic prostate cancer.
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Evolution of Melanoma Reveals Opportunities for Intervention
UCSF researchers have identified the sequence of genetic changes that transform benign moles to into malignant skin cancer.
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Aggressive, deadly type of prostate cancer occurs at higher rate than previously thought
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Berkeley boy was 'Patient X' in first FDA-approved medicine derived from marijuana
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UCSF Names New Leader for Real Estate
With a planning process underway to re-envision Parnassus Heights and a new hospital on the horizon, change to the spaces that support our learning, teaching, patient care, and research is going to be part of the UCSF experience for many years to come. A new leader is set to join UCSF in August to help manage these changes.
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Margot Kushel Named Director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations
Margot Kushel has been announced as the new director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at Zuckerberg San Francisco General and Trauma Center.
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How CRISPR Tools are Unlocking New Ways to Fight Disease
The already famous CRISPR system allows scientists to edit faulty genes by cutting and replacing sections of DNA, but new and improved CRISPR techniques developed at UCSF have expanded CRISPR’s scalpel into a Swiss Army knife.
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New Form Of Wound Healing Revealed By Parasitic Gut Worms
Experiments using parasitic worms in the mouse gut have revealed a surprising new form of wound repair, a finding that could help scientists develop ways to enhance the body’s natural healing abilities.
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Staying Safe in the Sun
Sun exposure can boost your mood, but it can also significantly boost your risk of skin cancer. Sarah Arron dispels myths around UV rays and gives you her best advice on skin protection.
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FDA Approves Landmark Marijuana-Derived Drug First Tested at UCSF
For the first time, a drug derived from marijuana has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and it may soon offer relief to children with hard-to-treat seizures.
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Do Dreams Prevent Atrial Fibrillation?
UCSF research team found that having less REM sleep – the sleep that includes more dreaming – was linked to higher chances of developing AF.
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‘Music of Speech’ Linked to Brain Area Unique to Humans
Insights into pitch control could pave the way for advanced brain prosthetics that could allow people who can’t speak to express themselves in a naturalistic way.
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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Celebrate Top-Tier 2018-19 Rankings
In the U.S. News annual survey for 2018-19, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals’ campuses in Oakland and San Francisco placed among the country’s finest in all 10 pediatric specialties that were surveyed.
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Living With Sensory Processing Disorder
Sensory Processing Disorder, or SPD, causes some children to find everyday stimuli excruciating. Scientists are finally shedding light on what causes the disorder and what can be done about it.
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Hundreds March with UCSF in 2018 San Francisco Pride Parade
A rainbow-hued contingent from UCSF turned out for the 48th annual San Francisco LGBT Pride Parade.
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Health Hub Launches in Collaboration with UCSF
UCSF and a newly formed, next-generation nonprofit organization, Health Hub, are announcing their plans to affiliate.
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Combination Therapy May Revive Prospects for ‘Embattled’ Breast Cancer Drugs
Researchers identified a protein that cancer cells use as a shield to protect the PI3K pathway against targeted drugs, and showed that blocking this protein allowed previously ineffective therapies to slow cancer cell growth and shrink tumors.
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Immune Profile for Successful Cancer Immunotherapy Discovered
UCSF researchers have identified a key biological pathway in human cancer patients that appears to prime the immune system for a successful response to immunotherapy drugs – checkpoint inhibitors.
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Patricia O’Sullivan Receives 2018 UCSF Lifetime Mentoring Award
Patricia “Pat” O’Sullivan has been named the 2018 recipient of the UCSF Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award.
