Weighing the Costs of Care
A new effort at UCSF seeks to increase the appropriate use of care.
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Healthy Aging
Several UCSF experts weigh in on how to thrive as an older adult.
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Looking for a Better Way to Die
Six UCSF health care experts share what California’s new End of Life Option Act law might mean for patients and providers.
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Genetic Risk for Obesity Grew Stronger in ‘Obesogenic’ Environment
Lending support to the idea that high-calorie diets, sedentariness and other aspects of the contemporary American lifestyle may be driving the obesity epidemic, UCSF researchers have found that people who carry greater genetic risk for obesity were more likely to have a higher body mass index if they were born later in the 20th century.
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3-D Virtual Reality Colonoscopy
Using advanced 3-D imaging technology, Judy Yee is reinventing the colonoscopy process.
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Assessing Risk Helps Dentists Tailor Preventive Treatments for Young Children
Taking patients’ risk of developing dental caries (“cavities”) into account can help dentists effectively tailor individual prevention and treatment efforts, according to a recent study led by researchers from the UCSF School of Dentistry.
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How to Get the Best Care From the Hospital Nursing Staff
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Board of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Showcases Strength of Enterprise
The board of directors for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals has recently expanded to reflect the growing reach and impact of the children’s enterprise.
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Study Sounds Alarm Over Rise of Clinics Offering Stem Cell Therapies
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Claire Brindis Receives 2016 Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award
Claire Brindis has been awarded the UCSF Faculty Mentoring Program's 2016 Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award.
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UCSF Proposes Breast Cancer Initiative for White House's Cancer Moonshot
Three UCSF faculty members participated in the White House Cancer Moonshot Summit, at which the University of California committed to a new transformative model for health care delivery for breast cancer patients.
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‘UCSF United with Love’: Hundreds March in the 2016 San Francisco Pride Parade
Donning UCSF T-shirts and Mardi Gras beads, a colorful contingent marched last weekend in the San Francisco Pride Parade to represent and support the LGBT community in the wake of the Orlando nightclub shooting.
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More Women are Grooming Their Pubic Hair, But Practice Poses Risks
More women these days are grooming their pubic hair, especially younger women, but the practice poses some risks, most often related to shaving injuries.
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Homelessness: You’ve Got Questions, We’ve Got Answers
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Keeping the Heart’s Electrical System Running
A drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure has been shown to significantly reduce the risk of blocked electrical impulses to the heart and could be an effective treatment for certain types of heart disease known as conduction disease, in which the progression of electrical impulses through the heart is impeded.
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2016 Sustainability Awards Recognize UCSF’s Green Champions
UCSF faculty, staff and students who are working hard to make the University greener and more sustainable were honored during the sixth annual Sustainability Awards ceremony.
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Darker Skin is Stronger Skin, Says New View of Human Skin Color
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Hospitals Look to Technology to Communicate, Reduce Errors
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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Excel in Pediatric Specialties
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals have placed among the nation’s premier children’s hospitals in all 10 pediatric specialties.
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JoAnne Keatley: Championing Equity in Care for the Transgender Community
JoAnne Keatley has spent her career at UCSF opening doors to ensure trans people seeking health services get the care they need that best suits their gender identity.
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Proteins in Blood of Heart Disease Patients May Predict Adverse Events
Measuring the levels of a small number of proteins in the blood of patients with coronary heart disease may eventually allow doctors to more reliably assess the risk of future heart attacks, heart failure, strokes, and death in these patients, according to new research led by a UCSF cardiologist.
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UCSF Installs New Gender-Inclusive Restroom Signage
UCSF has installed hundreds of new signs on existing single-occupancy restrooms to identify them as being gender inclusive.
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Drug Company Lunches Have Big Payoffs
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Many At-Risk Stroke Patients Prescribed Aspirin Only Instead of Blood Thinners
More than one in three atrial fibrillation (AF) patients at intermediate to high risk for stroke were treated with aspirin alone, despite previous data showing this therapy to be inferior to blood thinners, according to researchers at the UC San Diego and UCSF schools of medicine.
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With a Free Meal from Pharma, Doctors Are More Likely to Prescribe Brand-Name Drugs, Study Shows
When doctors accept meals from pharmaceutical salespeople, they are much more likely to prescribe the drugs the representatives are promoting than cheaper generic alternatives, UCSF researchers found .
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Food Banks Take On a Contributor to Diabetes: Themselves
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Marquette, UCSF Study Shows Poor Reporting on Mental Health Interventions for LGBT Community
A new study from Marquette University and UC San Francisco has found that researchers are not reporting sexual orientation and transgender identities in psychotherapy outcome studies for anxiety and depression, which the authors say poses significant challenges for determining whether or not these treatments work for LGBT people.
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St. Joseph Health and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Sign Joint Venture Agreement
St. Joseph Health, Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals announced a joint venture to enhance and expand neonatal and pediatric services.
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School of Medicine Honored for Excellence in Faculty Development
The UCSF School of Medicine has been recognized for its achievements in education by a leading international organization.
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Greater Alcohol Use May Reduce Heart Attacks, Increase Atrial Fibrillation
In a study of Texas counties either permitting or prohibiting the sale of alcohol, researchers at UCSF have found residents of permitting counties had fewer heart attacks, but increased atrial fibrillation,