New President to Lead Growth of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals
Nicholas Holmes, MD, MBA, was named the new president of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and senior vice president of UCSF Health Children’s Services.
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UCSF Doctors Fed a Lower Back MRI to an AI Program. This Is What It Told Them
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Genetic Discovery Reveals Who Can Benefit from Preterm Birth Therapy
In a first, scientists at UCSF and Stanford identified genetic variants that predict whether a patient is likely to respond to treatment for preterm birth. Screening for mutations could allow doctors to target medications to those most likely to benefit. No medication is currently available in the U.S. to treat preterm birth.
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Could Two Drugs Be Better Than One for Treating Prostate Cancer?
Combining testosterone-blocking drugs in patients with prostate cancer relapse prevents the spread of cancer better than treatment with a single drug.
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Health Equity Leader to Chair UCSF Obstetrics and Gynecology
Andrea V. Jackson, MD, MAS, a highly regarded obstetrician, gynecologist and diversity champion, has been appointed chair of the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences.
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Why Do Young Women with Multiple Sclerosis Face Health Disparities?
Young Black and Hispanic women with multiple sclerosis fare worse than young white women with the disease. Minority women were more likely to have more advanced disease and faced greater challenges in pregnancy.
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For Some Alzheimer’s Patients, Vision Problems May Be an Early Warning
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Could Bizarre Visual Symptoms Be a Telltale Sign of Alzheimer’s?
Early identification of posterior cortical atrophy (PCA) may have important implications for Alzheimer’s treatment. PCA patients struggle with visual impairments like judging distances, distinguishing between moving and stationary objects and completing tasks like writing and retrieving a dropped item.
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UCSF Researchers Dive Into the Biology of Autism
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Can a Steroid Help Treat Dementia and Schizophrenia?
A little-studied steroid that serves as a building block for hormones like estrogen and testosterone has been shown to enhance learning and memory in a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco.
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49ers Coach with Aggressive Myeloma Gets New Treatment at UCSF
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49ers Coach Serves as Inspiration Amid Cancer Fight
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Nancy E. Adler, Who Linked Wealth to Health, Dies at 77
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Spine Surgeries in 3D Improve Precision, Recovery
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How Fruit Bats Got a Sweet Tooth Without Sour Health
Fruit bats have a genetic system that controls blood sugar without fail. Learning from that system can help us make better insulin- or sugar-sensing therapies for human patients.
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New CRISPR Center Brings Hope for Rare and Deadly Genetic Diseases
The Danaher-IGI Beacon for CRISPR Cures center will use genome editing to address potentially hundreds of diseases, including rare genetic disorders that have no cure, to ensure treatments can be developed and brought to patients more quickly and efficiently.
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Could a Drug Prevent Hearing Loss from Loud Music and Aging?
A newly-discovered gene may explain how humans go deaf both as they age, and in response to loud noise.
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Should I Take Paxlovid if I Get COVID? Here’s What to Know.
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Diagnostic Errors Are Common in Seriously Ill Hospitalized Adults
A study of seriously ill patients from academic medical centers across the country has found that nearly a quarter had a delayed or missed diagnosis.
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Sleep Disruptions in 30s and 40s Linked to Cognitive Decline a Decade Later, Study Finds
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Survey Shows Physicians Don’t Understand FDA’s Approval Process
Many physicians are unfamiliar with how the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulates new drugs and medical devices, and they may be under the impression that the data supporting these approvals
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The Surprising True Story Behind the ‘Unofficial’ Bear Mascot of UCSF
UCSF does not have an official mascot, but you’re bound to run into at least a few that agree the University’s “unofficial” mascot is a bear.
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For Dementia Prevention, Sleep Quality in Midlife Matters More
Quality of sleep, not quantity, may play a part in the development of dementia decades before symptoms start.
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Cancer Researcher Thomas Martin Receives $4.6 million CIRM Grant
UC San Francisco’s Thomas G. Martin, MD, a leading expert in blood cancers, has received a grant of nearly $4.6 million from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to produce a CAR T
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Study Finds Paxlovid Treatment Does Not Reduce Risk of Long COVID
A team of researchers from UC San Francisco has found that Paxlovid did not reduce the risk of developing long COVID for vaccinated, non-hospitalized individuals during their first COVID-19 infection.
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‘This Is Not Rocket Science’: A Doctor’s Mission to Overcome Children’s Fear of Needles
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Remembering Robert Langridge, Molecular Computer Graphics Pioneer
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Prominent Surgeon and Researcher Picked to Lead UCSF Orthopaedics
C. Benjamin Ma, MD, a highly regarded orthopaedic surgeon and advanced imaging researcher, has been appointed as chair of the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Ma will assume his new role on Jan
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COVID-19 Variant JN.1 is on the Rise. Here’s What to Know.
The new JN.1 COVID-19 variant is now estimated to make up about 20% of cases in the United States. Three UCSF experts offer advice on vaccines, masking, and other ways to protect yourself.
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Shame in Medicine: The Lost Forest
This award-winning podcast series draws on the personal stories of more than 200 health care workers to explore how shame manifests in medicine. UCSF hospitalist and resident alum Emily Silverman, MD – who calls shame “the elephant in the room” – hosts the series, which is a collaboration between her Nocturnists podcast and the University of Exeter’s Shame in Medicine project.