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Archive: 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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Archive: 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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Archive: ‘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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Archive: 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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Archive: Homelessness: You’ve Got Questions, We’ve Got Answers
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Archive: 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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Archive: 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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Archive: Darker Skin is Stronger Skin, Says New View of Human Skin Color
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Archive: Hospitals Look to Technology to Communicate, Reduce Errors
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Archive: 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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Archive: 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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Archive: 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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Archive: 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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Archive: Drug Company Lunches Have Big Payoffs
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Archive: 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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Archive: 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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Archive: Food Banks Take On a Contributor to Diabetes: Themselves
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Archive: 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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Archive: 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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Archive: 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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Archive: 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,
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Archive: School of Nursing Holds Inaugural White Coat Ceremony
The UCSF School of Nursing held the inaugural White Coat Ceremony for the Master’s Entry Program in Nursing students on Friday, June 3.
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Free To Be He, She, They
There is an increasing demand to address gender dysphoria early in childhood, prior to the onset of puberty. Under the guidance of Stephen Rosenthal, MD, UCSF’s Gender Center is helping parents and their children navigate this difficult terrain.
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Archive: UCSF Aims to Raise $200K in 30th Anniversary of AIDS Walk San Francisco
UCSF aims to step up its game during the 30th anniversary of the AIDS Walk San Francisco and raise $200,000 in donations for programs and services.
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Archive: UCSF to Host Town Hall Meetings on Safety and Security
UCSF will host a series of town hall meetings in June to inform the University community about recent efforts to boost security and to hear comments and concerns from faculty, staff and students on the subject.
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Archive: SF Giants Pitcher Jake Peavy Sings to Kids at UCSF Children's Hospital
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Archive: Chest Pain is Common but Actual Severity is Rare
Chest pain is one of the most common reasons to visit the emergency room, but a new UCSF study shows that only a fraction of all cases actually lead to a diagnosis of a life-threatening condition.
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Archive: White House, Gates Foundation Summit Explores Applying Precision Medicine to Public Health
About 150 of the nation’s foremost thought leaders in academia, child and public health, policy, technology and data science gathered at UCSF to kick-start the conversation about what can be accomplished in precision public health.
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Archive: Tackling Diversity in Science by Diversifying Researchers in the Lab
Esteban G. Burchard has become a leading national voice for increasing diversity in the biomedical research workforce, which he sees as deeply tied to racial inequalities in health care.
