It’s Not Naïve, Treating Youth Violence as a Disease Gets Results
The Wraparound Project works to reduce youth violence in San Francisco schools. It provides mentorship and links clients to essential risk-reduction resources.
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Algorithm Improves Blood Sugar Control in Hospitalized Patients
Hospitalized patients with complex dietary restrictions often develop hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar. This occurs in roughly one-quarter to one-half of these patients, leading to serious
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Study: Salty Diet May Increase Risk of Dry, Itchy Skin
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UCSF Scientists Win Pew Awards for Cancer and Neuroscience Research
Three UC San Francisco scientists have received 2024 Pew awards to fund their research in neuroscience and cancer: cognitive scientist Vijay Mohan K Namboodiri, PhD; bioengineer Justin Eyquem, PhD; and postodctoral student Jovanka Gencel-Augusto, PhD.
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How UCSF Creatives Crafted Community and Confidence with Handmade Art
The Artisan Guild by the Bay at UCSF showcases crafts and artwork created by faculty, staff and learners, fostering a sense of community among its members.
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Trauma Team Saves a Teen Surfer from Paralysis
15-year-old Marcos jumped off a surfboard to avoid hitting a group of children and suffered a neck break, resulting in paralysis. An 8-hour surgery at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland helped bring him back on his feet and now, a year later, he’s walking and kicking a soccer ball again.
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What Does the Research Show About Safety and Mifepristone?
UCSF is a leader in research for women’s health and reproductive rights. Explore the latest news and research over access to abortion medication and care in light of the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade.
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Mini Medical School for the Public
Curious about how magic mushrooms might treat depression? Or about new ways to manage back pain? Or the neuroscience of developing healthy habits? In this UCSF Osher Center podcast series, experts share the latest research on hot topics in health and science. Find it on Apple Podcasts.
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How a Brain Implant and AI Gave a Woman with Paralysis Her Voice Back
UCSF scientists made international headlines when they developed a brain-computer interface that allowed a stroke survivor to speak for the first time in 18 years. Find this award-winning video, which has been viewed by millions, on UCSF’s YouTube channel.
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Tap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure
In this coming-of-age memoir, UCSF clinical fellow alum Mimi Zieman, MD, recounts her experience – while still in medical school – as the team doctor on a perilous climb. New York Times bestselling author Meg Wolitzer calls Zieman “brave, tough, and impressive when on Everest, and lively, engaging, and funny when on the page.”
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Sebastian Bernales, PhD ’06, Postdoc Alum: Inspiring Innovation through Connection
Sebastian Bernales, PhD ’06, postdoc alum, has spent years bringing scientists together for conversation and collaboration and uniting funders with scientists who have promising ideas.
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My Olympic Reflections
Every time I watch Olympic track and field events, I relive the extraordinary opportunity I had to represent Trinidad and Tobago in Beijing in 2008.
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Five Questions for Sepideh Banava
Sepideh Banava, DDS, MSc, MPH, MBA, aims to use artificial intelligence to develop a tool that will help dentists screen for intimate partner violence.
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14 Ways UCSF Is Exploring the Heart
In labs and clinics across UCSF, scientists are unraveling how to keep one of our hardest-working organs beating away.
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Are Any Childhood Medical Myths Actually True?
Drink ginger ale for a bellyache. Don’t swim after eating. Does any advice doled out to kids hold up?
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Should Women Take Hormones to Manage Menopause?
UCSF gynecologists explain how hormone therapy may ease the transition.
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Digital Health: Transformative Tech or Unfulfilled Potential?
Can digital health really make people healthier? We asked Linda Park, PhD ’13, NP, who studies how providers can best use digital health tools to boost patient outcomes.
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Treasure Chest
The UCSF Rare Book Collection is a trove of health sciences history in the Kalmanovitz Library. Here are a few gems to pique your curiosity and perhaps prompt a visit.
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Four Quick Ways to Truly Rest
Deep rest is best achieved in prolonged practices that relax the body and quiet the mind. But you can also combat stress within seconds by activating your parasympathetic nervous system. Here are a few approaches to making this biological shift quickly.
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The Power of Deep Rest
Perpetual stress runs us down. But a truly restorative state that alters our bodies at the cellular level can counter this deterioration.
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Genetic Testing Is the Key to Our Health Secrets
Our genome may one day serve as a passport guiding our health care – from cradle to grave.
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Are the New Weight Loss Drugs Too Good to Be True?
The real answer isn’t “yes” or “no.” Here are six things you need to know.
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How a Team of Brain Detectives Is Cracking the Hardest Cases
A new diagnostic clinic for mysterious nervous-system disorders is giving patients answers they can’t find anywhere else.
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A Cure for Multiple Sclerosis? Scientists Say Within Our Lifetime
A generation ago, a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis was a guarantee of a debilitating disease that would leave the patient wheelchair bound, and worse. Follow UCSF’s role in what some call the golden age of MS research and care.
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New Therapy Improves Lives of Girls and Women with Rett Syndrome
Katie’s Clinic for Rett Syndrome at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is one of the few U.S. treatment centers and one of only 18 international centers of excellence for the rare disorder. It is one of the first centers to offer the first treatment for the rare genetic disease, helping improve the lives of girls like Emiliana.
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Blood Tests for Cancer Detection Aren’t Yet Ready for Prime Time
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UCSF to Hire Union Workers, Offer Apprenticeships for Oakland Hospital Expansion
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Workforce Agreement Supports Local Labor for Oakland Hospital
UCSF Health and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals signed an agreement to prioritize local union workers for the construction of a proposed landmark hospital building and related site improvements on its Oakland site.
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A Drug to Slow Alzheimer’s Is Finally Available. How Are Patients Faring?
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Feeling Rough After Your COVID Shot? Congrats, It’s Working!
Adverse symptoms from the COVID-19 vaccine such as chills and headaches are linked to a robust antibody response, indicating increased efficacy compared with recipients who did not experience side effects.
