University of California San Francisco
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Archive: Q&A: Medical Student’s Sugary Idea Could Become Law
A UC San Francisco medical student thought of an idea that is now a bill, and could one day become law in California. Tom Gaither, a first year student at the UCSF School of Medicine, suggests putting the following warning label on sugary beverage containers that have 75 or more calories per 12 ounces: “STATE OF CALIFORNIA SAFETY WARNING: Drinking beverages with added sugar(s) contributes to obesity, diabetes and tooth decay.”
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Archive: UCSF, Walgreens Open New Pharmacy to Explore New Models of Patient-Centered Care
UCSF and Walgreens have opened a unique Walgreens store that aims to improve medication safety, decrease health care costs and help patients use medicines more effectively.
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Archive: Scientists Turn to Crowd Funding to Support Research
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Archive: California polio-like illnesses not linked, officials say
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Archive: This Polio-like Illnesses has Paralyzed Some California Children
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Archive: Walgreens, UCSF to Help Manage Prescriptions
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Archive: Unusual Paralysis Appears in a Dozen Children in California
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Archive: Polio-Like Illness Found in Five California Children
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Archive: Team Matthew Blood Drive Sets Record, Looks to Expand Efforts
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Archive: John Muir Health Names New Chief Strategy Guru
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Archive: A Night at the UCSF Homeless Clinic
First-year UCSF medical student Jeffrey Chen gives a first-person account of a night he volunteered for the UCSF Homeless Clinic at the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Francisco.
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Archive: Death Cafes Offer Talking Point to Demystify Dying
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Archive: Clues to a Very Old Extinction and Why Calicos Look That Way
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Archive: UCSF Named Top Internal Medicine Residency Program in US
UCSF’s internal medicine residency program has recently been rated one of the best in the country, in the first-ever national survey of physicians on the quality of postgraduate training programs.
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Archive: Scientists Transform Skin Cells into Functioning Liver Cells
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes and UCSF have made an important breakthrough: they have discovered a way to transform skin cells into mature, fully functioning liver cells that flourish.
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Archive: Mysterious Polio-Like Illness Found in Five California Children
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Archive: A Hot Debate Over E-Cigarettes as a Path to Tobacco, or From It
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Archive: Using Big Data And Game Play To Improve Mental Fitness
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Archive: UCSF, Samsung Work to Help Mobile Technology for Health Care
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Archive: Marijuana Chemical Could Treat Children with Epilepsy
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Archive: Samsung and UCSF Partner to Accelerate New Innovations in Preventive Health Technology
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Archive: Samsung Forges Medical Tie-Up in San Francisco
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Archive: Death Cafe: Talk about Dying and Eat Cake, Too
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Archive: Transbay Project Offers Housing, Social Services for Formerly Homeless
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Archive: Samsung, UCSF Partner to Accelerate New Innovations in Preventive Health Technology
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and UC San Francisco have announced a partnership to accelerate validation and commercialization of promising new sensors, algorithms, and digital health technologies for preventive health solutions.
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Archive: Reality Check: Marijuana Safer Than Alcohol? Fact-Checking President's Claim
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Archive: UCSF Ranks 4th Nationally on MD-Residency Survey
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Archive: Scientists Develop New Molecular “Cocktail” to Transform Skin Cells into Beating Heart Cells
Scientists at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes have devised a new method that allows for the more efficient and complete reprogramming of skin cells into cells that are virtually indistinguishable from heart muscle cells.
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Archive: Can ADHD Be Prevented?