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A Firm Grasp on Comfort
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Spina Bifida: Promise and Limits of Fetal Surgery
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NFL Releases Details of Sports Concussions Study
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Judge Shoots down NYC Ban of Sugary Drinks Larger Than 16 Ounces Day Before Law Set to Take Effect
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The NFL And GE Announce 'Head Health Initiative' To Study The Brain And (Maybe) Save The Game Of Football
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California Bill Seeks Pay for Women Who Donate Eggs for Research
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Pelosi Talks Sequester and Cuts to Medical Research at UCSF
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Leaders Highlight Impact of Sequestration on Scientific Research and Public Health
<p>Nancy Pelosi, Democratic leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, said Friday that the federal government’s budget cuts through sequestration hurt the health and wellbeing of Americans.</p>
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Human Nature Sinks HIV Prevention Trial
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Pelosi Points Out Effect of Sequester Cuts
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UCSF Chancellor Named to Facebook Board of Directors
<p>UC San Francisco Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, is joining Facebook’s board of directors.</p>
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Disease Knowledge May Advance Faster with New Gene Probing Tool
Scientists at UCSF have found a more precise way to turn off genes, a finding that will speed research discoveries and biotech advances and may eventually prove useful in reprogramming cells to regenerate organs and tissues.
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New Patient Safety Strategies Outlined in Report Based on Decade of Research
<p>The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a new report that identifies the top 10, evidence-based patient safety strategies available to clinicians.</p>
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"Mortality Index" Suggests Key to Living to 2023 Includes Being Slightly Overweight
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Pediatric Residents Training in New 'Handoff' Curriculum
<p>In response to mounting evidence that serious errors in hospitals often could be prevented by enhancing communication, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital is participating in the nine-center <a href="https://www.ipasshandoffstudy.com/">I-PASS study</a> to determine how to best teach residents to properly hand off pediatric patients to reduce errors.</p>
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Former Genentech Exec Susan Desmond-Hellmann Joins Facebook's Board of Directors
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Facebook Names UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann to Board
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Health Policy Studies at UCSF: A Sense of Pride and Purpose
<p>About 450 people recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of the UCSF's Institute for Health Policy Studies, which has a record of excellence in shaping health policy on a local, national and international level.</p>
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Are You Healthy Enough to Survive 10 More Years? A New Test Will Tell You
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Radiation Dose Symposium at UCSF to Highlight Patient Safety
<p>A first-of-its-kind interactive and virtual radiology symposium will be based at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus in May, pulling together professionals at every level of hospital care to improve the safety of diagnostic imaging.</p>
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One Surgeon's Battles Against Big Tobacco and Our Ballot Box
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Hear That? In A Din Of Voices, Our Brains Can Tune To One
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Safeway Pharmacists Implement UCSF Smoking-Cessation Program
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UCSF Works to Identify and Treat Sepsis Patients Earlier
<p>Teams of UCSF clinicians each took shifts inside a bus set up to simulate the room of a patient showing signs of sepsis, as part of a Bay Area mobile initiative to improve the ability to identify and treat sepsis patients as early as possible.</p>
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Sleep Aids Tied to Hip Fractures In the Elderly
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7 Ways UCSF is Improving Safety at the Point of Care
<p>UCSF Medical Center, including the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, has made increasing the safety of health care one of its highest priorities. Here are just some of the ways it is working toward that.</p>
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Recipe for Relevance: Blend Digital Health Developers and Clinical Providers
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HIV Testing Increased and Infection Reduced in Africa with Community Intervention
<p>Community intervention with free mobile HIV testing and counseling, same-day results and post-test support led to a 14 percent reduction in new HIV infections in targeted communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to results of a large randomized, controlled trial.</p>
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New Clinical Tool Assesses Health Risks for Older Adults
A UCSF team has developed a tool that can help determine – and perhaps influence – senior citizens’ 10-year survivability rates by assessing their health risks.