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Study Confirms Tea Party Was Created by Big Tobacco and Pollutocrat Kochs
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Good News for the Aging Brain
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Cancer Patient Concerned About Multiple CT Scans
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Conflict-of-Interest Drug Policies Wanting
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Reducing Sodium in American Diet Would Save Hundreds of Thousands of Lives
<p>A new study finds that hundreds of thousands of lives could be saved over 10 years if Americans reduced their sodium consumption to the levels recommended in federal guidelines.</p>
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That's the Spot: Massage Neurons Found
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Parents of Teen Girls More Accepting of Birth Control Pills than Other Contraceptive Methods
Parents are more accepting of their teenage daughters using birth control pills than any other form of contraception, including condoms, according to a recent study from UCSF.
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Cutting Salt Could Save Hundreds of Thousands of Lives, Study Says
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Bay Area School Districts Rewrite Tobacco Policies to Counter Teen E-Cigarette Use
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Study: Tea Party Organizations Have Ties To Tobacco Industry Dating Back To 1980s
<p>Rather than being a purely grassroots movement that arose spontaneously in 2009, the Tea Party developed in part as a result of tobacco industry efforts to oppose smoking restrictions and tobacco taxes beginning in the 1980s, according to a study by UC San Francisco researchers.</p>
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Mysterious Brain Clumps Behind Dementia Identified
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Hidden Cost of Health Care
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Achieving Magnet Status Elicits Enormous Pride at UCSF
<p>Last fall, UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital achieved Magnet recognition, which signifies outstanding nursing practice. This story traces the journey to achieving that important status symbol.</p>
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Buying 'Double Happiness' Reveals China's Tobacco Battle
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Why Can Some Kids Handle Pressure While Others Fall Apart?
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Air Pollution Linked to Low Birth Weight
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Maternal Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Low Birth Weights Worldwide
Mothers who are exposed to particulate air pollution of the type emitted by vehicles, urban heating and coal power plants are significantly more likely to bear children of low birth weight, according to a UCSF-led international study.
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Ow! Pubic Hair Grooming Injuries on the Rise, Researchers Find
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Smog Exposure During Pregnancy Tied to Tinier Babies
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Air Pollution May Lower Birth Weight
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UCSF Study: Older Women Should Get Mammograms Every Two Years
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Campus Girds for Lean Times
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Preparing for Faculty of the Future
<p>Cultivating the faculty of the future was the focus of the UCSF School of Medicine’s recent daylong annual retreat.</p>
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Mammogram Every Two Years Has Same Benefit As Yearly Mammogram for Older Women
Among older women, getting a mammogram every two years was just as beneficial as getting a mammogram annually, and led to significantly fewer false positive results, according to a study led by UCSF.
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Nursing Dean Elected to Board of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing
<p>David Vlahov, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean of the UCSF School of Nursing, has been elected to the board of directors of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.</p>
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Confronting Challenges And Fairness In Minority Health
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UCSF Faculty Awarded Fellowships to Improve Health Quality
<p>Two UCSF faculty have been awarded fellowships from the University of California’s Center for Health Quality and Innovation to support projects to improve the quality and value of health care.</p>
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What's in a Name? A Lot, When It Comes to 'Precision Medicine'
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UCSF to Present Latest on Tobacco Research and Education
<p>Postdoctoral fellow Amanda Fallin will talk about the tobacco industry's role in shaping the tea party at a symposium presented by the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control, Research and Education on February 8.</p>