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Science May Benefit from Election Despite Fiscal Cliff
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Novartis Heart Failure Drug Cuts Death by 37 Percent: Study
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Heart Devices Often Approved Without Comparisons
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"Smoke-Free" Laws Lead to Fewer Hospitalizations and Deaths
Laws that end smoking at work and other public places result in significantly fewer hospitalizations for heart attacks, strokes, asthma and other respiratory conditions, a new UCSF analysis has found.
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One in Five Smokers Lights Up While Hospitalized
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Heart Failure Drug Shows Promise in Phase III Clinical Trial
<p>Hospitalized heart failure patients who received the drug, serelaxin, in a phase III clinical trial had fewer disease symptoms and as a group experienced 37 percent fewer deaths over six months, according to results of a new study.</p>
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TEDx San Francisco and UCSF Present '7 Billion Well: Re-Imagining Global Health' on Saturday
<p><span class="field-content"><a href="http://tedxsf.org/">TEDx San Francisco</a> and UCSF Global Health Sciences are uniting forces for the first time ever to showcase "7 Billion Well," a global health-focused TEDx event on November 10.</span></p>
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Why Ebay Billionaire Jeff Skoll Is Backing The FluNearYou Initiative
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TEDx San Francisco and UCSF Present '7 Billion Well: Re-imaging Global Health' on Saturday
<p><span class="field-content"><a href="http://tedxsf.org/">TEDx San Francisco</a> and UCSF Global Health Sciences are uniting forces for the first time ever to showcase "7 Billion Well," a global health-focused TEDx event on November 10.</span></p>
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UCSF Partners Schizophrenia Treatments
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Arizona's Bad Science
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Prostate Patients Suffer as Money Overwhelms Best Therapy
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UCSF School of Medicine Receives AAMC Outstanding Community Service Award
<p>The UCSF School of Medicine received the Spencer Foreman Award for Outstanding Community Service from the Association of American Medical Colleges on Nov. 3.</p>
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Soda Tax Would Boost Health of Latinos, Blacks, Study Says
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RPT-California GMO Measure May Fail After Food Industry Fights Back
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Genetically Modified Food Labeling Through the Lens of Public Health
As Californians prepare to vote on Proposition 37, which would require labeling of food that’s been genetically modified, debate continues on the health implications of eating such foods.
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Local Calls Only for Anaesthetised Brain
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Bay Area Science Festival Draws More Than 30,000 to AT&T Park with Interactive Exhibits
<p>The World Series may be over, but AT&T Park was still buzzing over the weekend as thousands came to play and learn through interactive science exhibits.</p>
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California GMO Measure Nay Fail After Food Industry Fights Back
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UCSF to Survey All About Campus Culture of Inclusion
<p>UCSF faculty, medical center and campus staff, postdocs, students and trainees will have the opportunity to voice their opinions on the learning and working environment at UCSF in a survey beginning Monday, Nov. 5.</p>
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Asthma Researcher Makes Rare Leap from Graduate School to UCSF Principal Investigator and Professor
<p>Most young scientists fresh out of graduate school are content to begin a post-doctoral fellowship, working for an established faculty member. But for Christopher Allen, PhD, award-winning research in asthma meant the fast-track onto UCSF’s faculty.</p>
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When Hospital Patients Continue to Smoke
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Concert for UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
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Water Fountains Go High-tech at Valley Schools
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Scientist to Watch -- Robert Blelloch: Teacher, Doctor, Scientist
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Rock Climber Exceeds Expectations After Double-Lung Transplant
<p>The 10,911-foot view from the top of Cathedral Peak in Yosemite National Park is a familiar sight for Rowan Jimenez. It marked a triumphant return from his double lung transplant surgery.</p>
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Health Controversy: Experts Are Now Classifying Nail-Biting As a Psychological Disorder--Really?
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Ronald McDonald House Charities Honor UCSF's Michael Harrison
<p>Michael Harrison, MD, founder and director emeritus of the Fetal Treatment Center at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and director of the UCSF Pediatric Device Consortium, was recognized recently with the Ronald McDonald House Charities Medical Award of Excellence.</p>
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Eating More Fruits, Veggies May Help Kidney Patients