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Health Care Game Changers to Address Dreamforce Conference
<p>Neurosurgeon Mitch Berger will be among UCSF physicians and scientists appearing September 20 at Dreamforce 2012 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, leading separate sessions that address one theme: “Innovating to Improve Health Outcomes.”</p>
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Obesity Weighing on America - Latin America, That Is
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Can There Be too Much Breast-Cancer Treatment?
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iPad App Delivers 3D Views into Anatomy
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Our American Dream: Businessman Fulfills Dream to Become Doctor
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Video Dial-A-Doctor Seen Easing Shortage In Rural U.S.
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FDA, UCSF Partnership Helps Industry Identify Drug Interactions
<p>Pharmaceutical companies now have a guide — the UCSF-FDA TransPortal — to pre-clinical studies they should conduct to identify potentially harmful interactions between existing and new drugs that depend on how the drugs move into and out of cells through protein portals known as transporters.</p>
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Undergraduates Get Hands-On Experience with Clinical Research
<p>UCSF’s Pre-Health Undergraduate Program offers undergraduate college students from the Bay Area and around the country a valuable combination of mentorship, classroom training and networking support with the goal of attracting them to careers in clinical and translational science.</p>
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Johns Hopkins Physics Lab Brings Systems Engineering to Bear on ICU Safety
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Running Out of Patience
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Food Trucks Could Help Homeless Tenderloin Residents
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Health Experts Weigh in on Hantavirus
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Boomers Retiring to Rural Areas Won't Find Doctors
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CDC: 10,000 at Risk of Hantavirus in Yosemite Outbreak
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Two More Yosemite Visitors Infected with Deadly Mouse-borne Hantavirus
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Sri Lanka Virtually Eliminates Malaria
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Majority of UCSF Employees Reviewed and Discussed Engagement Survey Results
<p>UCSF has been working to turn the results of last year’s employee engagement survey into meaningful changes for staff.</p>
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Brain Scans Seek Best Drug Match For Depression Patients
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UC Provides Resources on Proposition 30
<p>Voters in November will be asked to decide on Proposition 30, an initiative that would raise new state revenue through temporary increases in the state sales tax and the personal income tax on those who earn $250,000 or more per year.</p>
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Bill Allowing Some Nurses to Perform Abortions Goes to Jerry Brown
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News Briefs: Sheehy Reappointed to Stem Cell Board
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5 Medical Tests You Don't Need
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A Discussion with an HIV Counselor
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Two More Yosemite Campers Struck with Deadly Rodent Virus
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September Is National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
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Living Longer: Increasing Lifespan May Be in Our Control
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Hantavirus: Be Careful, Not Fearful
Hantavirus, a potentially fatal virus transmitted by rodents such as deer mice, is making news following an unusual outbreak at a popular tourist area of Yosemite National Park. The recent cases are a reminder for campers to be cautious, but not necessarily fearful, according to UCSF infectious diseases expert Charles Chiu.
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Governor's Proposed Pension Plan Does Not Apply to UC Employees
<p>UC’s pension plan and retirement benefits would not be affected by a plan unveiled by Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic lawmakers according to Dwaine Duckett, vice president of Systemwide Human Resources.</p>
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Immunological Genome Project Researchers Probe Every Type of Immune Cell
<p>Through the Immunological Immune Project, leading university immunologists and bioinformatics experts are probing genes to better understand how immune responses are coordinated. They aim to identify new ways to manipulate the immune system to better fight disease.</p>