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Emergency Room Overcrowding More Likely to Impact Minorities
Hospitals in areas with large minority populations are more likely to be overcrowded and to divert ambulances, delaying timely emergency care, according to a multi-institutional study focused on California.
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Brain Might Not Stand in the Way of Free Will
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Researchers Identify Mechanism that Turns White Fat Cells to Brown
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Hospital Chain Inquiry Cited Unnecessary Cardiac Work
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Epilepsy Drug Reverses Memory Loss in Animal Model of Alzheimer's Disease
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Epilepsy Drug Could Help with Alzheimer's-Related Memory Loss
Scientists at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes have discovered that an FDA-approved anti-epileptic drug reverses memory loss and alleviates other Alzheimer’s-related impairments in an animal model of the disease.
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Minorities Hit Hardest by Hospital Overcrowding, Study Finds
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How Digital Culture Is Rewiring Our Brains
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Sleeping Less May Dampen Vaccine Response
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The Journey Home
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Overcrowded ER Points to Larger Problems
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Cracks in the Test: Doctors Improve Osteoporosis Screens
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Half in U.S. Have Poor Health Literacy
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Not Losing Weight? Here's Why
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Summer Internships Encourage High School Students to Pursue Careers in Science
<p>Andrea Lopez knows that she could easily be doomed by her demographic: She is 17, Latina and the mother of a baby boy. But UCSF's Science Education & Health Partnership's internship program has helped her prove otherwise.</p>
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UCSF, Dignity Discuss Linking San Francisco Hospitals
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Cradle to College to Career
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What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
Is it possible for a health care system to redesign its services to better educate patients to deal with their immediate health issues and also become more savvy consumers of medicine in the long run?
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SF Police Commission Hears Taser Debate
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Violence Prevention Program at SF General Hospital Saves Lives
<p>When Rochelle Dicker, MD, was a UCSF intern, she cared for a 16-year-old boy who had been shot as a result of gang violence. He was eventually discharged, but returned to the emergency room a few weeks later after he was shot again. Today, Dicker directs a program that has proven to save lives.</p>
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Grants Fund Teen Wellness Programs
The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health supports student-designed health and wellness programs across San Francisco, including a mentor group and yoga classes at George Washington High School.
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Scientists Bring Hands-On Fun to Class
UCSF's Science & Health Education Partnership (SEP) pairs teachers with UCSF researchers and graduate students to create rich classroom experiences through explorations in biology and chemistry to K-12 students in San Francisco's schools.
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Eighth Graders Get a Feel for the Human Heart
The Daly Ralston Resource Center at UCSF’s Science & Health Education Partnership (SEP) offers teachers the opportunity to check out science materials – ranging from curriculum kits to real human specimens – for their science classes.
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Runners Receive UCSF Care at the SF Marathon
More than 80 volunteers and staff from UCSF spent an early Saturday morning at the San Francisco Marathon keeping the runners safe from start to finish.
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Sports Medicine Service Keeps Kids Alive
UCSF's PlaySafe program has provided free sports medicine care to Bay Area high school students since 2002. By combining cardiac evaluations with annual physicals, the program aims to reduce the risk of sudden athlete death.
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Students Volunteer at Mabuhay Health Center
On the second Saturday of every month, UCSF students spend their day in downtown San Francisco learning how to provide culturally competent health care.
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Young Women Unleash Their Potential
The annual summit brings together more than 250 young women from 20 schools for a day to discuss issues most important to them. Topics ranged from building self esteem, avoiding teen pregnancy, and preparing for college life.
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SFGH Helps Patients Become Financially Fit
Led by UCSF family medicine and pediatric residents as well as financially savvy volunteers, the Financial Fitness Clinic improves people’s health and well-being through financial education.
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Free Dental Clinic a Huge Success
Children Receive Dental Services and Education at UCSF