Are People with HIV/AIDS More Prone to Sudden Cardiac Death?
What is the connection, if any, between sudden cardiac death and people with HIV/AIDS? And can that knowledge help prolong their lives?
University of California San Francisco
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Preventing Depression Requires Proactive Interventions by Health Care System
Since major depressive episodes can be prevented, the health care system should provide routine access to depression-prevention interventions, just as patients receive standard vaccines, UCSF researcher Ricardo F. Muñoz says.
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Compassionate Use Gives Lifeline to Needy Patients
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Expiration Dates on Drugs May Be Misleading
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Holocaust Survivor Stands Tall Amid Toll of Abuse
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Social Security: Fixing the Glaring Gap for Women
After a lifetime of lower wages and time out of the labor market for caregiving, women typically receive less from Social Security than men, with millions of widows and women of color falling into poverty in old age.
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Prenatal Smoking Tied to Worse Asthma in Kids
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UCSF School of Pharmacy Celebrates 2012 Commencement
<p>Dean Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, congratulated the graduates of the nation's top-ranked pharmacy school while faculty, friends and family members looked on at the 2012 commencement ceremony at Davies Symphony Hall on May 4.</p>
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Targeted Gene Therapy Offers Relief from Pain and Inflammation
<p>Aditi Bhargava, PhD, associate professor in the UCSF School of Medicine, is using a technique known as RNA interference to develop a gene therapy system that sends specific commands to certain neurons, or nerve cells, telling them to turn off pain or stop inflammation.</p>
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Spotlight: Jocel Dumlao
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UCSF Faculty Climate Survey Shows Significant Improvement Over a Decade
<p>UCSF has seen a significant improvement in the career and work satisfaction of UCSF faculty over the last decade, according to the findings of a recent faculty climate survey. </p>
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Pharmacy School Remembers Harry W. Hind
<p>Harry W. Hind, a 1939 graduate of the <abbr title="University of California, San Francisco">UCSF</abbr> School of Pharmacy who invented solutions that revolutionized contact lens use, as well as a topical patch to treat pain from shingles, died on April 12. He was 96.</p>
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UCSF Salutes Extraordinary Contributions During Founders Day Luncheon
<p>Eleven members of the UCSF community were honored recently for their extraordinary contributions to the University and beyond during the 30th annual Founders Day luncheon.</p>
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Long-term Use of Osteoporosis Medication May Reduce Bone Fracture Risk for Some Patients
Continuing a popular but controversial treatment for osteoporosis could reduce spine fracture risk for a particular group of patients, but others could see little to no change if they discontinue it, according to a researcher at UCSF.
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Ad for Cigarette-tax Initiative Attacks Tobacco Industry
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UCSF Repeats Impressive Energy Savings
<p>PG&E representatives congratulated UCSF recently for reaching another milestone — $2.7 million in incentives that the University earned for reducing annual energy consumption that is the equivalent of taking more than 1,000 cars off the road.</p>
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UCSF Students, Residents Take Center Stage at Research Festival
<p>Students and residents involved in a comprehensive training and mentoring program were given the opportunity to showcase their research as part of the 2012 Inter-School Research and Scholarly Activity Festival.</p>
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Of Zombies and Ants
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Study: Depression in Middle Age Linked to Dementia Later On
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Hellman Visiting Artist Program Fosters Dialogue About Creativity and the Brain
<p>Old-time fiddler Heidi Clare Lambert, artist in residence at UCSF’s Memory and Aging Center, is part of the unique Hellman Visiting Artist Program, which was created to foster dialogue about creativity and the brain.</p>
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Studies Tie Abnormal Protein Buildup to Dementia
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When Illness Makes a Spouse a Stranger
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Amputees Learn to Excel at Sports
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Clinic Helps Amputees Pursue Athletic Dreams
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UCSF Study Says Chantix Is a Safe Antismoking Aid
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Review Finds Chantix May Not Raise Heart Risks
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FDA Official Says Drug Advances Could Get Boost from Academic Medical Centers
<p>Academic medical centers can play a larger role in drug development and testing, according to an FDA official, who says there is a need for better strategies to identify winners, minimize costs and reduce failures during drug development.</p>
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UCSF Clinicians Get New Ammunition in Fight Against Childhood Cancers
<p>Physicians at UCSF have access to a vastly expanded array of potential resources in their battle against childhood cancers now that they are part of an elite National Cancer Institute consortium of institutions selected to lead Phase 1 studies of potential cancer drugs.</p>
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Cardiovascular Safety Concerns Over Smoking-Cessation Drug Misleading
A popular smoking cessation medication has been under a cloud of suspicion ever since the Canadian Medical Association Journal published a study in July 2011 reporting “risk of serious adverse cardiovascular events associated with varenicline.” UCSF researchers, however, question the way the previous study was conducted, and their new analysis, scheduled to be published May 4 in BMJ, reaches a very different conclusion.
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Rats Recall Past to Make Daily Decisions
UCSF scientists have identified patterns of brain activity in the rat brain that play a role in the formation and recall of memories and decision-making. The discovery, which builds on the team’s previous findings, offers a path for studying learning, decision-making and post-traumatic stress syndrome.