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Family Medicine Residency Anniversary Addresses Changing Climate of Health Care
<p>If the U.S Supreme Court allows for the ongoing expansion and adoption of national health care reform, it will mean a greater role for family medicine practitioners as the previously uninsured seek primary care physicians to gain access to the health care system.</p>
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Family Medicine Residency at SFGH: Past, Present and Future
<p>The UCSF Family and Community Medicine Residency Program at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (SFGH) celebrates its 40th anniversary. It has trained more than 400 family doctors who have cared for tens of thousands of underserved patients and advocated for millions more.</p>
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Confronting HIV in Oakland
<p>To effectively confront the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Oakland, the medical community needs to connect with African-American young men, who are a particularly vulnerable group of individuals who may not know they are at high risk and may not be receiving the information they need to protect themselves.</p>
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San Francisco Health Care Experiment Being Watched Nationwide
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High Healthcare Spenders Don't Deliver More Unnecessary Care
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Radiation Risks from Fukushima Are Likely to Be Less than for Chernobyl
<p>Radiation exposures to the people in Japan from meltdowns at three Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant reactors in the wake of last year’s devastating earthquake and 45-foot tsunami have been less than what people were exposed to in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster a quarter century ago, according to two experts who spoke at UCSF.</p>
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Media Advisory: UCSF Health Reform Experts Available for Media Comment
Friday, March 23, marks the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, which set in motion a series of reforms that will roll out over the course of four years and grant 32 million more Americans insurance coverage. Next week the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear three days of arguments related to the legal challenges to the health care reform law.
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Medical Students Mark 2013 'Match Day' at UCSF
<p>UCSF medical students participated with their peers around the country in the annual rite of passage known as Match Day, when they found out which residency program they have been assigned and where they will work.</p>
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Japan Earthquake and Tsunami One Year Later -- Lingering Impacts and Lessons
<p>A year later, the Japanese public continues to be concerned about radiation contamination, cleanup, public health and the struggles of those in communities affected by the catastrophic earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactor meltdowns.</p>
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Brain Scans Suggest How Alzheimer's Spreads
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UC to Verify Family Member Eligibility for Health Coverage
<p>The University of California is requiring that all faculty, staff and retirees who have one or more family members enrolled for coverage to provide documentation verifying their family members’ eligibility.</p>
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As Industry Funding for Medical Education Fades, New Opportunities for Improvements Arise, Say Physicians
Public scrutiny and the threat of government regulation are leading to a decline in industry-sponsored funding of accredited continuing medical education (CME) for physicians, and this decline represents an opportunity to make CME more relevant, cost-effective and less open to bias, physicians say.
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Alzheimer's Disease Spreads Through Linked Nerve Cells, Brain Imaging Studies Suggest
A new study raises hopes that physicians may be able to use MRI to predict the course of dementias and that researchers may use these predicted outcomes to determine whether a new treatment is working.
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Rugby Player Doesn't Let Paralysis Slow Her Down
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No Evidence that Higher Regional Health Care Costs Indicate Inappropriate Care, Study Shows
Evidence does not support the widely held belief that regions of the United States that spend more on health care and have higher rates of health care use deliver more unnecessary care to patients, or that low-cost areas deliver higher quality and more efficient care, according to a new study.
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Developmental Disabilities 101: UCSF's 11th Annual Medical Update
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UCSF Medical Center Volunteer Marks 47 Years of Service to Patients
<p>Nearly 93, Emma Kahn recently marked her 47th anniversary serving as a volunteer at UCSF Medical Center, where she has logged more than 7,600 hours helping patients.</p>
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Physician Misconduct Showing Up on the Internet: Survey
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Teens Don't Need Prescription for Plan B: Study
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Trauma Fuels HIV Epidemic Among Women
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National Health Policy Expert to Talk Politics of Universal Health Care
<p>Stuart H. Altman, PhD, professor of national health policy at Brandeis University, will talk about "Power, Politics and Universal Health Care," at a seminar at UCSF on March 22.</p>
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Medical Innovations Can Come at a Cost
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More Suicide During Economic Low Point
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Cancer Screening Stories Need to Report On the Uncertainties
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Lloyd M. Kozloff, Pioneer of Molecular Biology, Dies
<p>Lloyd Kozloff, an influential microbiologist and dean emeritus of the UCSF Graduate Division, died of heart failure on March 10, 2012, at his sea-side home in Fort Bragg, California. He was 88.</p>
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Sex-Deprived Male Fruit Flies Drink More
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Staying Strong and Healthy
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Pfizer Agrees to New Deal with QB3
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Dr. Kristine Yaffe on the Latest Dementia Research