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Archive: Study: Soda Tax Could Save 26,000 Lives Every Year
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Archive: Smoking Pot Doesn't Hurt Lung Capacity, Study Shows
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Archive: Stem Cell Odyssey Leads from Tusks and Teeth to Gut
<p>Medical geneticist Ophir Klein's studies of stem cells in tooth development and of stem cell changes in the gut may lead to new strategies for regenerating teeth and for treating craniofacial abnormalities.</p>
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Archive: UCSF, Sanofi Collaborate to Find New Diabetes Cures
UCSF has signed an alliance with international pharmaceutical company Sanofi to share expertise in diabetes research and identify drug targets that could lead to new therapies for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
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Archive: Letter to the Editor: Anorexia Treatment
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Archive: Nicotine Patches, Gum Won't Help Smokers Quit: Study
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Archive: Bayer Targets Mission Bay Incubator, Partners
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Archive: The Tobacco Industry Lied
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Archive: Soda Tax: What Can a Penny Do?
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Archive: Treatment Fails to Preserve Ovarian Function After Chemotherapy
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Archive: Study: 1 Cent Soda-Tax Would Save 26,000 Lives
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Archive: Tobacco Firm Skewed Toxicology Findings
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Archive: How Many Lives Could a Soda Tax Save?
A group of scientists at UCSF and Columbia University estimates that slapping a penny-per-ounce tax on sweetened beverages would prevent nearly 100,000 cases of heart disease, 8,000 strokes and 26,000 deaths every year.
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Archive: "ER" Producer and Physician to Address Future of Emergency Care in America
<p>John Maa, MD, an assistant professor in the UCSF Department of Surgery, and Neal Baer, MD, executive producer of TV's "ER" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," will address "The Futre of Emergency Care in America - Doctors as Storytellers" on January 11 in Cole Hall on the Parnassus campus.</p>
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Archive: Nicotine Patches, Gums Won't Help Smokers Quit Long-Term
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Archive: Bayer, Keeping Tabs on the 'Hood, to Open Labs For Mission Bay Startups
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Archive: Statins Raise Rsk of Type 2 Diabetes in Older Women, Study Finds
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Archive: New Swine, Drug-Resistant Flu Strains Tracked
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Archive: Don't Believe Hype About Robot Prostatectomy: Study
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Archive: Three to Receive MLK Award for Exceptional Leadership in Advancing Diversity at UCSF
<p>Three outstanding members of the UCSF community will receive 2012 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards for their exceptional leadership in advancing the goal of achieving greater ethnic and cultural diversity at UCSF.</p>
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Archive: Tobacco Company Misrepresented Danger from Cigarettes, Study Finds
A new UCSF analysis of tobacco industry documents shows that Philip Morris USA manipulated data on the effects of additives in cigarettes, including menthol, obscuring actual toxicity levels and increasing the risk of heart, cancer and other diseases for smokers.
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Archive: Study Offers Clues to Why Some Don't Benefit From Asthma Drugs
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Archive: Vallejo Baby Needs Liver Transplant to Survive
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Archive: UCSF to Host Wellness Expo on January 18
<p>The UCSF community is invited to attend "Living Well at UCSF" at the Second Annual Wellness Expo on Wednesday, Jan. 18 in the Millberry Union on the Parnassus campus.</p>
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Archive: Flatworm Flouts Fundamental Rule of Biology
A tiny, freshwater flatworm found in ponds and rivers around the world that has long intrigued scientists for its remarkable ability to regenerate has now added a new wrinkle to biology.
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Archive: UCSF: Babies Do Well with Mother's Liver Grafts
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Archive: Technology Becoming Key to Personalized Patient Care at UCSF
<p>UCSF is implementing ever-more-advanced technologies designed to make life easier for patients and care providers. Some of the changes will coincide with the opening in 2015 of the new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay.</p>
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Archive: A Multidisciplinary Example
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Archive: Treating and Coping With Overactive Bladder