Obesity Clues in Humans May Be Unearthed First in a Worm
<p>Obesity research in overweight humans may soon be guided by genetic studies of eating behavior, metabolism and fat storage in the nematode worm, <em>C elegans</em>.</p>
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Stress Harms Women More than Men
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Addiction Scientist Receives Presidential Early Career Award
Gallo neuroscientist Linda Wilbrecht, PhD, receives President’s Early Career Award, in recognition of her studies on the effects of drug use and stress on the adolescent brain, aimed at developing strategies to mitigate drug dependence.
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Many Doctors Think Patients Get Over-Treated, Study Says
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Interactive Mobile App from UCSF and QuantiaMD Teaches People How to Manage Diabetes
A new interactive mobile phone app called DiabetesIQ challenges people to test their knowledge of diabetes and to compete with one another as they learn about the complexities of the disease.
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Bay Area at Forefront of New Global Health Field
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Art for AIDS Raises Much Needed Funds for the UCSF AIDS Health Project
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SF Empower Helps Diabetics with Mental Illness
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UC Program to Accelerate Translational Research Across State
<p>Imagine a statewide research engine of pooled resources, data, and expertise that accelerates the “translation” of academic research to direct patient benefit. This is the goal of the University of California Biomedical Research Acceleration, Integration, and Development (UC BRAID) program.</p>
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UCSF to Host Health Care Fraud Prevention Seminar on September 27
<p>Health care practitioners are invited to learn how to prevent fraud committed through medical identity theft during a seminar in UCSF's Cole Hall Auditorium on September 27.</p>
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QB3 Unwraps 'Startup in a Box'
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Preventative STD Care for Minors
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Andy Grove: Rethinking Clinical Trials
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New Pediatric Website Streamlines Access to Clinical Trials
<p>UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital’s Division of General Pediatrics has developed a large collection of pediatric clinical trials, which are now readily accessible via a new website that features the latest news and information on UCSF’s general clinical trials with children. </p>
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UCSF Chancellor to Deliver State of University Address on October 4
<p>Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, will share a glimpse of UCSF’s future on Tuesday, Oct. 4 when she delivers the State of the University address.</p>
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Skin Doctors Head to Sunnier Pastures
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Balldude Balestreri on Field with Giants
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Media Advisory: Swim Across America to Raise Funds for UCSF Child Cancer Care
Olympians and swimming enthusiasts will take part in Swim Across America’s (SAA) sixth annual San Francisco Bay Area Open Water Swim.
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Salesforce's Marc Benioff: Use the Power of Your Company for Philanthropy
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International Surgeons Learn Life-Changing Procedures from UCSF/SFGH Surgeons
<p>UCSF surgeons at the Institute for Global Orthopaedics & Traumatology hosted a symposium designed to provide hands-on training in trauma care to physicians from around the world.</p>
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Swimmers Cross Bay to Raise Funds for Cancer Research
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UCSF School of Nursing Rallies for the Future
<p>For two days, the UCSF School of Nursing faculty and staff pondered its long term future, sketching the beginnings of an ambitious blueprint to guide the nursing program over the next five years.</p>
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Paralyzed Patient in Major Geron Stem Cell Study
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Health Reform Expert to Deliver Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture
<p>The UCSF community is invited to hear JudyAnn Bigby talk about "The Massachusetts Health Reform Experience" during the Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture on September 26.</p>
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Can a Doughnut be a Drug?
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A Gene for Lou Gehrig's Disease and Frontotemporal Dementia Identified
Frontotemporal dementia and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease -- two fatal neurodegenerative disease with distinct symptoms -- are triggered by a common mutation in many cases, according to researchers who say they have identified the mutated gene.
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Porsche Race Car Classic
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2 from Bay Area Among MacArthur Fellows
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Forbes 400 Biggest Gifts
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The War on Cancer Continues