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Free Dental Care Gives Uninsured a Reason to Smile
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Media Advisory: Reunion, Community Health Fair Celebrate 100 Years at Mount Zion Hospital Hellman Building
Celebration of the centennial of the Hellman Building, the first Mount Zion Hospital built from the ground up. The building, state-of-the-art for its time, still stands today and remains dedicated to patient care.
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UC Fundraisers See Promising Signs as Need Rises
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More Bay Area Women Trying Acupuncture to Help Them Have Children
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Mount Zion Anniversary Event on June 18 Celebrates Past, Present and Future
<p>The public is invited to attend a community health fair on June 18, offering opportunities to interact with representatives from many of the great programs and services at UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion and featuring presentations about health, live music and neighborhood food.</p>
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Media Advisory: News Conference 'Physical Toll of PTSD'
A June 23rd NCIRE news conference about growing evidence that post-traumatic stress disorder takes a physical toll.
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The Waits That Matter
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Is South Asian Vegetarian Diet Bad for Immigrants' Hearts?
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Learning Lessons from an HIV Cure
<p>For doctors confronting the AIDS epidemic, past ambitions always boiled down to two main goals: prevention, or finding ways to protect people not yet exposed to HIV, through vaccines, safe sex education or other means; and treatment, or discovering effective drugs and providing them to people with HIV/AIDS, helping them live longer.</p>
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New Kidney Filtration System Could Simplify Dialysis
UCSF researchers have designed a model filtration system that could offer a new approach to treating patients suffering from end-stage renal disease, potentially removing the need for a clinic-based dialysis process altogether.
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FDA Approves Transplant Drug That Preserves Kidneys, Avoids Toxicity
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Head-Shaving Event Draws Crowds, Raises Funds for Cancer Research
<p>In a bold demonstration of support for the many children with cancer they have treated over the years, several UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital doctors, as well as hospital staff and community members, had their heads shaved bald to raise money and awareness for childhood cancer research. </p>
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UCSF Stem Cell, Cancer Scientist Honored for Pioneering Studies
UCSF’s Robert Blelloch, MD, PhD, has received the 2011 Outstanding Young Investigator Award from the International Society for Stem Cell Research, for his pioneering research on the role of molecular tools known as microRNAs in embryonic stem cells and cancer.
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Going Bald To Battle Cancer
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Honey Bee Virus May Be the Cause of Hive Collapse
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UCSF Stem Cell Scientist Wins Young Researcher Award
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Cold Cap Therapy During Chemotherapy Reduces Hair Loss
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Sudden Cardiac Death Subject of Sweeping UCSF Study in San Francisco
A new study by UCSF’s Cardiac Electrophysiology Service seeks to discover for the first time the true causes of sudden cardiac death (SCD), why it is more prevalent in some demographic populations, and whether it is too often inaccurately cited as a cause of death.
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A Dentist Need Not Be a Masked Demon
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Promote Yourself to Chief Executive Officer for Good Health
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13 of the Most Influential Patient Safety Advocates in the United States
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UCSF Researcher Challenges Myth of Elderly Independence
<p>Elena Portacalone, a UCSF PhD candidate in Medical Sociology, has dedicated hours to interviewing elderly residents as part of her ethnographic fieldwork to learn more about the living conditions and quality of life this often neglected – but growing – segment of society.</p>
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The Triumph of New Age Medicine
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Experimental Head Trauma Treatment At SF General Offers Hope
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Notable Nurses
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UCSF Offers Free Dental Screenings to Children in Bayview
<p>Students, residents and faculty from the UCSF School of Dentistry performed dental screenings and applied fluoride varnishes to promote early detection for tooth decay in children in partnership between UCSF, the California State Assembly and the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. </p>
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Heart Attack Death Rates Linked to Ambulance Diversion
Heart attack patients die at a higher rate when their nearest emergency room is so overtaxed that the ambulance transporting them is dispatched to another hospital, according to a new study led by scientists at UCSF.
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Heart Attack Victims Face Greater Risk of Dying When Ambulances Are Diverted
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Ambulance Diversion Strongly Linked with Increased Mortality of Heart Attack Patients, New Study Finds