• June 20, 2011

Archive: A Genetic Factor is Linked to Long-Term Success of Leg Bypass Surgery

Outcomes of bypass surgery to repair blocked arteries in the legs tend to be better in the roughly one-in-five people who have inherited a specific genetic variation from both parents, according to a study presented at the late-breaking clinical trials session of the Vascular Annual Meeting in Chicago on June 18, 2011.

• June 20, 2011

Archive: UCSF Nurse Calls Attention to Indoor Air Pollution in Guatemala

<p>UCSF family practice nurse Lisa Thompson is calling attention to the dangers of rustic stoves – which use biomass fuels such as wood, coal, animal dung and crop residue – and result in harmful pollutants adversely affecting people in developing countries.</p>

• June 20, 2011

Archive: Research Faculty Asked to Rate Pre-Award Services in Emailed Survey

• June 17, 2011

Archive: New Website Answers What Works in Global Health

<p>A team of researchers at UCSF and the Kaiser Family Foundation has launched a new web portal this month that summarizes findings for a range of prevention and treatment interventions designed to reduce the risk of death and disease in the developing world.</p>

• June 17, 2011

Archive: U.S. Medicaid Drug Lists Cost More, Deliver Less

The U.S. Medicaid program is likely paying far more than necessary for medications and not offering patients the most effective ones available, by ignoring international evidence-based lists of safe and effective medications, according to a new study by researchers at UCSF.

• UCSF News
• June 17, 2011

Archive: 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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• June 16, 2011

Archive: 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>

• June 16, 2011

Archive: 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.

• June 16, 2011

Archive: 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.