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Higher RN Staffing Levels Improve Patient Outcomes, RWJF Study Finds
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UCSF Pharmacy Dean Gives Update
<p>UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean Mary Anne Koda-Kimble issued an update on the school's accomplishments, faculty awards and other campus news.</p>
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Airport Full-Body Scans Pose Little Radiation Risk for Fliers, Study Finds
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UCTV Video Focuses on Breast Cancer and Environment
<p>On Monday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. UCTV will feature the “The Breast Biologues,” a video that explores links between breast cancer and harmful exposure to environmental contributors to the disease.</p>
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UCSF Offers Special Night at California Academy of Sciences
<p>UCSF and the California Academy of Sciences are offering faculty, staff and students a special night on April 28 to enjoy science, music and food at the popular museum in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.</p>
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Analysis Suggests Cancer Risk of Backscatter Airport Scanners is Low
Calculations by researchers at UCSF and the University of California, Berkeley estimate that the cancer risk associated with one type of airport security scanners is low based on the amount of radiation these devices emit, as long as they are operated and function correctly.
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UC San Francisco, Enloe Join Forces in Fight Against Cancer
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Best New R&D - UCSF Stem Cell Research Building
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Best Financial Finalist - UCSF Neuroscience Building
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ZOMG, the First Annual UCSF Patient Prom is Coming to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital April 15th!
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Six Women, Many Small Steps Toward Breast Cancer Breakthroughs
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Early Interventions Result in High Rates for Breastfeeding at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
<p>UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital ranks number four out of hospitals throughout California based on their rates of exclusive breastfeeding, when the infant only receives breast milk, according to a recent report.</p>
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UCSF to Conduct 2011 Staff Engagement Survey
<p>Beginning March 28, UCSF will survey more than 14,000 staff members to gauge the level in which they are engaged in helping the University achieve its<em> advancing health worldwide</em> mission.</p>
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UCSF, UC Berkeley Join Forces to Advance Frontier of Brain Repair
Neuroscientists and engineers at UCSF and UC Berkeley have joined forces to help pioneer a new frontier of brain repair – the development of devices that would allow patients with such conditions as stroke and spinal cord injury to control prosthetics through thoughts alone.
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Dispelling the Myths Surrounding Cancer Trials
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Hospitalized Teens Prep for First Annual UCSF Prom
<p>Rachel Hale, 16, is planning for prom night, a right of passage that unlike for most of her peers, will take place inside a hospital cafeteria at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital on April 15.</p>
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Radkowski Appointed Director of Contracts & Grants at UCSF
<p>John Radkowski has been appointed as director of the Contracts & Grants in the Division of the Office of Sponsored Research at UCSF.</p>
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Simple Rules for Better Sleep
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UCSF Liver Transplant Team Shares Expertise in Latin America
<p>With low patient mortality, Uruguay’s liver transplantation program is now considered a model throughout Latin America, thanks in part to the UCSF team that shared its expertise in the small South American country since 2007. </p>
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UCSF Team Shows How to Make Skinny Worms Fat and Fat Worms Skinny
Researchers exploring human metabolism at UCSF have uncovered a handful of chemical compounds that regulate fat storage in worms, offering a new tool for understanding obesity and finding future treatments for diseases associated with obesity.
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First Anniversary of Health Care Reform Highlights Increased Interest in Primary Care
<p>One year ago today, (March 23) President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, setting in motion a series of reforms that over the course of four years will grant 32 million more Americans insurance coverage.</p>
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Actress Elizabeth Taylor Dies of Heart Failure
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UCSF to Host Public Hearing as Part of Police Department Reaccreditation Process
<p>Members of the UCSF community and the community at large are invited to a public hearing on April 4 as part of the UCSF Police Department's reaccreditation process with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.</p>
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40% of Gastric Banding Patients Have Complications
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AACR Names Frank McCormick New President-Elect
<p>Cancer research pioneer Frank McCormick has been elected the new president-elect of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the world’s oldest and largest scientific organization focused on preventing and curing cancer. </p>
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How Free Is Your Will?
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UC Suspends Non-Essential Travel to Japan
<p>The University of California is suspending all non-essential travel to Japan by faculty, staff, and students, as recommended by the US Department of State.</p>
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UCSF and Enloe Medical Center in Chico Form Cancer Care Partnership
The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Enloe Medical Center in Chico have joined forces, forming an affiliation of cancer programs to enhance patient care and improve access to top level medical experts.
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Dr. Ephraim Engleman going strong at age 100