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Archive: Is South Asian Vegetarian Diet Bad for Immigrants' Hearts?
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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>
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Archive: FDA Approves Transplant Drug That Preserves Kidneys, Avoids Toxicity
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Archive: Going Bald To Battle Cancer
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Archive: Honey Bee Virus May Be the Cause of Hive Collapse
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Archive: 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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Archive: UCSF Stem Cell Scientist Wins Young Researcher Award
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Archive: Cold Cap Therapy During Chemotherapy Reduces Hair Loss
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Archive: 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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Archive: A Dentist Need Not Be a Masked Demon
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Archive: 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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Archive: Promote Yourself to Chief Executive Officer for Good Health
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Archive: 13 of the Most Influential Patient Safety Advocates in the United States
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Archive: 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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Archive: The Triumph of New Age Medicine
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Archive: Experimental Head Trauma Treatment At SF General Offers Hope
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Archive: Notable Nurses
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Archive: 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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Archive: 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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Archive: Heart Attack Victims Face Greater Risk of Dying When Ambulances Are Diverted
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Archive: Ambulance Diversion Strongly Linked with Increased Mortality of Heart Attack Patients, New Study Finds
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Archive: Ambulance Traffic Could Decide Life Or Death
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Archive: Wounded Congresswoman Doing Well, Has a Long Way to Go
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Archive: Letter to the Editor: Feeding a Growing World Population
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Archive: Interior Greenbelt Park at Top of Mt. Sutro Open
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Archive: Premature Aging Seen As Issue For AIDS Survivors
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Archive: Corte Madera Neurologist, Stricken by Deadly Disease He Studied at UCSF, Focuses on Living Life to the Fullest
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Archive: Sleep Might Help You Solve Problems Better
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Archive: UCSF School of Dentistry Hosts Inaugural Global Oral Health Symposium
<p>The UCSF School of Dentistry recently established the Global Oral Health program, whose members hosted an inaugural symposium on May 23. Leaders of major health initiatives from around the world participated.</p>