• UCSF News
• June 23, 2011

Archive: The March Continues: UCSF Takes Lead in 25th Annual AIDS Walk San Francisco

<p>In advance of the upcoming AIDS Walk San Francisco, UCSF will host a free public screening of a documentary depicting the emergence of the epidemic at San Francisco General Hospital and a talk by UCSF's Jay Levy, co-discoverer of HIV as the cause of AIDS, on June 29.</p>

• June 22, 2011

Archive: UCSF Medical Students Create Free Medical Translation App, Conquering Language Barriers to Patient Care

<p>What started as a 2 a.m. conversation over coffee between two fourth-year medical students, ended with the development of a free mobile medical translation application with the potential to profoundly impact patient care worldwide that has more than 8,000 downloads to date on iTunes.</p>

• 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: 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: 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>

• 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.

• 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.