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What’s Changed and What Hasn’t Since the End of California’s COVID Lockdown
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Screening and Removal of Precancerous Lesions Prevents Anal Cancer
In a groundbreaking finding, a new study led by UCSF found that routine screening for and removal of precancerous anal lesions can significantly reduce the risk of anal cancer, similar to the way cervical cancer is prevented in women.
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UCSF Dermatologist Inaugurated as American Medical Association President
Jack S. Resneck Jr., MD, was inaugurated today as the 177th president of the American Medical Association (AMA). Resneck is a dermatologist, professor and vice-chair of the Department of Dermatology at UCSF.
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A Brain Tumor Patient Celebrates Survival
When Cheryl Broyles was diagnosed with glioblastoma, her goal was to outlive the disease’s 15-month prognosis. That was 22 years ago. Broyles’ survival has been the result of luck, tumor location, and cutting-edge treatment and diagnostics.
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3-D Mammography Technique Benefits Some Women, Not All
For many women, breast cancer screening with a three-dimensional imaging technique called digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) may not offer advantages over digital mammography, but for some it may reduce the chance of an advanced cancer diagnosis, according to a new JAMA study.
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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Rank Among the Best for 2022-23
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals have been recognized among the nation’s best pediatric medical centers in all 10 specialties assessed in U.S. News & World Report's Best Children’s Hospitals 2022-23, reflecting the caliber of specialty care the hospitals provide.
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Why Do Some People Never Test Positive for COVID, Even After Exposure and Symptoms?
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The Bandaged Place: From AIDS to COVID and Racial Justice
This award-winning documentary explores grief, rage, and identity through the stories of three men, all Asian American artists, including producer, director, and UCSF resident alum Ravi Chandra, MD.
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Why Cope When You Can Heal? How Healthcare Heroes of COVID-19 Can Recover from PTSD
Diana Hendel, PharmD ’89, and psychiatrist Mark Goulston, MD, share empathetic advice and tangible tools in this guide for health care professionals and leaders. Hendel’s perspective on trauma and healing stems from her journey leading a hospital through the aftermath of a deadly workplace shooting.
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As Prescribed
This weekly podcast features conversations with UCSF luminaries on breaking research ranging from sleep genetics to screen time for kids to COVID surges.
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Five Questions for UCSF Health’s New President & CEO
Suresh Gunasekaran, MBA, recently assumed the helm of UCSF Health, which includes about 18,000 staff and physicians; it admits 41,000 patients and handles more than 2.5 million outpatient visits yearly.
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Helen Mo, DMD, MS ’19, Resident Alum: Caring for kids who can’t tolerate dentist visits
Patience and kindness: Those are watchwords for Helen Mo, DMD, MS ’19, resident alum, who treats children with special health care needs.
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Cleavon Gilman, MD ’16: Harnessing Twitter to share about COVID’s dangers
ER physician Cleavon Gilman fought – and won – battles against poverty, a speech defect, and Iraq War horrors. He wasn’t going to let COVID beat him.
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Finding a Mooring in My Values
A personal essay about finding joy amid the uncertainty of cancer.
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Envisioning the Operating Room of the Future
Glimpse the technologies that will catapult neurosurgery to the next level of precision.
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The Case of the Curious Clots
A less meticulous physician might have mistaken the man’s complaints for run-of-the-mill vascular disease. Not UCSF resident Ori Lieberman.
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Can You Buy Your Way to Better Health with Detoxing?
Companies claim there’s bad stuff in our homes and bodies, and we should pay to purge it. What’s worth worrying over?
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Nurses Needed Now
A nursing shortage is hammering hospitals everywhere. Nursing leader Gina Intinarelli-Shuler, PhD ’13, RN, shares how UCSF is handling the challenge.
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Get Back in the Game
UCSF sports medicine experts share their savvy on how to overcome injuries and stay active for life.
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Training the Eye to See Disease On Dark Skin
Most dermatologists aren’t adequately taught to treat patients of color. UCSF’s Jenna Lester wants to fix that.
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Preparing for a Post-Roe America
What happens once abortion is illegal in half the country?
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The Nobel-Winning Discoveries Illuminating How We Sense the World
How David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian found the molecules in our bodies that sense heat, cold, touch, and pain – and transformed sensory neuroscience.
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The Most Important Study in the Abortion Debate
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UCSF to Return to Golden Gate Park to Raise Funds in AIDS Walk San Francisco
After two years of participating in mostly virtual events due to the pandemic, UCSF is rallying its community to come together in Golden Gate Park for AIDS Walk San Francisco on July 17 to raise funds for programs and services that benefit people of the Bay Area.
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Amid Global Shortage, Study Shows How to Cut Contrast Dye Use 83%
As a worldwide shortage of contrast dye for medical imaging continues, a new UCSF research letter in JAMA quantified strategies to safely reduce dye use in computed tomography (CT) by up to 83%. CT is the most common use for the dye.
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Some Patients with Lung Disease Fare Worse Than Others. Could Sleep Explain It?
A study led by UCSF researchers shows that insufficient or interrupted sleep may have more of an impact than smoking history in patients with a progressive lung disease.
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Monkeypox Symptoms and Rash: What To Look Out for as Cases Crop Up Around World
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‘80 Over 80’ Is New Project by UCSF Doctor Who Wants People To Celebrate Getting Older
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How Adoption Agencies Are Responding To Potential Overturning of Roe v. Wade