UCSF to Host Earth Fest, Bike to Work Day on May 13
The UCSF community is invited to learn about ways to protect the planet and live a healthier life during Earth Fest and Bike to Work Day on May 13.
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Join "UC Walks" on May 19
Members of the UCSF community are invited to take a walk on one of several organized treks as part of “UC Walks” day.
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UCSF to Stage Cinco de Mayo Celebration Concerts
The UCSF community is invited to concerts to celebrate Cinco de Mayo on May 5.
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Pharmacy Dean Koda-Kimble's awards hailed in Fresno Bee
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Paleolithic Diet May Help Control Diabetes
To fight the “diseases of civilization,” a Paleolithic diet filled with fruits, vegetables, leafy greens, nuts, fish and lean meat shows early promise -- but imagine no grains, beans or dairy products.
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Five to Perform in UCSF's Got Talent Show Today
Five members of the campus community will take the stage today for “UCSF’s Got Talent” show.
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UCSF transgenic mouse mimics Parkinson's earliest symptoms
UCSF researchers have created the first transgenic mouse to display the earliest signs of Parkinson’s disease using the genetic mutation that is known to accompany human forms of the disease.
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National Health Care Reform Expert to Deliver Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture
The UCSF community is invited to hear Mark McClellan, a national leader and director of the Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform at the Brookings Institution, talk about health care reform on May 6.
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The Optimist: UCSF Chancellor profiled in SF Business Times
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UCSF to Present Medal to Five Individuals to Celebrate Founders Day
A prominent neuroscientist, a global humanitarian relief organizer, a pioneering pediatrician and two supporters of basic biomedical research will receive the UCSF Medal at the 2010 Founders Day banquet tonight.
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Breast cancer prediction study generates national headlines
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Asthma and Ancestry: Heritage, Disease and Drug Response
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UCSF Releases Operational Excellence Work Group Report, Supporting Documents
UCSF has posted the final report on Operational Excellence that the work group submitted to the Chancellor's Executive Cabinet for consideration.
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Alcoholics who stay sober have healthier brain reward systems than those who relapse
In a study of alcoholics who entered treatment for drinking, those who stayed sober for at least one year had the same levels of key biochemical indicators of brain health as non-alcoholic controls at the time they entered treatment. In contrast, the study showed, those who relapsed during that year had significantly lower levels of those indicators.
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MS study suggests key role of environmental factor in the disease
Scientists are reporting what they say is compelling evidence that some powerful non-heritable, environmental factor likely plays a key role in the development of multiple sclerosis.
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Breakthrough method predicts risk of invasive breast cancer
For the first time, scientists have discovered a way to predict whether women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) – the most common form of non-invasive breast cancer – are at risk of developing more invasive tumors in later years.
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Benet Receives Premier Pharmacology Prize, Seventh Honorary Doctorate
Leslie Benet, a professor in the schools of pharmacy and medicine, been honored with the premier prize from the American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics and his seventh honorary doctorate.
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Author of "The Male Brain" to Talk About Her New Book
UCSF’s Louann Brizendine, author of “The Male Brain” and “The Female Brain” will talk at UCSF on April 29.
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UCSF partners with Skype to connect patients with family & friends
UCSF Children’s Hospital and UCSF Medical Center have partnered with Skype to help connect hospital inpatients with family members and friends who are unable to visit in person. The innovative new collaboration is the first such partnership between Skype and a hospital.
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Do patients benefit from more imaging?
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UCSF neurologist explains aneurysm in celebrity patient
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Young Women's Health Leadership Summit Aims to Unleash their Potential
About 250 high school girls gathered recently to hear speeches by local leaders and to discuss issues ranging from teen pregnancy to self esteem.
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Mistrust of science, fear of vaccines
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UCSF brain tumor vaccine helps patients nationwide
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Sports Medicine offers cardiac screenings for teen athletes
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UC to Host Summit on Haiti on April 24
The campus community is invited to develop an action plan to help Haiti rebuild from the devastating earthquake at a student-driven summit at UCSF Mission Bay on April 24.
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UCSF Community Celebrates Expansion of Visitation Rights
Members of the UCSF community are hailing the recent presidential memorandum requiring that hospitals participating in Medicare or Medicaid “may not deny visitation privileges on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability.”
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UCSF to Screen "Tapped" on Earth Day
The UCSF community is invited to watch a screening of “Tapped” today at 6:30 p.m. in Genentech Hall Auditorium at the Mission Bay campus.
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Antibiotic-Resistant Staph Bacterium Reveals its Deadly Secrets
Insight into pneumonia deaths due to antibiotic-resistant <cite>Staphylococcus aureus</cite> infections emerges from UCSF study.
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UCSF Senior Vice Chancellor Issues Budget Update
UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann will host a series of focus groups and a campuswide town hall meeting to get input on the preliminary recommendations from the project known as “Operational Excellence,” according to Senior Vice Chancellor John Plotts. Read the full story on the budget website.