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Archive: UCSF Medical Center named a top 10 hospital nationwide for tenth consecutive year
UCSF Medical Center ranks among the nation’s top 10 premier hospitals for the tenth consecutive year and is the best in Northern California, according to the new 2010-2011 America’s Best Hospitals survey conducted by <i>U.S. News & World Report</i>.
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Archive: UCSF links with CalPERS, Blue Shield on pharmacy program
A diabetes-care program designed by clinical pharmacy faculty in the UCSF School of Pharmacy Center for Self-Care has just launched in Northern California as a service for members of the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) with Blue Shield health coverage.
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Archive: Miaskowski First Nurse Scientist to Receive ACS Clinical Research Professorship
UCSF’s Christine Miaskowski is the first nurse scientist to be named American Cancer Society (ACS) Clinical Research Professor.
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Archive: UCSF Kenyan AIDS effort serves as model in Africa
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Archive: Brain fitness program study reveals visual memory improvement in older adults
A commercial brain fitness program has been shown to improve memory in older adults, at least in the period soon after training. The findings are the first to show that practicing simple visual tasks can improve the accuracy of short-term, or “working” visual memory.
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Archive: UCSF Launches Doctoral Program in Epidemiology & Translational Science
UCSF is accepting applications up to August 1 for the kick-off of a new Doctoral Program in Epidemiology and Translational Science this fall.
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Archive: UCSF experts comment on whooping cough epidemic
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Archive: UCSF Nobel Laureate Is Sworn in as Head of the National Cancer Institute
Harold Varmus, MD, who was a UCSF faculty member for more than two decades, was sworn into office on Monday, July 12, as the new director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), one of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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Archive: Telomere trial will tell women their cellular age
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Archive: Debas to Step Down as Executive Director of Global Health Sciences
Longtime UCSF leader Haile Debas will step down as executive director of UCSF Global Health Sciences to devote more energy to important strategic initiatives.
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Archive: Tobacco industry funding delayed data on heart study
Early tobacco industry funding of the Framingham Heart Study delayed findings that eventually identified smoking as a major risk factor for heart disease, according to a UCSF analysis.
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Archive: NEJM Editorial cites toll of disparity on chronic disease
The heavy burden of hunger in the United States helps explain why the poor are at higher risk for obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes, according to an editorial in the July 1 <i>New England Journal of Medicine</i> co-authored by two UCSF faculty members.
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Archive: Reframing Alzheimer's: Book Helps Deepen Understanding of Memory Loss
A recent book by UCSF sociologist Patrick Fox, PhD, helps us understand a patient’s perspective in Alzheimer’s disease.
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Archive: Weight loss reduces hot flashes in overweight and obese women
A new study shows that overweight and obese women who suffer from hot flashes can reduce the severity of their hot flashes if they lose weight through diet or exercise.
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Archive: Ryan Hernandez joins Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
New UCSF Faculty, July 2010
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Archive: Two Working Women Find Fulfillment in Creating Art
In what’s believed to be the first-ever staff-faculty team art show, Nannette Nemenzo and Mary-Ann Shafer’s works are displayed at the UCSF Faculty Alumni House through August.
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Archive: Final Days to Sign Up for AIDS Walk San Francisco
Time is running out to register or raise money for the annual walk on July 18 which benefits HIV/AIDS organizations serving six Bay Area counties.
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Archive: Genetic ancestry data improve diagnosis in asthma and lung disease
Americans with lung disease may face a far greater level of lung damage than either they or their doctor suspect, depending on their individual genetic heritage, according to a study released July 7. The research implications range from diagnosing the severity of asthma to disability decisions or eligibility for lung transplants, researchers say.
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Archive: Martin to Receive National Excellence in Science Award
Gail Martin, whose first-in-field discoveries are well known by developmental biologists around the world, has been named to receive the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2011 Excellence in Science Award.
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Archive: Anxiety linked to increased cardiac risk in heart disease patients
Heart disease patients with anxiety disorder were significantly more likely to experience stroke, heart failure, heart attack, transient ischemic attack (mini-stroke), or death than heart disease patients without anxiety, in a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
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Archive: Cocoa flavanols improve vascular and blood pressure measures for coronary artery disease patients
A new study by UCSF cardiologists and researchers found that high concentrations of cocoa flavanols decrease blood pressure, improve the health of blood vessels and increase the number of circulating angiogenic cells in patients with heart disease. The findings indicate that foods rich in flavanols – such as cocoa products, tea, wine, and various fruits and vegetables – have a cardio-protective benefit for heart disease patients.
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Archive: Stem Cell Enthusiasts Tour New Parnassus Heights Research Building
UCSF offered a peek of the $123-million stem cell research facility – the first research building being constructed on the Parnassus campus in 40 years.
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Archive: Deficit in body fat from early HIV drugs persists years later
HIV-infected patients who lost subcutaneous fat as a result of taking first-generation antiretroviral drugs still had strikingly less body fat than non-infected controls five years after switching to newer medications, according to a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
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Archive: Antibiotic Use Boosts Risk of Infection with Clostridium Bacteria
Antibiotic-resistant Staph infection is not the only emerging bacterial threat. Now a different bug -- Clostridium difficile -- is gaining strength.
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Archive: Colleagues Fondly Remember Andrew Boettcher
Friends and colleagues are fondly remembering Andrew Boettcher, a longtime UCSF Public Affairs designer who died recently in his San Francisco home.
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Archive: Senior Vice Chancellor Issues Update on Budget, "Operational Excellence" Initiatives
John Plotts, senior vice chancellor of Finance and Administration, today issued an update on the budget for fiscal year 2010-2011 and initiatives to achieve “Operational Excellence.”
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Archive: King Named Secretary-Treasurer of American Board of Internal Medicine
Talmadge King, Jr., chair of the Department of Medicine, has been named secretary-treasurer of the American Board of Internal Medicine’s board of directors.
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Archive: Yamamoto Presents "New Biology" Report to Congressional Committee
UCSF's Keith Yamamoto, who has been a national advocate for innovative scientific research and training, on Tuesday presented plans for a bold, new biology initiative to produce food and biofuels sustainably, monitor and restore ecosystems, and improve human health.
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Archive: UCSF Program Cultivates Sense of Community Engagement
Playing soccer with kids in the Western Addition is one of the ways Chief Pediatric Resident Sonny Tat works to improve public health as part of the University Community Partnership program.