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Discovering a Seizure-Free Life with Help from 3-D ‘Heat Map’ Technology
For 29 years, Rashetta Higgins was wracked by epileptic seizures. UCSF neurologists used a pioneering imaging technique to spot what was triggering them and then removed that region from her brain. Now Rashetta is living a seizure-free life.
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UCSF Shares Progress for Community Benefits in First MOU Report
UCSF issued its first annual report on progress made in implementing the community benefits outlined in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) established by UCSF and the City and County of San Francisco as the University revitalizes its historic Parnassus Heights campus.
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Death on the Streets
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How the Discovery of an Alzheimer’s Tipping Point Could Improve Drug Trials
In a study, UCSF neurologist William Seeley, MD, and colleagues identified two key moments in the natural history of Alzheimer’s, pointing to a window of opportunity for treatment with amyloid-lowering drugs.
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Talk on the Secrets of Fruit-Eating Mammals Wins 2022 UCSF Grad Slam
Wei Gordon was among nine finalists in the sixth annual UCSF Grad Slam, held March 31 – after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic – competing to inform and entertain with three-minute talks based on their own research.
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Meet Three of the Women Behind an Indigenous Land Back Effort to Reclaim an SF Peninsula Farm
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UCSF Celebrates 1,000th Lung Transplant Since Program Began in 1991
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Genomic Sequencing Is Changing Diagnosis, Treatment for Patients with Brain Cancer
Brain tumor patients survived longer when treated aggressively with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Now, a UCSF study underscores the critical role of genomic profiling in diagnosing and grading brain tumors.
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VP Harris Visits UCSF to Support Black Maternal Health
Vice President Kamala Harris visited UCSF April 21 to help draw attention to the critical need for addressing disparities nationwide in health care for Black people during pregnancy.
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VP Kamala Harris Decries U.S. Maternal Health Care Crisis in S.F. Visit, Praises UCSF Program
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Gender-affirming Care, a ‘Crucial’ Process for Thousands of Young People in America
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Scientists Find No Benefit to Time-Restricted Eating
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Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation Produces Similar Results as In-Person Treatment
In a recent study, UCSF researchers looked at the efficacy of hybrid and virtual delivery of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). They found that virtual and hybrid CR services produced similar improvements in patient function as in-person CR.
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With Autism Numbers Rising, How Best to Provide Support?
Recently released data from the Centers for Disease Control show childhood autism rates are at their highest level since the CDC began tracking data in 2000.
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2 Siblings Get 2 Kidney Transplants in Less Than 24 Hours at UCSF
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Cross-Racial Study of 1.87M Vets Shows Wide Disparities in Dementia
This study is believed to be the first to report the rate of dementia in Native Americans using a nationwide sample, the researchers stated in their paper.
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School Segregation Harms Black Children’s Health, Well-Being
Black youth who attend racially segregated schools are more likely to have behavior problems and to drink alcohol than Black youth in less segregated schools, according to a UCSF study published in Pediatrics.
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Molecular Profiling Advances Diagnosis, Treatment of Skin Diseases
Skin diseases both common and rare can be better diagnosed and treated using genetic fingerprinting based on knowledge gained through a new UCSF study, according to researchers who developed new approaches for using the latest techniques to analyze gene activity in cells obtained from affected skin.
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The World Health Organization Approves a New Polio Vaccine for Emergency Use
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Your Mental Health May Impact Your Chances of Breakthrough COVID
A new UCSF-led study showed that people who are vaccinated against COVID-19, and have a history of certain psychiatric conditions, have a heightened risk of infection – a finding that may be related to impaired immune response.
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48% of Young Adults Struggled with Mental Health in Mid-2021
About half of young adults had mental health symptoms during the pandemic and more than a third of those were unable to access mental health therapy, a new UC San Francisco study found.
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UCSF Health Named 2022 LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader
The Healthcare Equality Index recognizes health care facilities for their dedication to inclusive policies and care for LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and employees.
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Psilocybin Spurs Brain Activity in Patients With Depression, Small Study Shows
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After Accusations of Structural Racism at JAMA, a Black Health-Equity Advocate Is Named the Journal’s Editor
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Psilocybin Rewires the Brain for People with Depression
Scientists at UC San Francisco and Imperial College London found that psilocybin fosters greater connections between different regions of the brain in depressed people, freeing them up from long-held patterns of rumination and excessive self-focus.
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Police Officers Say They’re Overdosing From Fentanyl Exposure. What’s Really Going On?
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Prostate Cancer Disparities, Drugging the Undruggable Among Cancer Conference Talks
Leading UCSF cancer researchers will present at this year’s annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research conference, held April 8-13, 2022, in New Orleans, on topics such as updates on cancer’s environmental factors, targetable protein interactions, and effects on immune metabolism.
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UCSF to Conduct 2022 Staff Engagement Survey
Campus and UCSF Health staff members will have the opportunity to share candid feedback about their work at UCSF by completing the short, confidential survey, administered by Gallup.
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UCSF Deploys Innovative Data System to Integrate Research and Care
UCSF, in collaboration with the Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative (QLHC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has developed the OneSource system to seamlessly integrate clinical care and research data.
