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Dogged Drug Company and FDA Critic Delivers UCSF Health Policy Talk
During a recent lecture at UCSF, outspoken public health activist Sidney Wolfe, MD, recounted his 40-plus years as a thorn in the side of the pharmaceutical industry and federal drug regulators.
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UCSF/SFGH Staph 'Sleuth' Receives French Legion of Honor Award
Microbiologist Francoise Perdreau-Remington, PhD, has received France’s highest civilian award for her work in identifying, mapping and tracking drug-resistant staph infections.
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Effective mentoring critical to HIV/AIDS research efforts
An innovative mentoring program at the UCSF-Gladstone Institute for Virology and Immunology Center for AIDS Research is providing vital support for the development of the next generation of HIV/AIDS researchers and clinician scientists.
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American Society for Microbiology Prize Goes to DeRisi
Joseph DeRisi, inventor of the ViroChip, a microarray that is used to detect every known virus and helps researchers identify and describe unknown viruses, will receive the Eli Lilly and Company Research Award from the American Society for Microbiology in May.
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HIV and Organ Transplants Can Coexist, UCSF Research Shows
Ongoing research by UCSF doctors refutes conventional wisdom and offers good news to many HIV-infected patients at risk of organ failure.
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UCSF Hosts Body Image Awareness Week
UCSF Student Health Services and the Center for Gender Equity, among several departments, are co-sponsoring Body Image Awareness Week from Feb. 23 to Feb. 27.
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New Orthopedic Trauma Facility Brings Research, Training and Patient Care Under One Roof
The new Orthopaedic Trauma Institute at San Francisco General Hospital will allow UCSF physicians and surgeons to continue providing world-class treatment, but in a space that allows for greater interaction and collaboration among doctors, researchers and support staff.
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UCSF Gallo study finds hormone disorder drug could help drinkers stay sober
A drug prescribed for male and female infertility and menstrual disorders could hold the key to a more effective treatment for alcoholism, according to a study by researchers at the UCSF-affiliated Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center.
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State Budget Contains $115 Million in New Cuts for UC, Stretches Budget Challenge to $450 Million
The state budget adopted by the Legislature and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for the rest of 2008-09 and the 2009-10 fiscal year contains $115 million in new permanent funding reductions for the University of California system and, by virtue of other growing costs not addressed in the budget, extends the university's total immediate state budget challenge to $450 million.
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UCSF Children's Hospital doctors featured in KTVU-TV story on immune disorder
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Transportation Services Demystifies Pretax Transit Benefits
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that was signed into law this week by President Barack Obama includes an increase that allows UCSF employees to take money out of their paycheck now, before taxes are deducted, to pay for transportation.
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UCSF Students Offer Health Services, Counseling to Custodial Staff
The first-of-its-kind event “Healthy Hearts, Healthy Smiles” offered health services and counseling to UCSF’s nighttime custodial staff, while also giving students from different programs a chance to learn from one another.
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UCSF Researchers Hope for Hearty Portion of New NIH Funds
An additional $10 billion for the NIH under the economic stimulus package could breathe new life into stalled UCSF projects in areas such as stem cell research and brain function, researchers say.
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UCSF Celebrates Black History Month (pdf)
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Medical Center Seeks Feedback on Primary Care Services
UCSF Medical Center is seeking employees to serve on a focus group to talk about its primary care services.
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Iraqi Boy Hears First Sounds After Cochlear Implant Surgery
A month after surgery at UCSF Medical Center, doctors activated 3-year-old Mustafa Ghazwan’s cochlear implant, allowing him to hear for the first time in nearly two years.
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UCSF Center to Host Symposium on Tobacco Research and Education
The campus community is invited on Friday to a symposium in the Health Sciences West building on the Parnassus campus about advances in tobacco control.
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UCSF to Host LGBT Health Forum for Graduate Students
More than 150 students from most of California’s graduate health schools will gather at UCSF next week for a groundbreaking LGBT health forum.
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Statins pay off on a health-policy level, UCSF study finds
Current guidelines for when to prescribe popular cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins would produce cost-effective results and would save thousands of lives every year if they were followed more closely by physicians and patients, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Outspoken Public Health Advocate to Deliver Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture
The campus community is invited to the next Chancellor’s Health Policy Lecture on Feb. 24 featuring Sidney Wolfe, an outspoken critic of the FDA and pharmaceutical industry.
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Children's Hospital Patients Make Movies Between Treatments
Weekly visits by the San Francisco nonprofit group BayKids offer young UCSF patients the chance to write, direct and star in their own short films.
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News Briefing: Cochlear implant test for Iraqi boy who underwent surgery to restore his hearing
A 3-year-old Iraqi boy who underwent surgery at UCSF Medical Center last month to restore his hearing will have his hearing tested on February 17.
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New Gene Therapy Technique for Alzheimer's and Other Brain Disorders
To treat neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, UCSF researchers have developed a new strategy for delivering gene therapy to the brain cells that stand to benefit most.
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A Key to New Neuron Birth in the Young Brain
Different cell types in the brain are vulnerable in different degenerative brain diseases – Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and multiple sclerosis, for instance.
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UCSF Center Tackles Issues Surrounding Customized Health Care
The new Center for Translational and Policy Research on Personalized Medicine will examine the potential benefits and pitfalls as medical care moves beyond the one-size-fits-all approach.
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UCSF symposium considers biomedical approaches to HIV/AIDS prevention
New and emerging biomedical approaches to HIV/AIDS prevention will be the focus of a daylong symposium on February 24 sponsored by the UCSF-Gladstone Institute for Virology and Immunology Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies.
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Aggressive Treatment, Fighting Spirit Help UCSF Cancer Patient Beat the Odds
Years after being told she had six months to live, metastatic cancer patient Lori Nichols says she feels “wonderful,” thanks in part to a treatment regimen that combines traditional therapies with cutting-edge innovations.
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UC President Names Pitts Interim UC Provost
Lawrence Pitts, 68, a longtime UC faculty member, past chair of the UC Academic Senate and professor of neurosurgery at UCSF, was named as interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs of the UC system.
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Cancer Drug Cost May Be Unbearable, Even for Insured
Cancer doctors may be writing the prescriptions for new generations of drugs, but some financially hard-pressed patients are not having those prescriptions filled.