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Boosting the level of a specific brain protein quickly cut excessive drinking of alcohol in a new animal study, and also prevented relapse -- the common tendency found in sober alcoholics to easily return to heavy drinking after just one glass.
Help for headaches starts with you...
With the obesity epidemic now firmly established as the health crisis du jour, I don’t want to be accused of piling on. But I could not let pass this BBC News health story posted in mid-May, which seems to transform an interesting point into mean-spiritedness, not to mention point the finger in the wrong direction.
You may not be what you eat after all. A new study shows that increased eating does not necessarily lead to increased fat. The finding in the much-studied roundworm opens the possibility of identifying new targets for drugs to control weight, the researchers say.
Plan your death like you would your life or risk a living death instead...
Cells in tumors vary. Scientists wonder whether treatments often fail to kill a persistent type of cancerous cell. The goal now is to understand and target these "cancer stem cells."
Members of the public are invited to attend a live dramatic reading of letters written by adults coping with life-threatening illnesses and their healthy teenage pen pals at the annual Firefly Project Adaptation on Wednesday, June 4.
The University of California San Francisco is alerting a group of patients that it has discovered a security breach involving a computer that held personal patient information.
A gadfly with giant wings, UCSF’s Stan Glantz, PhD, knows how to cause a stir.
While it’s unlikely to match the size of the audience watching the <cite>American Idol</cite> finale, a presidential debate on science has won the endorsement of 85 percent of Americans, according to a poll commissioned by Research!America and ScienceDebate2008.com. Health care, climate change and energy top the list of topics preferred by poll respondents.
Clinical researchers from the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center will present new research findings during the 44th American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, taking place in Chicago May 30-June 3.
Disability rights advocate Nat Gleason, one of UCSF’s 146 new physicians, received the Gold-Headed Cane Award during the School of Medicine commencement ceremonies.v
The UCSF Faculty Mentoring Program Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award will be presented to longtime UCSF Professor Philip Hopewell on May 28.
Starting life in a dish requires all the right ingredients...
Dean Schillinger, who has helped improve doctor-patient communication at the UCSF-affiliated San Francisco General Hospital, has been recognized with a national award.
UCSF today is kicking off a program designed to get faculty, staff, students and trainees on their feet as part of new wellness initiatives.
Tieraona Low Dog, MD, offers insight into creating healthy lives for kids.
I like stories with plots and science with pictures.
UCSF is closer to realizing its vision to create a new, patient-focused medical center at Mission Bay.
We learn to see with our eyes still closed...