"Our bodies ourselves" author to discuss media and women's health
Women's health pioneer Judy Norsigian will speak on the media's impact on women's health, during a lunchtime talk on Tuesday, June 5.
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UCSF to Host Women's Forum on Staff Career Advancement
The campus community is invited to share their thoughts on the advancement of women staff at UC on June 25.
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Detecting cold, feeling pain: Study reveals why menthol feels fresh
Scientists have identified the receptor in cells of the peripheral nervous system that is most responsible for the body's ability to sense cold.
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Make-a-wish recipient donates robot
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Policy changes have direct effect on nursing home care
States that set high staffing standards for elder care in nursing homes are the only ones that come close to having enough staff nurses to prevent serious safety violations, according to a new study by a professor in the UCSF School of Nursing.
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Benefits and Risks of New Radiotherapies in Children
Thanks to rarely talked-about recent advances in radiation treatments, young children are surviving cancers that would have been incurable a decade ago. One strategy that is helping to boost survival is radiation treatment provided at the time of surgery. UCSF and fewer than a dozen other medical centers nationwide are at the forefront in advancing this mode of treatment, called intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT).
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Women and Heart Disease - A UCSF Doctor Discusses the Symptoms, Solutions and Best Food Choices
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Discover: Cynthia Kenyon and Anti-Aging Genes
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Julius Wins Two Major Science Prizes
David Julius, professor and chair of the Department of Physiology at UCSF, has won two awards for his work on the molecular understanding of how humans sense temperature.
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Why Old Brains Never Die: A Conversation with UCSF Neuroscientist Michael Merzenich
Keeping an old brain young takes a jolt of novelty and a hunger for change...
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AIDS LifeCycle Training Shows Technician He Can Do Anything
UCSF's Kerwin Alexander will be among those pedaling the 585-mile AIDS LifeCycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles next month.
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UCSF Celebrates Opening of Jeffrey Modell Center for Primary Immunodeficiency
UCSF opened the Jeffrey Modell Foundation Diagnostic Center, one of the few centers of its kind in the world.
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Campus Honors Exemplary Service at Founders Day Luncheon
Faculty, staff and students were recognized for their outstanding efforts at UCSF and in the community at the annual Founders Day Luncheon on May 11.
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House Veterans' Affairs Committee PTSD Symposium
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UCSF announces new child, adolescent mental health center that will serve as national model for growing crisis in youth services
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has received one of the largest single donations ever given to an American university for child and adolescent mental health services
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The Pritzker Center at UCSF Launched
UCSF has announced that a $25 million donation, one of the largest ever given to an American university for child and adolescent mental health services, will jump-start the creation of a comprehensive program dedicated to improving the emotional well-being of Bay Area youths, regardless of socioeconomic status.
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Impact of the Iraq War
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Science, Ethics and Censorship
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AHVC Celebrates First Anniversary
The UCSF Asian Heart and Vascular Center (AHVC) celebrated its first year of Asian-focused care, outreach and education recently during a celebration at UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion.
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Combination Malaria Therapy Effective in Treating African Children
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Cracking Code of Rare Disorder May Aid MS Fight
A UCSF geneticist recently identified a gene that triggers a rare disorder resembling multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Using Magnets to Perform Delicate Procedures
More than 20 years ago, UCSF pioneered cardiac ablation surgery to help patients with erratic heartbeats by zapping their hearts. Now they've opened an impressive new high-tech surgery suite to improve this surgery.
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CFAR to Host Mentoring Research Symposium
The campus community is invited to attend the Second Annual Mentoring Research Symposium on May 24 and 25 at the J. David Gladstone Institutes.
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Battling Hospital-Acquired Infections
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UCSF Researchers Engineer Cells to Change Shape and Movement
Scientists have carried out a bioengineering feat that advances the possibility of "reassembling" and reprogramming living cells to serve as mini-robots in the body to treat disease.
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UCSF Teams Rally Walkers for AIDS Walk San Francisco
Artists to design the UCSF event T-shirt and walkers are sought for San Francisco AIDS Walk on July 15.
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Breastfeeding, Brain Development and Chemical Poisons: Neuroscientist Michael Merzenich
Are chemical poisons concentrated in breast milk behind the rise in autism?
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AIDS/LifeCycle Rider Shares Personal Reason for Pedaling
UCSF's Shannon Webb says she's empowered to make a difference in the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS.
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UCSF sponsors special college planning event on June 9
Eighth-grade students and their parents are invited to a special college planning workshop and fair sponsored by UCSF on Saturday, June 9. All Bay Area families are invited to this free event.
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UC Regents Approve Fundraising Campaign for UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay
The UC Board of Regents today approved a proposed fundraising campaign to raise at least $500 million toward the development of the first phase of UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay.