Alcoholism: Vice or Disease? A Conversation with Howard Fields, Part 2 of 3
Does the brain treat alcohol like a food? If so, UCSF neuroscientist Howard Fields wonders why alcoholics don't get full...
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Low education predicts lower quality of life for prostate cancer patients
Non-high school graduates especially at risk for lower quality of life after prostate cancer treatment
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Students to Welcome Assemblyman Leno in First-ever Event
California State Assemblyman Mark Leno will address key issues relating to health care when he visits UCSF on April 20 during the first event of its kind to boost UCSF student political involvement.
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UCSF pain center named center of excellence by national society
The UCSF Pain Management Center and UCSF Pain Center for Advanced Research and Education have been honored jointly as one of six centers of excellence nationwide by the American Pain Society. They are the only award recipients located west of the Mississippi.
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UCSF events for May 2007
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UCSF Launches Online Ethics Training
All UCSF employees are required to take an online ethics briefing, which takes about 30 minutes to complete.
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Community Leaders Join UCSF Asian Heart and Vascular Center Advisory Cabinet
Four members of the community will help shape the future of the UCSF Asian Heart and Vascular Center at Mount Zion.
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UCSF's Kriegstein Discusses Stem Cell Research Bills Debated by U.S. Senate
Two separate bills that would subsidize stem cell research are in Senate debate this week. The White House says President Bush will veto a bill supporting research that destroys viable human embryos. An alternative bill, one supported by the White House, would fund stem cell research on fertilized embryos that are no longer capable of full development.
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Chance of hysterectomy predicted by multi-year study
A woman's chance of undergoing a hysterectomy can now be accurately predicted, according to new UCSF study findings.
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Neuropsychiatrist Explains Why Female Brains Are Different
Pioneering neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine explains the latest findings on the differences between male and female brains.
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View from the Bay: The Female Brain at Menopause
On <i>View from the Bay</i>, Louanne Brizendine, MD, neuropsychiatrist and founder of the UCSF Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic, discusses how hormones and the environment go hand in hand, and the effects they can have on relationships.
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View from the Bay: Be Beautiful at Any Age!
Would you have the courage and the confidence to pose nude after age 50? Two Bay Area women did, as part of a national advertising campaign.
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Third Street Light Rail Begins Full Service
The new T-Third Street Light Rail begins full services Saturday, which warrants some changes to the UCSF shuttle routes.
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New Osher Lifelong Learning Classes for the public begin at UCSF
The public is invited to join the world's leading experts in medicine and the health sciences at the spring quarter of UCSF's Mini Medical School, presented by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UCSF.
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UC Faculty Associates Meet at Mission Bay
More than 100 members of the UC Faculty Associates heard about advances in medicine and toured UCSF Mission Bay recently.
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Glucose triggers brain cell death in rats after hypoglycemic coma
Brain damage that was thought to be caused by hypoglycemic coma actually occurs when glucose is administered to treat the coma, according to a study in rodents led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
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New Exhibit Opens at UCSF Faculty/Alumni House
Local artist Bob Ankers shows his sense of humor and flair for food in a new exhibit opening at the UCSF Faculty/Alumni House.
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UCSF Establishes Identity Theft Website, Hotline
UCSF has established a website and hotline number for those seeking more information about concerns over identity theft.
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UCSF reports possible compromise in UCSF reports possible compromise in computer security
UCSF is notifying students, faculty, and staff that their personal information may have been accessed by an unauthorized party due to a possible compromise in security of a computer server. The server did not contain any patient names or patient information.
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New UCSF Hospital Complex Planned at Mission Bay
In May, the UC Board of Regents is expected to give UCSF Medical Center the approval to begin fundraising for its new hospital at Mission Bay, scheduled to open in 2013. The $1.2 billion hospital complex, part of the UCSF Medical Center, will be among the first in the nation devoted exclusively to the care of women and children, and cancer.
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Alcoholism: Vice or Disease? A Conversation with Howard Fields, Part 1 of 3
Are addicts flawed or blameless? UCSF neuroscientist Howard Fields points the finger at the brain...
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VAMC Staff Physician Wins Junior Investigator of the Year
The Society of General Internal Medicine has selected Louise C. Walter, an assistant professor of medicine at UCSF, as Outstanding Junior Investigator of the Year.
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Charlie Rose and Cynthia Kenyon Explore the Science of Living Longer
On the third episode of <i>The Charlie Rose Science Series</i>, co-hosts Charlie Rose and Nobel Laureate Sir Paul Nurse, PhD, speak with UCSF's Cynthia Kenyon, PhD, Herbert Boyer Distinguished Professor in Biochemistry and Biophysics, and director, Larry L. Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging, about Kenyon's cutting-edge research in genes and aging.
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UCSF Schools of Medicine, Nursing among nation's best in new survey
UCSF's School of Medicine and School of Nursing rank among the best graduate schools in the country in the new survey conducted and published by "U.S News & World Report."
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UCSF Physical Therapy "Health and Wellness Center"
A new Health and Wellness Center opens Monday, April 2, 2007 with support from the UCSF campus and the community. In the beautiful setting of Bakar Fitness Center, many different wellness programs will be offered. Physical therapy faculty will provide physical therapy education and consultation services as well as injury screening.
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Boosting Colon Cancer Survival
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Debate Rekindled on the Two-Drinks-a-Day Road to Heart Health
No one really wants to hear that alcohol isn't good for us after all, which could be why scientists worldwide have convened on paper this month to debate a UCSF researcher's study that debunks the popular notion.
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Massage and acupuncture reduce pain after cancer surgery
Massage and acupuncture are effective in decreasing pain and depression following surgery in cancer patients, according to a UCSF study.
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Facts About UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay
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ADEA Names Dentistry Dean President-Elect
Charles Bertolami, dean of the UCSF School of Medicine, has been named president-elect of the American Dental Education Association.