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California Congresswoman Lois Capps and Bruce Bodaken, chief executive officer of Blue Shield of California, will be honored during a March 16 reception at the Asian Art Museum for their continued efforts to combat domestic violence.
The impact of movie sex and violence on kids may be up for debate, but with smoking, the science is solid. Teens who see a lot of it are more likely to take up the habit than those who don't. Stanton Glantz, PhD, professor of medicine at UCSF and renowned anti-tobacco researcher and activist, wants the MPAA to take smoking as seriously as it takes cursing.
The Staff Council at UCSF is surveying staff members to get a better idea of the kinds of issues it should be working on this year.
A health policy specialist at UCSF has developed a strategy to provide universal health care for major and chronic illness for everyone by instituting a plan that incorporates aspects of both a single-payer model and a plan similar to a preferred provider organization, known as a PPO.
UCSF's Carol Hyman tells her story about how training for the AIDS/LifeCycle has put her own rehabilitation from knee surgery into perspective.
Macular degeneration is the major cause of vision loss in the United States. The disease, which kills photoreceptors that convey visual signals from the eye to the brain, often strikes the elderly. Its defining symptom is blurriness in the central visual field, a blurriness that robs many people of their ability to drive or read.
Rajabrata Sarkar, MD, PhD, describes his job as "taking care of people who have problems with poor blood flow to different parts of their bodies." In practice, it means that the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center vascular surgeon is constantly on his way to or from the operating room. He's happy to schedule time to discuss his work, as long as the questioner understands one proviso: "I may be in surgery."
Why knowing a little can sometimes tell you a lot...
March 12 seminar educates transplant recipients on skin cancer riskA special seminar at UCSF on Monday, March 12, will focus on educating transplant patients about the potential risk of skin cancer.
Peggy Knudson, MD, San Francisco General Hospital trauma surgeon of 18 years, has been selected for a second time to work at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, as part of the Senior Visiting Surgeon Program funded jointly by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the American College of Surgeons and the US military.
Igor Mitrovic, MD, UCSF associate adjunct professor of physiology, still remembers the unexpected email that showed up on his campus computer screen in the spring of 2005.
Neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine, author of the book, <i>The Female Brain</i>, will be a guest speaker at a public forum on March 27 at UCSF Mission Bay.
Vice President Dick Cheney, 66, is being treated at a Washington, DC, hospital after developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a blood clot in his left leg, after 65 hours of plane travel. Such clots are rare but are sometimes caused by extended air travel.
Talmadge King Jr., professor and interim chair of the Department of Medicine at UCSF, will receive the Trudeau Medal in May.
American women are struggling to "do it all" and are sacrificing sleep to juggle their family and work responsibilities, according to a new survey led by a professor in the School of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco.
Bay Area hospitals are testing a new device called Motion C5 which could make the paper patient medical chart a thing of the past. The handheld computer tablet, developed in collaboration with UCSF, allows medical staff to enter patient data at the bedside, and logon is controlled by a fingerprint ID.
Green building advocate Maric Munn has joined UCSF as the new Director of Facilities Management.
Nearly 35 graduating students in the Doctors Academy Program at Sunnyside High School in Fresno are headed to UCSF on Wednesday.
A gene therapy treatment for cancer offered in Beijing involves injecting a tumor suppression gene called p53 mixed with a modified virus into a cancer cell to suppress its growth. "The virus is sort of like a Trojan horse," says UCSF oncologist Alan Venook, MD, a cancer specialist who has studied p53.
Medical advances made from the development of new drugs are astounding. However, the competition for potential profit has created many critics. Tune in to UCTV this month for a range of UCSF programs that explore these amazing developments and the dangerous territory that comes with them.
Exposure to hot baths or hot tubs can lead to male infertility, but the effects can sometimes be reversible, according to a new study led by a University of California, San Francisco urologist.
A large crowd gathered at the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco recently to learn how to be healthy and wealthy.
Finding new drugs is sometimes like counting grains of sand...
Singer Tracy Chapman will be the featured performer at this year's annual fundraising event to benefit the Women's HIV Program at the University of California, San Francisco.
UCSF has developed a bold, new plan to advance its longstanding commitment to excellence and diversity.