UCSF Offers Update on Disaster Preparedness
In the five years following the national tragedy of 9/11, UCSF has made significant progress as it works to prepare for disasters of any kind.
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Staving Off Type 1 Diabetes with Immune Therapy
Researchers at UCSF are finding success in altering the natural, and previously inexorable, course of type 1 diabetes. Through various drugs, including antibody therapies, the researchers hope to save or preserve the function of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.
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UCSF to Host Fifth Annual Safety Fair
UCSF Police Department will sponsor its fifth annual public safety fair beginning this Thursday.
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High-Tech Surgery Saving Lives of Unborn Babies
Kim Mulvihill, MD, reports on the pioneering field of fetal surgery developed and refined at UCSF Children's Hospital that has saved the lives of babies with birth defects and enabled many to live normal lives.
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UCSF names new chair of ophthalmology
Stephen D. McLeod, MD, professor of clinical ophthalmology at UCSF, has been named chair of the Department of Ophthalmology in the UCSF School of Medicine.
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Celebrate Nursing School's Centennial Kickoff on Wednesday
The UCSF community is invited to celebrate the start of the 100th anniversary of the School of Nursing on Wednesday.
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Free educational and inspirational program for cancer patients and survivors September 9 & 10
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UCSF Children's Hospital Leukemia Patient Reunited with Stolen Puppy
Eight-year-old UCSF Children's Hospital leukemia patient Kyle Wetle was reunited Wednesday with the beloved puppy that was stolen from his family's car in the parking garage on Parnassus Heights on Saturday.
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UCSF School of Nursing party to launch 100-year celebration events
A centennial kick-off party on Wednesday, September 13 will launch a year-long celebration of 100 years of nursing excellence at UCSF.
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Honors for UCSF Pediatric MS Center
UCSF's pediatric Multiple Sclerosis center will receive the "special recognition" award for its contribution to the fight against multiple sclerosis.
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Your Call: Who Are the Uninsured?
Bree Johnston, MD, professor in the department of geriatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, discusses with <i>Your Call </i>host Rose Aguilar the recent census report showing an increase by one million in the number of uninsured in the U.S., and what Mayor Gavin Newsom's universal health care bill would mean for San Francisco residents.
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Puppy Stolen from UCSF Children's Hospital Leukemia Patient Returned
Chemo, the puppy stolen from the family car of 8-year-old UCSF Children's Hospital leukemia patient Kyle Wetle on Saturday, has been recovered, UCSF police officials said Tuesday.
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UCSF Researchers Challenge Paradigm of How a "Tumor Suppressor" Works
New cancer research reported online by UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center members this week in <i>Nature</i> challenges conventional wisdom about how an archetypal, protective "tumor suppressor" protein works to prevent cancer.
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UCSF Children's Hospital leukemia patient to be reunited with stolen puppy
UCSF Children's Hospital leukemia patient Kyle Wetle and his family will be reunited today (Wednesday) with the 15-week-old Chihuahua puppy named Chemo that was stolen from the family vehicle on September 2.
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Bloomingdale's Opening Gala Features Trumpeter Botti,
Feeling guilty over spending on designer shoes or silk ties instead of giving to a worthy cause? Here's a way to combine both activities to benefit children.
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Puppy stolen from UCSF Children's Hospital leukemia patient returned
Chemo, the puppy stolen from the family car of 8-year-old UCSF Children's Hospital leukemia patient Kyle Wetle on Saturday, has been recovered, UCSF police officials said Tuesday.
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Pediatrician Describes New Vaccines for Children
It's recommended that girls ages 11 and 12 get the new HPV, or human papillomavirus vaccine, to prevent cervical cancer, precancerous genital lesions and genital warts due to HPV.
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UCSF seminar on genetic risks for National Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
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Minority and low-income students benefit from postbaccalaureate premedical programs
Postbaccalaureate premedical programs are a valuable tool for increasing the number of disadvantaged and underrepresented students who matriculate into medical school, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Extraordinary UCSF patients exhibit
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AAP Recommends Lactose Intolerant Children Consume Some Dairy Products
A new clinical report published in the September issue of <i>Pediatrics</i> recommends that children who are lactose intolerant still should eat some dairy products as an important source of calcium for bone mineral health and of other nutrients that facilitate growth.
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New testing, treatment strategies for dementia presented at International conference
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When Video Game Playing Becomes a Problem
With the most recent edition of the hottest sports video game in the nation hitting store shelves in August, UCSF researcher Sonya Brady, PhD, knows that for some gamers, the release of <i>Madden NFL 07</i> for the Sony PlayStation 2 means more than just armchair blocking and rushing.
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UCSF Nurses Aid Victims in Hit-and-Run Rampage
Two UCSF nurses don't consider themselves heroes for helping two people injured in Tuesday's hit-and-run rampage in San Francisco.
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Video Game Violence Changes Attitudes in the Real World
Violent video games create more permissive attitudes toward risky behaviors – such as using drugs – in youths who play those games, according to a study by UCSF researcher Sonya Brady, PhD.
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Study shows prenatal diagnostic tests have low risk of miscarriage
Pregnant women who seek prenatal diagnostic testing to identify genetic or chromosomal abnormalities have a lower risk of miscarriage than previously believed, according to a UCSF study.
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"Sexes in the City: Where Are Women in the Gender Gap Game?"
<i>City Visions</i> host Yumi Wilson interviews Dr. Louann Brizendine, MD, director and founder of the Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic at the University of California, San Francisco, about her book <i>The Female Brain</i>, in which Brizendine claims the foundation of the differences between men and women are biological.
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UCSF Announces NIH Roadmap K12 Clinical Research Scholars
The campus has named the 2006 scholars for the UCSF Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Scholars Program.
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T-Cell Mystery Shackles Space Travel
Even for outer space fanatics, reality must sometimes strike. From Buck Rogers to Battlestar Galactica, humans have shown the rather unearthly ability to race across the cosmos with little impact on their health other than the occasional phaser blast. What is an easily overlooked detail for screenwriters, however, can be a painful fact to real astronauts and shuttle pilots.
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What's in a University Ranking?
The latest rankings rate UCSF ninth among universities worldwide – pretty impressive. Although the rankings – produced by <i>Newsweek International</i> – are among the first-ever international comparisons, there now are a rapidly growing number of groups across the globe that are developing university rankings – and the methods used often are criticized.