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The first comparison of the long-term costs of all strategies for treating prostate cancer is presented in the February 1, 2007, issue of <i>Cancer</i>, published online December 21, 2006. Lead author is Leslie S. Wilson, PhD, associate adjunct professor of clinical pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy at UCSF.
Sharice Harrison, a convicted thief and known trespasser on campus property, was arrested on December 21, 2006, after alert staff members at Long Hospital recognized her from an October 30, 2006, crime bulletin and called UCSF Police. This is the second time this month that vigilance from the UCSF community has resulted in the apprehension of a criminal suspect.
Two novel treatments -- a basic compound found in every cell in the body and an extract of green tea -- may prevent brain damage caused from stroke, according to two studies in rats led by a researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
A protein called HIPK2 is essential for the survival of dopamine neurons, the cells lost in Parkinson's disease, according to a study in mice. The results suggest that the molecular pathway in which the protein functions could be a possible new target for therapy, the study authors say.
The second edition of the only comprehensive textbook on inherited disorders of the immune system, co-edited by UCSF Professor of Pediatrics and Human Genetics Jennifer Puck, MD, will soon be published in the United States. The new version has mushroomed in size from 35 to 48 chapters, reflecting the increase in the number of primary immune deficiency diseases that have been identified, as well as new information on their causes and treatments.
A long-term study of the most widely used osteoporosis drug has found that many women can discontinue the drug after five years without increasing their fracture risk for as long as five more years.
UCSF scientists have identified a cell population that is a primary target of the degenerative brain disease known as frontotemporal dementia, which is as common as Alzheimer's disease in patients who develop dementia before age 65.
Loleta Carpenter coordinates mammovan services, and drives too.
UCSF Chancellor J. Michael Bishop, MD, will introduce Jack Rowe, MD, on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007, as the second speaker in his Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture Series.
Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH, professor of pediatrics and epidemiology and biostatistics at UCSF, has been named editor of the "Perspectives" section of the journal <i>Ambulatory Pediatrics</i>, which focuses on reviews of important pediatric topics, with an emphasis on research findings in the previous five years and on identifying areas for future study.
The UCSF Sustainability Committee has these suggestions for a more eco-friendly holiday season.
A new grant for pediatric interns who show exceptionally compassionate, patient-centered care has been established in the name of Ahmad GhaneaBassiri, MD, by his children, two of whom are members of the UCSF faculty.
UCSF's Amy Levine will work on an initiative focusing on career advancement of women staff at the UC Office of the President in 2007.
It is time once again to take stock. Here is my ninth annual survey of the past year at UCSF. It has been a year of great achievement and persisting problems. I have tried to give a representative sample of both.
During two weeks in October and November, Susan Merrell, a photographer who works in the Public Affairs department as a news assistant, spent time capturing images of the children, families and caregivers at UCSF Children's Hospital.
A new multi-center trial clinical trial now under way has the potential to "open up a whole new world of treatment" for patients recovering from stroke, says Gary Abrams, MD, chief of the rehabilitation service at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and associate professor of clinical neurology at UCSF. Abrams is site co-principal investigator at UCSF and SFVAMC.
On NPR's <i>All Things Considered</i>, Louann Brizendine, MD, neuropsychiatrist and director of the UCSF Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic, is interviewed about her book, <i>The Female Brain</i>, which attributes differences between the sexes to brain chemistry. Brizendine discusses these differences with Debbie Elliott.
The holiday season brought ballerinas and purple fairies to UCSF Medical Center recently.
Rene Salazar, Alice Wong and Hamdan Almas will receive the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards at a special ceremony at UCSF on Jan. 16, 2007.
Families participated in the Worldwide Candle Lighting ceremony at UCSF on Dec. 10.
UCSF School of Nursing faculty Geraldine Padilla and Erika Froelicher and Frederic Marteau, who is visiting UCSF from Belgium, are among the 2006 Fulbright scholars.
It has been widely reported that Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota was treated on Wednesday, Dec. 13, for a ruptured arteriovenous malformation, or AVM. To learn more about this condition, we contacted Michael Lawton, MD, associate professor of neurological surgery at UCSF and an expert on AVMs.
Men and women who were born at San Francisco's Mount Zion Hospital recently returned to the hospital to share their stories.
UCSF scientists have determined that adult stem cells in a specific region of the mouse brain have a built-in mechanism that allows the cells to participate in the repair and remodeling of damaged tissue in the region.
James Huang, MD, has joined the UCSF faculty in the Department of Pediatrics as an associate professor of pediatrics, and has been appointed the director of clinical hematology at UCSF Children's Hospital.
UCSF faculty and lung cancer survivors met recently to discuss new developments with the disease.
Cancer immunoresistance may be partially due to loss of a well-known tumor suppressor gene, according to new research led by Andrew T. Parsa, MD, PhD, assistant professor of neurological surgery at the University of California, San Francisco.
Nominations for the Chancellor's Award for the Advancement of Women are due on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007.