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Marilyn Stebbins, clinical professor in the UCSF School of Pharmacy, and Tim Cutler, assistant clinical professor, answer this latest round of Medicare Part D questions.
UCSF welcomes youngsters to "Kids' Day: Promoting Equity for Girls and Boys."
The deaths of two women who had reportedly used mifepristone (originally known as RU-486) to terminate their pregnancies have renewed questions about the drug's safety.
The deadline for enrolling in the new Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage (Medicare Part D) program is May 15, and many Medicare-eligible seniors and people with disabilities are still confused or uncertain about the complex program. Many have not enrolled.
Two UCSF faculty scientists have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the academy announced on April 24, 2006.
Famed UCSF biochemist Elizabeth Blackburn and legendary occupational health expert Joe LaDou advised graduate students to be wary of conflicts of interest and political and industry influence as they charged ahead with their careers.
Nonhlanhla Sukati, a nurse educator and researcher at the University of Swaziland, can't forget the face of a now-dead student nurse. It was ravaged not just by a dramatic rash – a herpes zoster caused by HIV/AIDS.
In the first survey of its kind, UCSF wants to know what people think about Campus Life Services available at the satellite locations.
Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center report that they have found a potential molecular cause for the aggressive growth and spread of human head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, a highly malignant form of cancer with a very high death rate.
Jeffrey M. Drazen, editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), discussed the rise and fall of Vioxx and similar painkilling drugs at UCSF's Cole Hall Wednesday.
UCSF is well represented in the first Global Life Science Innovation Competition open to the public on April 21.
In April 1906, William H. Levings, grandfather to Susan Levings, associate dean, planning and communications in the UCSF School of Pharmacy, was a veteran newspaperman for the San Francisco Examiner.
Providing forearm support is an effective intervention to prevent musculoskeletal disorders of the upper body and aids in reducing upper body pain associated with computer work, according to a study in The British Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
A blue-ribbon task force, co-chaired by UCSF Vice Chancellor Bruce Spaulding, has recommended that water transportation be elevated to a prominent level in the Bay Area's emergency preparedness plans.
UCSF's history is San Francisco's history. That was true in the 1906 earthquake and again in the 1989 Loma Prieta temblor.
"Bringing Science to Life: The Promise of Modern Medicine" is the theme of UCSF's Mini Medical School for the public, which begins May 3.
Christian Vaisse, MD, PhD, studies weighty matters - the genetics of obesity. He has identified a mutated gene that is responsible for extreme obesity, at least in a rare and unfortunate few.
As the UCSF logo nears its 30th anniversary, designer Henry Wachs ponders art and the Russian Revolution.
Inadequate use of screening mammography may be an important reason that African-American women are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced stage breast cancer than members of other ethnic groups, according to a new study led by a University of California, San Francisco imaging specialist.
Stormy skies gave way to sunshine as a symbol of hope for what's to come in cancer research at the recent groundbreaking of a new state-of-the-art facility at UCSF Mission Bay.
UCSF Transportation Services is preparing for the first major overhaul to the campus shuttle routing system since the service began more than 30 years ago.
Doctors and medical students, pioneers of what would later become UCSF, responded to the 1906 earthquake by helping to care for the injured.
UCSF is being recognized for outstanding design and construction of its new animal facility on the Parnassus campus.
Jeffrey M. Drazen will tell the VIOXX story on Wednesday during the first UCSF Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture.
A UCSF faculty member recently was named as one of the 10 Most Influential African Americans in the Bay Area for 2005.
An expert will address whether academia is relevant to global health on April 24.
UCSF is gearing up for earthquake preparedness activities, which includes a disaster drill on April 19, when volunteers are needed to participate.