Short Takes - 2005-01-06
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Short Takes - 2005-01-05
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Sexual Behavior Not Influenced by Increasing Young Women's Access to 'Morning After Pill'
Young women showed no reduction in their use of contraceptives, nor any other changes in their sexual behavior when provided with easier access to the "morning after pill," according to a UCSF study.
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ICN Nurse Honored
Cynthia Jensen, a charge nurse in the Intensive Care Nursery at UCSF Children's Hospital, was honored in late December as the winner of the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses.
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'Five to Save Lives' - Staff Effort to Raise Money for Tsunami Victims
A campaign, launched by a group on the Laurel Heights campus, aims to raise $10,000 in five days for tsunami and earthquake victims.
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Study: Sexual behavior not influenced by increasing young women's access to "morning after pill"
Young, urban women showed no reduction in their use of contraceptives, nor any other changes in their sexual behavior when provided with easier access to the so-called "morning after pill," also known as emergency contraception (EC), according to UCSF researchers.
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Program Trains Low-Income SF Residents for Campus Jobs
The Community Outreach Internship Program is recruiting departments for its ninth year of training community residents for jobs at UCSF.
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Professor Elected Vice-President of International Association for Dental Research
Deborah Greenspan, interim chair of the Department of Orofacial Sciences at the UCSF School of Dentistry, has been elected vice president of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR).
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Honors for Commitment to Diversity
Three campus members, who are leaders in promoting ethnic diversity at UCSF, have been named winners of the Martin Luther King Jr. Award.
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UCSF presents classes on health policy and ethics, global health and obesity
The UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) is offering new classes for the public on important issues facing society, ranging from what to expect in the next decade ...
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Course on obesity will explore the science behind the headlines
Each day brings new headlines about the growing epidemic of obesity. Two thirds of adults in the United States are overweight and the rates of childhood obesity are skyrocketing. The human and medical costs are enormous.
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UCSF presents a public forum on the global impact of health and disease
Infectious diseases, including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, influenza, and SARS, are the main causes of illness and death in the developing world. Poverty and the lack of an organized system of medical care are strong contributing factors.
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Public forum on impact of health policies, including privatization of medicare and social security
Leading health care experts will offer new information and insights about some of the most important health policy issues facing our society in a new six-week community education course beginning Tuesday, February 8, 2005, as part of the UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI).
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Public forum on ethical issues in health care
A new six-week community education course exploring contemporary issues in health care ethics will begin Wednesday, February 9, 2005, as part of the UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI).
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UCSF study finds inadequate sleep in late pregnancy may influence length of labor and type of delive
A study by researchers at the UCSF School of Nursing has found that women who have less sleep or severely disrupted sleep in late pregnancy are significantly more likely to have longer labors and are more likely to have cesarean births.
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Alcohol vulnerability linked to action of insulin
Drunken fruit flies have led to the discovery that insulin may determine susceptibility to alcohol. If confirmed in humans -- and the two species share about two-thirds of their genes -- the finding suggests a promising way to treat alcoholism using drugs that control insulin activity.
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UCSF events for January 2005
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Brain can be trained to process sound in alternate way, study shows
UCSF scientists have found that the brains of rats can be trained to learn an alternate way of processing changes in the loudness of sound.
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Pelosi gains $500,000 for UCSF Fetal Treatment Center
An appropriation of $500,000 from Congress will help fund capital costs for the Fetal Treatment Center at UCSF Children's Hospital.
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Gladstone Institutes Dedicate Mission Bay Research Building
After a quarter century of life sciences research, the J. David Gladstone Institutes dedicated on Monday its new state-of-the-art building, the first non-residential neighbor to UCSF Mission Bay.
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Gladstone Institutes dedicates Mission Bay research building
The J. David Gladstone Institutes, celebrating its 25th anniversary of scientific collaboration and achievement, will dedicate its new six-story biomedical research building in Mission Bay today.
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J. David Gladstone Institutes building dedication and 25-year anniversary ceremony
Dedication ceremony for $76 million research building adjacent to the UCSF Mission Bay campus.
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Interview: Kevin Grumbach: Single Minded for Single Payer
<p><a href="http://profiles.ucsf.edu/ProfileDetails.aspx?From=SE&Person=4891223">Kevin Grumbach</a>, chair of the <a href="http://www.familymedicine.medschool.ucsf.edu/">Department of Family and Community Medicine</a>, has been one of country's leading proponents of a single-payer national health insurance program.</p>
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UCSF ARI World AIDS Day concert on December 1 features gay men's chorus and remembrance, hope & thanks
The Leadership Council of the UCSF AIDS Research Institute will sponsor its third annual concert of remembrance, hope and thanks on World AIDS Day, December 1. Headliners will be the Gay Men's Chorus and Cantor Rosalyn Barak of Temple Emanu-el.
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Study explores risk factors for type 1 diabetes
In a study of risk factors that lead to type 1 diabetes, researchers will screen relatives of people with the disease this Saturday, December 4 at the UCSF Diabetes Center, 513 Parnassus Avenue.
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UCSF-led study suggests link between psychological stress and cell aging
Increasing scientific evidence suggests that prolonged psychological stress takes its toll on the body, but the exact mechanisms by which stress influences disease processes have remained elusive.
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UCSF event on December 14 supports HIV/AIDS treatment for Ugandans
The UCSF Family Treatment Fund will sponsor a holiday event on Tuesday, December 14, to raise funds for treating Ugandans infected with HIV.
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Kimberly Newsom to represent UCSF Children's Hospital at Macy's Union Square tree- lighting event on November 26
Macy's Union Square invites everyone to join in the 15th annual ceremony to light the holiday tree at San Francisco's Union Square at 6:00 pm on Friday, November 26, the day after Thanksgiving
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Study finds computer "vignette" to be effective new way to measure quality of physician practice
A new measurement tool called the computerized clinical vignette can help clinicians and policymakers assess and improve the quality of physician practice while potentially reducing costs, according to a study led by a researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC).
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Niners fans can win Lott and Lloyd jerseys and help UCSF Children's Hospital at November 14 game
Niners fans will have a chance win a No. 42 jersey signed by Hall of Fame legend Ronnie Lott at the San Francisco 49ers game on Sunday, November 14 at Monster Stadium.