MRI ADDS TO ULTRASOUND FOR FETAL DIAGNOSIS, UCSF RESEARCHERS FIND
Thanks to ultra-fast magnetic resonance imaging techniques, MRI now can be used to provide more information when fetal abnormalities are suspected during a prenatal ultrasound exam...
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Lung Cancer-Causing Mutation Strikes Women Smokers Three Times More Often than Men
Scientists at UC San Francisco and Harvard University tracking people after lung cancer surgery have discovered that those who bear a common cancer-causing mutation tend to have particularly aggressive tumors early on and are four times more likely to die of the disease.
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MALE CIRCUMCISION COULD PREVENT MILLIONS OF HIV INFECTIONS
A simple, outpatient procedure could potentially save millions of men and their partners from becoming infected with HIV, but health professionals have been reluctant to provide the needed information and resources, say the authors of a Lancet editorial review.
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NEW STUDY FINDS NO CLEAR EVIDENCE OF BENEFITS IN ONGOING DEBATE ABOUT NAME-REPORTING OF HIV INFECTI
In one of the largest studies to date, a team of AIDS researchers concludes that name-based reporting programs for HIV infection are not producing specific public health benefits in the effort to control the AIDS epidemic.
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UCSF STUDY FINDS DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS CAN BE EFFECTIVE IN CHANGING HIGH-RISK BEHAVIOR FOR H
Drug users participating in a treatment program based on a "therapeutic community" model showed a decrease in HIV-related high risk behavior, according to a new study by University of California, San Francisco AIDS researchers.
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SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY NEW PATHWAY OF ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTION
Scientists at UC San Francisco have discovered a new chemical pathway in the brain by which the most common antidepressants may alter mood.
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UCSF RECEIVES GRANT TO FIGHT CERVICAL CANCER IN VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY
The UCSF Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project, part of the UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine recently received a grant of more than ...
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HIV PREVENTION PROGRAM TARGETS YOUNG GAY MEN THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PEER SUPPORT FOR SAFE SEX
An HIV prevention program that focuses on young gay men educating and supporting one another about safer sex has proved very effective in a major study in two West Coast communities.
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Finding Suggests a Common Childhood Leukemia May Form in the Womb
Researchers led by a scientist who joined the UC San Francisco faculty last week are reporting that a genetic mutation implicated in a common form of childhood leukemia appears to occur in the womb.
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NEW LASER TREATMENT FOR EXTREME DEGREES OF NEARSIGHTEDNESS AND ASTIGMATISM AVAILABLE AT UCSF
A new laser that treats the full range of nearsightedness and astigmatism, recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration, is available at the UCSF Vision Correction Center.
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PHYSICIANS WHO COMPASSIONATELY ASK ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN ELICIT POSITIVE OUTCOMES, UCSF STUDY
Physicians who compassionately ask patients if they are being physically abused can provide the first step in helping battered victims get the help they need, according to a UC San Francisco study.
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Racial Disparity in Lung Cancer Treatment Must Be Overcome, UCSF Specialists Assert
Preventing lung cancer is easier than curing it, and any barriers that inhibit blacks from full access to care must be removed, emphasize two doctors at the University of California , San Francisco.
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NATIONWIDE PHASE III CLINICAL TRIAL DEMONSTRATES THAT BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT FOLLOWED BY VITAMIN A-D
Combining the efforts of children's cancer treatment programs nationwide, a randomized clinical trial of 539 children has shown that two innovative treatments, taken together, offer nearly a three-fold improvement in the disease-free survival of children...
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TOBACCO INDUSTRY INFLUENCE AND INCOME ON DECLINE IN CALIFORNIA
A series of political defeats, declines in campaign contributions and a recent falloff in revenue appear to signal an erosion of tobacco industry influence in California, even though the industry remains a major political force in the state...
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SCIENTISTS UNCOVER POSSIBLE CAUSE OF COLITIS
In experiments with laboratory mice, a team of American, Canadian and Italian researchers have discovered a cause and potential treatment for painful colitis and other forms of inflammatory bowel disease.
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POOR HEALTH IS A MAJOR FACTOR FOR EARLY RETIREMENT, ACCORDING TO UCSF RESEARCHERS
Findings from a UC San Francisco survey of older Californians ages 45-70, show one in five retired early (before age 50) and almost half of those early retirees left their jobs for health reasons.
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CHOLESTEROL GUIDELINES CAN REDUCE RECURRENT HEART PROBLEMS
Current cholesterol guidelines can prevent a significant proportion of deaths and recurrent heart attacks in people with existing heart disease, according to researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
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FIRST GENE DEFECT IDENTIFIED FOR PRECURSOR TO ADULT DIABETES
Scientists have identified the first genetic defect linked to insulin resistance, a precursor to most of the 15 million cases of adult diabetes in the United States...
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INFLAMMATORY PAIN MAY HELP DETER INFLAMMATORY DISEASES LIKE ARTHRITIS
Pain alerts the body to danger, but UC San Francisco researchers report that it may play another crucial role - helping to prevent the body from slipping into the chronic inflammation associated with such diseases as arthritis, colitis and asthma.
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UNPROTECTED ANAL SEX INCREASING IN SAN FRANCISCO
The number of gay men having unprotected anal sex is increasing dramatically, according to researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
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PAIN, ITSELF, ELICITS PAIN RELIEF, AND DOES SO THROUGH "REWARD" PATHWAY
Researchers have long known that the body can activate its own form of pain relief in response to painful stimuli. Now, UC San Francisco investigators have determined that, in rats, this long-lasting relief is produced by the brain's "reward" pathway...
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UCSF Researchers Report New Risk Factors for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
In a large population-based study conducted on non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco found that exposure to certain environmental factors that affect the immune system could decrease a person's risk of developing the disease.
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HEALTH PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN CALIFORNIA LABOR MARKET, ACCORDING TO UCSF RESEARCHERS
People who lose jobs often experience a worsening of health by the following year and those with poor health are more likely to lose jobs by the next year, according to results of the second California Work and Health Survey (CWHS) led by UCSF researchers.
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SCREENING AND INTERVENTION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAGS BEHIND NEED
Hundreds of women in California who experience domestic violence are not getting the attention they need from their primary care physicians, according to a study released by the University of California, San Francisco.
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ONE IN SEVEN ADOLESCENTS STILL DOESN'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE
One in seven U.S. children aged 10 to 18 is not covered by health insurance. That figure has not changed in more than a decade, even though government-funded health plans now cover more children and teens.
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SURGICAL PAIN INCREASES RISK OF INFECTION, STUDY SHOWS
Medical scientists have uncovered a probable link between pain from surgery and the likelihood of infection...
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HORMONE INVOLVED IN REPRODUCTION MAY HAVE ROLE IN THE MAINTENANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS
The hormone best known for its role in inducing labor may influence our ability to bond with others, according to researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
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DRUG USERS, NATIVE AMERICANS SUSCEPTIBLE TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES
A virus found primarily in injection drug users and a small number of Native Americans may increase the incidence of infectious diseases, according to a multi-center, longitudinal study headed by the University of California, San Francisco.
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CHANGES IN ALLIED AND AUXILIARY HEALTH CARE WORKERS' TRAINING NEEDED FOR QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE, AC
To maintain quality of patient care in the future, changes need to be made in the training and use of allied and auxiliary health care workers -- hospital support staff such as physical therapists, technicians, aides, and assistants...
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HEALTH PROFESSIONS ACCREDITATION SYSTEM "OBSOLETE" AND NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, ACCORDING TO TASK FORCE
Traditional evaluation processes for accrediting health professions programs are out of date with changes in the global health care and higher educational environments and need to change...