Skin Repair Reduces ‘Inflamm-Aging’ Factors Linked to Chronic Disease
Properly caring for the skin with a moisturizing cream may lower inflammation levels and potentially prevent age-related diseases, according to a new clinical pilot study.
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UCSF School of Medicine Ranks in U.S. News Best Graduate Schools’ Top Five for Ten Years Running
UCSF was the only medical school to be ranked in the top five in the nation in both research and primary care, the categories the magazine uses to assess medical education.
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UCSF Fellow Tackles an Urgent Threat to Women's Health in Kenya
Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH, is committed to tackling the public health effects of gender inequality and helping to improve cervical cancer screening in Kenya.
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K Scholar Team Science Awardees Bring Family Planning Care to Liver Transplant Recipients
The team behind a K Scholar Team Science Award designed a pilot study to shine light on fertility after liver transplant and the subsequent need for improved family planning counseling.
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Home Birth Can Be Appealing, But How Safe Is It?
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The Big Sick – Once terminally ill with throat cancer, now she is cancer free
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SXSW: Can Precision Medicine Tackle Racial Inequities in Health Care?
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Do nutritional supplements fight dementia?
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A path to defeat Parkinson's? UCSF team cracks molecular lock to target treatment
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Just 1 Drink a Day May Increase High Blood Pressure Risk
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Nearly half of older homeless people fell into trouble after 50
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Pancreatic Cancer Specialist Offers Insight Following Alex Trebek Diagnosis
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Hormone Made Our Ancestors Warm-Blooded but Left Us Susceptible to Heart Damage
After a heart attack, the heart tissue is often irreparably damaged. According to UCSF study, the issue may date back to our earliest mammalian ancestors.
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Amid Alex Trebek's diagnosis, UCSF oncologist says pancreatic cancer is affecting more Americans
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Warm-Blooded Animals Lost Ability to Heal the Heart
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‘Undruggable’ Parkinson’s Molecule Spills Its Secrets
UCSF researchers developed a strategy for targeting a key molecule implicated in Parkinson’s disease, opening up a potential new treatment strategy for the currently incurable movement disorder.
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UC Issues Statement Affirming Commitment to Free Expression
UC President Janet Napolitano has issued a statement reaffirming the University of California’s commitment to upholding the values of free expression.
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UCSF's Dr. Craig Nelson weighs in on new depression treatment approved by the FDA
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Keeping Patients Awake During Spine Surgery is Cutting Recovery Time in Half
UCSF is now offering some patients the options of local anesthetic instead of general anesthesia, which can help make surgeries faster and speed in the recovery process.
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Two UCSF Graduate Students Named 2019 Weintraub Awardees
The awards, given by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, recognize outstanding achievement in graduate studies in the biological sciences.
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Is Your Child An Orchid Or A Dandelion? Unlocking The Science Of Sensitive Kids
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Kids with eczema may sleep poorly
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One in Three Seniors Is Lonely. Here's How It’s Hurting Their Health
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Big gaps in transgender research: A team at UCSF is working to change that
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I’m a scientist studying brain illnesses. Now I’m a lock-in, living with one of them: Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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The Irreplaceable Role of Mom-and-Pop Spaces for Aging Adults
Ethnographer Stacy Torres, PhD, is shedding a unique light on how we think about social ties and social relationships among older people.
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Nurse Practitioners Can Help Close California’s Primary Care Gap, But It Won’t Be Easy
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Not Just Neurons: Precision Signaling Architecture Discovered in Non-Neural Cells that Direct Development
UCSF lab found that a chemical that acts as a neurotransmitter in the nervous system is essential for cytonemes to mediate cell-to-cell communication between non-neural cells.
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Insight: Genetic research may hold promise for ALS, Alzheimer’s
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Supplements Won’t Prevent Dementia. But These Steps Might.