UCSF researchers have found that HIV-infected homeless and marginally housed
people who have trouble sticking to their antiviral regimens may temporarily
delay the onset of full blown AIDS if they manage to take at least half of
their anti-HIV medications.
Some postmenopausal women carry a gene sequence that may lower their risk of
breast cancer, according to new research from San Francisco Veterans Affairs
Medical Center.
A recent increase in severe reactions to the street drug "Ecstasy" has prompted
the San Francisco division of California Poison Control System (CPCS) to renew
alerts about the drug's dangers.
Cancer screening guidelines that recommend a test based on age are too
simplistic, argues a new study from the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical
Center.
HIV-positive women are three times more likely than other women to develop
lesions that can lead to anal cancer, new research shows. The greater risk is
due at least in part to weakened immune defenses against the common sexually
transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV).
HIV that has become resistant to powerful drugs called protease inhibitors may
not be a dire sign of decline after all, researchers from the Gladstone
Institute of Virology and Immunology have shown.
Many older adults dread colon cancer screening, because the most effective
screening tool, colonoscopy, is uncomfortable and invasive. A new study from
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center shows that a faster, safer, and
potentially more pleasant technique works just as well.
A single exposure to cocaine triggers a week-long surge of activity in a brain
region central to the development of addiction, according to new research on
mice published this week in Nature. The changes may prime the brain for
addiction, the researchers say.
A drug widely prescribed as the sole treatment for asthma has been found to be
incapable by itself of preventing asthma attacks or controlling the airway
inflammation thought to lead to deteriorated lung function and gradual
worsening of asthma.