Treating Excess of One Hormone Shows Promise for Decreasing the Risk of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Two UCSF surgeons set out to study the role a hormone plays in obesity and stumbled on a surprising finding.
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Making Better Pediatric Chemo Treatments, and Delivering Them to More Children
Janel Long-Boyle, a faculty member in the UCSF School of Pharmacy's Department of Clinical Pharmacy, has spent her career advancing lifesaving drugs.
UCSF Study Aims to Increase Diversity in Cancer Clinical Trials
UC San Francisco is collaborating with the nonprofit Lazarex Cancer Foundation on a three-year study to identify ways to improve cancer clinical trial participation among medically underserved populations, including low-income individuals and racial and ethnic minorities.
UCSF Unveils Two New Portraits of Former Chancellors
The portraits of J. Michael Bishop and Susan Desmond-Hellmann joined the paintings of other previous chancellors in the Medical Sciences Building.
Living Transplant Donors Need Long-Term Monitoring, Too
While organ transplant recipients receive continual care as the end-stage treatment to their condition, attention also should be given to living donors, who can suffer from hypertension, diabetes and other disorders after donation, according to a study by researchers at UC San Francisco.
Medicaid Could Save $2.6 Billion Within a Year if Just 1 Percent of Recipients Quit Smoking
Reducing smoking, and its associated health effects, among Medicaid recipients in each state by just 1 percent would result in $2.6 billion in total Medicaid savings the following year, according to new research by UC San Francisco.
The median state would save $25 million, ranging from $630.2 million in California (if the smoking rate dropped from 15.5 percent to 14.5 percent) to $2.5 million in South Dakota (if the rate dropped from 41.3 to 40.3 percent), the research found.
Many Nurse Practitioners Cannot Provide Medications to Treat Opioid Addiction
At least six states with high opioid abuse rates also have strong work restrictions that hinder nurse practitioners in prescribing medication that can help treat the problem.