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Former Wall Street Banker and UCSF Patient Authors Book for Investors
Former Wall Street executive Gordon Murray, a former patient UCSF, wrote a book after battling brain cancer for more than a year, knowing that he had only a few months to live when he started it.
Extra Vitamin E Linked to Prostate Cancer, But Diet Still Merits Study
New studies of vitamin supplements, prostate cancer risk in men and mortality in women have yielded disappointing results. Some researchers remain optimistic about identifying dietary and lifestyle interventions that are beneficial to health.
UCSF Tapped for U.S. National AIDS Strategy Initiative
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration has funded the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies to provide leadership and support to seven states implementing interventions to enhance HIV testing and diagnosis.
To Prevent Post-Hospital Disability, Focus on Patient Function in the Hospital, Say Physicians
To prevent the onset of disability in their elderly patients, hospitals should focus on maintaining and restoring patients’ abilities to carry out activities of daily living while they are still inpatients, according to physicians from the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF.