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Breast Cancer Riddle: Best Ways to Screen and Treat
Laura Esserman discusses breast cancer risk factors, progress in the field and the importance of tailoring treatment for women with low-risk cancer while also identifying women at high risk of invasive cancer.
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San Francisco’s Homeless Population 16 Times More Likely to Die Suddenly Than Housed Neighbors, Study Finds
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Why Progress in Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment Has Taken 30 Years
UCSF's Adam Boxer, MD, PhD, and Harvard neurologist Reisa Sperling, MD, review the history of clinical trials over the past 30 years in Alzheimer’s research with what was learned and how new biomarkers and clinical trial approaches are being used to find more effective treatments in a more efficient way than in the past.
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New Care Model Delivers Hepatitis C Treatment to Most Vulnerable
UCSF researchers developed a new neighborhood-based model of care that brings medicine to people immediately after being diagnosed with hepatitis C.
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Homeless People Are 16 Times More Likely to Die Suddenly
A UCSF-led found that people who are experiencing homelessness have a 16-fold higher rate of sudden death from heart attacks, as well as other causes.
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Advanced AI Chatbots Perpetuate Racist, Debunked Medical Ideas, Researchers Find
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Does Suspending Kids from School Harm Their Grades and Health?
Being suspended from school or sent to the office is tied to a big drop in grade point average (GPA), especially for Black and Latinx children.
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New UCSF Cancer Lecture Series Honors Celebrated Researcher, Mentor
The Zena Werb Memorial Lecture in Cancer Biology series is a product of an effort organized by family, colleagues and friends to celebrate the life and work of the late cancer researcher Zena Werb.
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Breakthrough Drug Helps Children with New-Onset Type 1 Diabetes
A study found that children who were recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes need less supplemental insulin to keep their blood sugar in a healthy range if they use the immunotherapy drug teplizumab.
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Neuroscientists to Reveal New Insights into Alzheimer's
UCSF experts to discuss amyloid therapies and dementia research at CTAD conference, addressing equity, novel treatments, and innovative studies.
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Doubts Abound About a New Alzheimer’s Blood Test
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COVID Cases Drop in California, but Experts Warn of a Winter Surge
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Dan Bernal Named UCSF Vice Chancellor of Community and Government Relations
Dan Bernal, a longtime San Francisco resident who served for more than two decades with U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, has been named vice chancellor for community and government relations at UC San Francisco.
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Could the Neurons That Make You Scratch Be the Solution for Itch?
Scientists found that the nervous system tamps down allergic response, which could change how asthma, Crohn’s and other inflammatory diseases are treated.
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UCSF Health Earns 9th Consecutive ‘Most Wired’ Hospital Award
UCSF Health was named among the nation’s “Most Wired” hospitals, an award that recognizes UCSF Health’s commitment to being on the cutting edge of digital health and health information technology.
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$151M Grant Will Drive New Era in Alzheimer’s Treatments
A new study will combine an Alzheimer’s medication that slows disease progression in some patients with two other drugs to see if their effects can be amplified.
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Moore Foundation Establishes Center for Diagnostic Excellence at UCSF
The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded UC San Francisco a $15 million grant to establish a new national Coordinating Center for Diagnostic Excellence (CoDEx).
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Photos: Beloved UCSF Block Party Returns to Sun, Big Crowd
After a seven-year hiatus, UCSF’s Block Party welcomed more than 1,500 UCSF faculty, staff and learners. Booths representing many of UCSF’s programs and offices lined the plaza, along with live music, a chalk drawing contest, and competitive games of cornhole and Jenga.
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CA Governor Just Vetoed Price Caps on Insulin. Now What?
Suneil Koliwad weighs in on the state of insulin production after California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a law that would cap the price for consumers at $35 a month. California will focus instead on producing its own insulin for $30 per vial.
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UCSF Mourns the Loss of Inspirational Philanthropist Chuck Feeney
Charles “Chuck” Feeney, one of UCSF’s greatest supporters and friends and the man Forbes magazine named America’s most generous philanthropist, passed away on October 9, 2023, at the age of 92.
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Are New Therapies on the Horizon for Painful Skin Condition?
UCSF's HS PROGRESS study aims to understand and treat Hidradenitis Suppurativa, an often debilitating condition disproportionately affecting women and people of color.
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Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Should Evolve With Science
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Sandy Feng Elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2023
UCSF transplant surgeon Sandy Feng, MD, PhD, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the most prestigious organizations in health and medicine.
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Tragic Loss, Health Merge in New Work from UCSF Artist in Residence
Katina Bitsicas, UCSF’s newest Artist in Residence, is embarking on an immersive project aimed at creating “a visual representation of the destruction that’s happening in our bodies and ecosystems” connected to the common herbicide glyphosate.
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Feeling Terrible After Your Covid Shot? Then It’s Probably Working.
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UCSF’s Diana Greene Foster Selected as a 2023 MacArthur Fellow
Diana Greene Foster, leader of a groundbreaking study on what happens to women who are denied abortions, has been named a 2023 MacArthur Fellow, one of the most coveted honors in academia, science and the arts.
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How Levels of ‘Good’ Cholesterol May Increase Dementia Risk
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Fading Eyesight Helps UCSF’s Angela Woon Find ‘Saving Grace’
Angela Woon, an IT Communications Analyst at UCSF, avid runner, and writer, shares her story and experience with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), a condition that will eventually cause her sight to fully deteriorate.
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The Growing Case for Doing Less: How Harmless Cancers Are Being Overdiagnosed in America