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Brilliant 10: Shawn Douglas Programs DNA Nanorobots To Kill Cancer
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Deadly Snake Venom Delivers Pain Relief
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Study: Tanning Beds Cause 170K Skin Cancer Cases Yearly
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Indoor Tanning Linked to Common Skin Cancers
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Sharecase Displays Best of Information Technology at UCSF
<p>From campuswide wireless access to new mobile apps that help physicians and researchers connect with each other, UCSF has made great strides with its information technology in recent years.</p>
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Indoor Tanning Tied to 170,000 Skin Cancers Annually
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In Pain? There's a Venom for That
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Retraction Remorse
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Report: Health Care in S.F. a 'Sleeping Giant,' but Biotechs Constrained
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BPA Affects Pregnant Women, Study Shows
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Pediatric Patients Show Off Their Creativity at Art Day
<p>The courtyard of the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital was transformed for a red-carpet event last week to show off patient-designed hospital gowns at the Third Annual Art Day.</p>
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New Study Points to Benefits from Hormone Replacement Therapy
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LA Billionaire Unveils Plan to Make Healthcare More High-tech
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Genome 'Superhighway' Will Speed Up Cancer Treatment, Creator Says
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Election 2012: Dana Carvey Impressions of Obama, Romney (and Bush Sr.!)
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UC Berkeley Study: BPA Linked to Thyroid Hormone Changes in Pregnant Women and Newborn Boys
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Implementation Science Q&A With Program Director Ralph Gonzales
<p>Ralph Gonzales, MD, a professor in the UCSF School of Medicine, and director of the Implementation Science program at UCSF’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute, answers frequenlty asked questions about the growing field of implementation science.</p>
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Nurses Urge Pelosi and Others to Back the Robin Hood Tax
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Tanning Beds' Toll: At Least 170,000 Skin Cancers a Year
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Implementation Science Links Research With Real-World Practice to Improve Health
<p>Why do medical research findings often fail to reach the people who could benefit from them most? This and other questions are the focus of Implementation Science, a field of study that addresses the wide-ranging challenges of translating research knowledge into real-life practice.</p>
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Tanning Beds Linked to Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
Indoor tanning beds can cause non-melanoma skin cancer — and the risk is greater the earlier one starts tanning, according to a new analysis led by UCSF.
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Media Advisory: Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle to Outline Challenges of Affordable Care Act
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Tracking and Treating Tuberculosis in Developing Countries
<p>A patient in rural Uganda is diagnosed with tuberculosis but never begins treatment. In Vietnam, someone with infectious TB might never be diagnosed because the health center is too far away. Adithya Cattamanchi, MD, is working to address challenges in Uganda and Vietnam by applying techniques of <a href="http://accelerate.ucsf.edu/training/ids">implementation </a><a href="http://accelerate.ucsf.edu/training/ids">science</a>.</p>
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HIV & The Affordable Care Act
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University and Tax Break Credited for San Francisco's Explosive Health Care Growth
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Starting Antiretroviral Therapy Improves HIV-Infected Africans' Nutrition
Starting HIV-infected patients on antiretroviral therapy reduces food insecurity and improves physical health, thereby contributing to the disruption of a lethal syndemic, UCSF and Massachusetts General Hospital researchers have found in a study focused on sub-Saharan Africa.
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Do Seniors Turn to the Right Places at End of Life?
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Helping Women Make Informed Decisions About Reproductive Health
<p>Although it’s proven that contraception prevents pregnancy, it’s also clear that many women who don’t want to get pregnant don’t use or don’t have access to contraception. Christine Dehlendorf, MD, MAS, a family physician based at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, used implementation science to help women navigate this issue.</p>
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Status Hierarchies: Do We Need Them?