Artificial Kidney Project at UCSF Receives $3 Million in New Funding
A $750,000 gift from the John and Marcia Goldman Foundation is spurring a UCSF-led effort to create the first implantable artificial kidney for patients with kidney failure.
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Vigilance About the Dangers of Delirium
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High Stress Can Make Insulin Cells Regress
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Boy Born With a Deadly Heart Disease Finds Life-Saving Care at UCSF
<p>Sean White, who was born with a congenital heart disease that’s often fatal for infants, underwent three life-saving heart surgeries. Now 13, Sean was recently honored with the “UCSF Gen. Colin Powell Medal of Courage.”</p>
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Tainted: Why Gay Men Still Can't Donate Blood
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Nail Biting: Mental Disorder Or Just A Bad Habit?
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Congo-Kinshasa: International Researchers Identify Deadly Congo Virus
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Secondhand Smoke Kills 42,000 Nonsmokers a Year in US
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Former U.S. Sen. Tom Daschle to Outline Challenges Ahead With Affordable Care Act
<p>Former U.S. Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle is discussing the challenges that lie ahead for the Affordable Care Act and what’s needed to ensure its success as part of the UCSF Chancellor’s Health Policy Lecture Series this week.</p>
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UCSF Nabs $3 Million to Lead Artificial Kidney Effort
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Dr. McAninch Receives College of Surgeons' Top Honor
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Healing Senses
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Off-the-Couch Mental Health Therapies
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Diversity Month Events Celebrate Culture of Inclusiveness
<p>October is Diversity Month at UCSF, and the campus is celebrating with a series of events that highlight the University’s efforts to support talented and diverse faculty, staff and trainees.</p>
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Doctor: U.S. Health Care Not Working
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Despite Promises Made to Concerned Family Members, Movie Characters Refuse to Quit Smoking
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New Virus Named Bas-Congo Detected
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Special Programs Enhance Pediatric Cancer Care at UCSF
<p>September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness month, encouraging awareness and affirmation to the commitment of fighting pediatric cancer.</p>
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Genetic Sleuthing Uncovers Deadly New Virus in Africa
An isolated outbreak of a deadly disease known as acute hemorrhagic fever, which killed two people and left one gravely ill in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the summer of 2009, was probably caused by a novel virus scientists have never seen before, according to an international research consortium that included UCSF.
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UCSF Hosts 24th Annual Faculty and Staff Art Show
<p>The works of faculty and staff will be on display from October 1 through October 4 for the 24th annual art show on the UCSF Parnassus campus.</p>
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Mission Bay Roars to Life
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Smoking on the Rise in Youth Movies
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Few U.S. Smokers Say Secondhand Smoke Is Very Harmful
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The Great Stem Cell Dilemma
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Quick Takes: Smoking's Greater Role in Movies
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New Virus in Africa Looks Like Rabies, Acts Like Ebola
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Why are Twilight, X-Men and Green Hornet Bad for Kids?
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Media Advisory: Swimming for UCSF Pediatric Cancer Care
Swimming enthusiasts including former Olympians, cancer survivors and former patients will take part in Swim Across America’s seventh annual San Francisco Bay Area Open Water Swim benefiting UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Survivors of Childhood Cancer Program.
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Anatomy of the Discovery of the Deadly Bas-Congo Virus
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Smoking in Movies Is Up, Study Finds