New Recruitment Service Helps Find Patients for Clinical Trials
<p>Many clinical trials fail to meet recruitment goals. To meet the challenge, UCSF has launched a Participant Recruitment Service and a Research Participant Registry.</p>
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Stigma of H.I.V. Is a Barrier to Prenatal Care
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When the Mango Bites Back
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UCSF, Mayo Team Discovers Genomic Variant That Increases Risk of Brain Tumors
People who carry a “G” instead of an “A” at a specific spot in the sequence of their genetic code have roughly a six-fold higher risk of developing certain types of brain tumors, according to a study by researchers at UCSF and Mayo Clinic.
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Before Gunfire, Hints of 'Bad News'
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Sleepless Nights May Put The Aging Brain At Risk Of Dementia
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Patients Negotiate for Care with Cash
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Teens View Oral Sex as Less Risky
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A Little Pot and Less Pain
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Sleep Problems May Contribute to Cognitive Decline
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Health-care-cost PR Blitz Reminds Cubans It's Not Really Free; Government Pays, Amid Cutbacks
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Air District's Failures on Chevron Fire Show Need for Independent Inquiry
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Cuba Campaign Takes on 'Free' Health Care
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Cancer Drug Helps Patient Despite Faltering in Trials
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Former Olympians Help Celebrate UCSF Pediatric Transplant Surgery Success
<p>More than 300 children and their families joined former Olympians, UCSF doctors, nurses, social workers and others at the 17th annual picnic to celebrate the work of the Organ Transplant Service at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.</p>
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M.D. Training Programs Land $2.6M
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Great Manager Profile: Doug Eckman
<p><span>Doug Eckman works at the intersection of dual bureaucracies. As director of operations for UCSF School of Medicine, Dean’s Office at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (SFGH), Eckman must navigate both the university and the city’s Department of Public Health. Despite the complexity and perhaps because of it, Eckman loves his work.</span></p>
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Schools Look To New Health Care Program To Cut Costs
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Social Interaction Study Highlights Loneliness and Isolation as Heath Risks for Elders
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A Sleeping Timebomb
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Using Virtual Health Care Environments to Achieve Real-World Results
<p>On the surface, Parkinson’s disease and lung cancer have little in common, except that both have a devastating effect on many people’s lives. But two researchers from the UCSF School of Nursing have discovered the potential to use digital technology to help some patients manage these illnesses better than they can with existing methods.</p>
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Done Having Kids: His and Her Options
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Better Food Seen as Key in AIDS Treatment
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UCSF Employee Robbed Near Mission Bay Campus
<p><span>Police are investigating a robbery of a UCSF employee near the Mission Bay campus this week.</span></p>
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Beyond the Headlines: Health Insurance
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Expanding Access To Food Stamps Could Help Combat HIV Epidemic
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Multicultural Center Welcomes Diverse Campus Community
<p><span>The UCSF Multicultural Resource Center has opened its doors to the campus community, to promote a culture of inclusion and offer a gathering place for discussions about diversity.</span></p>
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HIV Patients Who Lack Access to Healthy Food are Hospitalized More Often
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Food Insecurity Increases Hospital Use by HIV-Positive Urban Poor in San Francisco
UCSF researchers found that poor HIV-infected individuals living in San Francisco are significantly more likely to visit emergency rooms and to have hospital stays if they lack access to food of sufficient quality and quantity for a healthy life.
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Graduate Medical Education to Undergo Review by IOM Committee
<p><span>Kathy Dracup, dean emeritus of the UCSF School of Nursing, has been named to an Institute of Medicine (IOM) ad hoc committee to conduct an independent review of the graduate medical education system and make recommendations on how to better produce a medical workforce for the 21<sup>st</sup> century.</span></p>
