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Hospital Chain Inquiry Cited Unnecessary Cardiac Work
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Epilepsy Drug Reverses Memory Loss in Animal Model of Alzheimer's Disease
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Emergency Room Overcrowding More Likely to Impact Minorities
Hospitals in areas with large minority populations are more likely to be overcrowded and to divert ambulances, delaying timely emergency care, according to a multi-institutional study focused on California.
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Minorities Hit Hardest by Hospital Overcrowding, Study Finds
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How Digital Culture Is Rewiring Our Brains
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Sleeping Less May Dampen Vaccine Response
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The Journey Home
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Epilepsy Drug Could Help with Alzheimer's-Related Memory Loss
Scientists at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes have discovered that an FDA-approved anti-epileptic drug reverses memory loss and alleviates other Alzheimer’s-related impairments in an animal model of the disease.
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Overcrowded ER Points to Larger Problems
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Cracks in the Test: Doctors Improve Osteoporosis Screens
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Minorities Hit Hardest by Calif. Hospital Overcrowding: Study
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Gladstone Researchers Find Epilepsy Drug That May Work for Alzheimer's Patients
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Brain Might Not Stand in the Way of Free Will
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Half in U.S. Have Poor Health Literacy
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Not Losing Weight? Here's Why
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UCSF, Dignity Discuss Linking San Francisco Hospitals
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Summer Internships Encourage High School Students to Pursue Careers in Science
<p>Andrea Lopez knows that she could easily be doomed by her demographic: She is 17, Latina and the mother of a baby boy. But UCSF's Science Education & Health Partnership's internship program has helped her prove otherwise.</p>
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Cradle to College to Career
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What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
Is it possible for a health care system to redesign its services to better educate patients to deal with their immediate health issues and also become more savvy consumers of medicine in the long run?
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Violence Prevention Program at SF General Hospital Saves Lives
<p>When Rochelle Dicker, MD, was a UCSF intern, she cared for a 16-year-old boy who had been shot as a result of gang violence. He was eventually discharged, but returned to the emergency room a few weeks later after he was shot again. Today, Dicker directs a program that has proven to save lives.</p>
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SF Police Commission Hears Taser Debate
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Students Vaccinate Against Hepatitis B in Chinatown
The San Francisco Hepatitis B Collaborative offers free screenings for Hepatitis B (Hep B) and low cost vaccinations for community members every other Saturday at the Chinatown Public Health Center.
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Jell-O Artist Creates Mission Bay Mural
Four distinct murals commissioned by the UCSF Medical Center will be installed on the perimeter fence of the new children’s, women's, and cancer hospitals under construction in Mission Bay.
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Grants Fund Teen Wellness Programs
The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health supports student-designed health and wellness programs across San Francisco, including a mentor group and yoga classes at George Washington High School.
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Scientists Bring Hands-On Fun to Class
UCSF's Science & Health Education Partnership (SEP) pairs teachers with UCSF researchers and graduate students to create rich classroom experiences through explorations in biology and chemistry to K-12 students in San Francisco's schools.
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Eighth Graders Get a Feel for the Human Heart
The Daly Ralston Resource Center at UCSF’s Science & Health Education Partnership (SEP) offers teachers the opportunity to check out science materials – ranging from curriculum kits to real human specimens – for their science classes.
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Runners Receive UCSF Care at the SF Marathon
More than 80 volunteers and staff from UCSF spent an early Saturday morning at the San Francisco Marathon keeping the runners safe from start to finish.
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Sports Medicine Service Keeps Kids Alive
UCSF's PlaySafe program has provided free sports medicine care to Bay Area high school students since 2002. By combining cardiac evaluations with annual physicals, the program aims to reduce the risk of sudden athlete death.
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Students Volunteer at Mabuhay Health Center
On the second Saturday of every month, UCSF students spend their day in downtown San Francisco learning how to provide culturally competent health care.