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Video: The Inspiring Story of Former UCSF Chancellor Haile T. Debas
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UCSF Offers Employees Week of Free Access to Fitness Centers
<p>Employees who show an UCSF identification badge can work out for free at UCSF Fitness Centers at Parnassus and Mission Bay campuses from May 1 through May 7.</p>
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Scientists Identify Brain Circuitry Associated with Addictive, Depressive Behaviors
Scientists at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes have determined how specific circuitry in the brain controls not only body movement, but also motivation and learning, providing new insight into neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease — and psychiatric disorders such as addiction and depression.
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NCI Grant to Aid Oral Cancer Genomic Marker Research
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Teens Enjoy Prom Night at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
<p>More than 100 teenagers filled UCSF’s Moffitt Café on April 20 for the second annual UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital prom – the only hospital prom for teens in the San Francisco Bay Area.</p>
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Colicky Babies May Be Having Early Migraines
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Progress with HIV Undercut by Unmet Needs
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Pursuing Her Olympic Dream
<p>When Christina Allen, MD, was a small child growing up in Connecticut, the word <em>taekwondo</em> was as foreign to her as the country of its origin. Some 40 years later, Allen is the team physician for the U.S. Olympics Taekwondo Team and will accompany them to the 2012 London Olympics this summer.</p>
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Avanafil: Do We Need Another Viagra?
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Steps Toward Lower Cost, Higher Quality Health Care
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UCSF Breakthrough Turns Bad Fat Into Good Fat
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UCSF Chancellor Announces Health Sciences Education Initiative
<p>UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann announced a four-year $100 million fund-raising initiative during her April 24 speech marking the beginning of commencement season at the University.</p>
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The Fluctuating Costs for Medical Procedures
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Mission Bay Hospital Project Wins International Innovation Award
<p>UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay’s design and construction team has received an international award honoring the many innovative approaches being used to create the world-class hospital complex in San Francisco.</p>
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Tobacco Industry Gearing Up to Take Down California Cigarette Tax Initiative
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Gladstone Scientists Identify Key Network Mechanism That Could Contribute to Cognitive Problems in Alzheimer's Disease
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have unraveled a process by which depletion of a specific protein in the brain contributes to the memory problems associated with Alzheimer’s disease. These findings provide insights into the disease’s development and may lead to new therapies that could benefit the millions of people worldwide.
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Faster Stochastic Optical Reconstruction Microscopy for Watching Interior of Live Cells
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UCSF and SFUSD Collaborate to Prepare Students for College
<p>Heading off to college is almost always daunting, even for the most accomplished high school students. That’s why about 500 San Francisco seniors flocked to UCSF Mission Bay recently for a community outreach program designed to curb the dropout rate.</p>
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Progress Against HIV Thwarted By Patients' Unmet Needs
In a groundbreaking study published last year, scientists reported that effective treatment with HIV medications not only restores health and prolongs life in many HIV-infected patients, but also curtails transmission to sexual partners up to ninety-seven percent.
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Is Enough Being Done To Monitor Mad Cow Disease?
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Report: Epilepsy Surgery Underused Option When Drug Therapy Fails
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Senate Panel OKs Scaled Back Early-Term Abortion Bill
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Scientist Warner Greene Receives Washington University School of Medicine Alumni Award
Warner C. Greene — who directs virology and immunology research at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes — has won the 2012 Alumni Achievement Award from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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UCSF Fundraising
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Media Advisory: UCSF Hosts Symposium on Tobacco Treatment
To celebrate the launch of UCSF’s Fontana Tobacco Treatment Center, UCSF is holding an educational symposium featuring new research on tobacco cessation treatment and tobacco research. Lunch will be provided.
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Media Advisory: UCSF Hosts Symposium On World Malaria Day
To celebrate World Malaria Day 2012, on Wednesday, April 25, the UCSF Global Health Group and local non-profit Zagaya are hosting the Bay Area World Malaria Day Symposium.
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Malaria Resurgence Directly Linked To Funding Cuts
Funding cuts for malaria control are the single most common reason for the resurgence of the deadly disease, according to a new study that has linked overall weakened malaria control programs to the majority of global resurgences since 1930.
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Fat, Drumsticks, and Froot Loops
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Medical Bills: Sticker Shock and Confused Consumers
According to a provocative new UCSF analysis, patients are all too often left in the dark about how and what hospitals charge for their medical care – even in the face of a mounting push nationally for consumers to have a voice in how their health care dollars are spent.