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UCSF Chancellor to Celebrate Excellence in Education in Commencement Address
<p>Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann will celebrate excellence in education at UCSF when she delivers her 2012 commencement address to be webcast live on Tuesday, April 24.</p>
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An Achilles Heel of AML
The key to treating one of the most common types of human leukemia may lie within mutations in a gene called FLT3, according to new research led by physician-scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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What May Have Caused an Argentine Baby to Be Mistakenly Declared Dead?
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New Pill Recognition Software Has Implications for Emergency and Clinical Settings
<p>A UCSF professor and medical student are working together to develop a mobile application that can rapidly identify pills based on color, shape, and imprint to provide real-time identification of drugs in the field or emergency room.</p>
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UCSF Project Yields Major Resource for Scientific Research
One of the ultimate ways of understanding what impact any particular gene has in human health or disease is to disrupt it—knocking it down or wiping it out in a worm, fly or mouse and gauging what happens next.
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Effectively Spreading the Word on your Research
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UC President Releases Statement on UC Davis Pepper-Spray Report
UC President Mark Yudof looks forward to working with UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi to repair the damage caused by the incident involving the use of pepper spray on students on Nov. 18, 2011.
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UCSF Farmers' Market at Mission Bay Returns April 11
<p>UCSF’s Campus Life Retail Services and Pacific Coast Farmers’ Market Association (PCFMA) are proud to welcome back the Farmers’ Market at Mission Bay on Wednesday, April 11.</p>
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UCSF Chancellor Issues Call-To-Arms to Patient Advocates
In November 2011, a National Academy of Sciences committee issued a report calling for the creation of a “Google Maps”-like data network intended to revolutionize medical discovery, diagnosis and treatment. Today, the co-chair of that committee, UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, is issuing a call-to-arms to patient advocates to help make that idea a reality.
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To Tweet, or Not to Tweet: Physicians Misusing the Internet
<p>It’s a brave new world online. As the influence of social media widens, the lines between users’ personal and professional lives are blurring. Doctors are no exception. According to a new study published in the <em>Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)</em>, violations of online professionalism are prevalent among physicians. The study found that 92 percent of state medical boards in the United States have received reports of violations ranging from inappropriate contact with patients to misrepresentation of credentials.</p>
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Trust Issues: Dealing with Academia
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Disaster Resilience Part of Sustainability, Too
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Knowledge Is Power
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New MRI Technique May Predict Progress of Dementias
A new technique for analyzing brain images offers the possibility of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to predict the rate of progression and physical path of many degenerative brain diseases, report scientists at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
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EKG Finds Heart-Attack Risk in Some Seniors
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EKG Can Help Predict Heart Attacks in Healthy Elderly People
Can a simple diagnostic test used to measure a heart’s electrical activity help predict heart attacks? And can that knowledge help doctors reroute their patients away from coronary heart disease?
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Team Approach to Individualized Childbirth at New Mission Bay Women's Hospital
<p>The new Women’s Specialty Hospital at UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay will offer abundant opportunities to build on the collegiality UCSF already fosters between patient and provider.</p>
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Heart Test Could Predict Future Attacks in Elderly
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UCSF to Host World Malaria Day Symposium on April 25
<p>The Bay Area World Malaria Day Symposium presents an opportunity to meet, network with, and hear from the many local groups, organizations, and individuals engaged in fightiing the disease. Advanced registration is required.</p>
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EKG Heart Test May Predict Risk in Older Adults
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UCSF Artificial Kidney Project Tapped for Accelerated FDA Program
A UCSF-led effort to create an implantable artificial kidney for dialysis patients has been selected as one of the first projects to undergo more timely and collaborative review at the Food and Drug Administration.
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Kidney Failure Devices to Receive Fast-Track FDA Reviews
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FDA Fast-Tracks Approval Process of 3 Kidney Devices
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New View of Depression: An Ailment of the Entire Body
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The Dangers of Too Many Medical Tests
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Son's Leukemia Sends Mom on Search for Donor
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Critical Surgery
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California Baby Born with Webbed Hands, Feet Undergoes Surgery
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UCSF Chancellor Honored by Commonwealth Club