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What Patients Talk About When They Talk About Doctors
An analysis of hundreds of reviews posted to physician-rating sites on the Internet revealed that patients generally give their doctors favorable reviews in this forum. If they complain, it is generally about the experience of going to the doctor.
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Dr. Richard K. Olney, Felled by the Disease He Studied, Is Dead at 64
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Should Sugar Be Regulated Like Alcohol and Tobacco?
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Media Advisory: UCSF to Host Symposium on Tobacco Research
<p>A UCSF symposium, “<em>It’s About a Billion Lives</em>,’’ will feature new research on tobacco. A wide range of topics will be presented including discussions about the harmful effects of cigarette smoke exposure, the public health consequences of “electronic’’ cigarettes, and how discount pricing of cigarettes has raised smoking rates among poor people in China.</p>
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The Doctor Can Listen To You Now
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Male and Female Behavior Deconstructed
Hormones shape our bodies, make us fertile, excite our most basic urges, and as scientists have known for years, they govern the behaviors that separate men from women. But how?
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UCSF Scientists Declare War on Sugar in Food
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"Wide-Ranging Applications for Pluripotent Stem Cells"
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Dr. Richard Olney Dies at 64; Researcher Sought Cure for Lou Gehrig's Disease
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Goals for Blood Pressure in Kidney Disease Patients May Be Unrealistic, Suggests Study
An upward revision of the blood pressure numbers used to identify risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) might actually help doctors provide better care for their patients, said the authors of a study in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD).
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Sugar Can Harm Like Alcohol and Tobacco; Regulate It, Article Says
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Berkeley Scientists Reveal Promising Speech Gains
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Vigorous Exercise Linked to Gene Activity in Prostate
Scientists at UCSF have identified nearly 200 genes in the healthy prostate tissue of men with low-grade prostate cancer that may help explain how physical activity improves survival from the disease.
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Societal Control of Sugar Essential to Ease Public Health Burden
Sugar should be controlled like alcohol and tobacco to protect public health, according to a team of UCSF researchers, who maintain in a new report that sugar is fueling a global obesity pandemic, contributing to 35 million deaths annually worldwide.
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Translating Brain Waves to Reconstruct Sounds and Conversations You've Heard
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Informed Patient: Taking Quality of Life into Account in Health Decisions
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Word-of-Mind: Researchers Decode Words from the Brain's Auditory Activity
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ALS Researcher Succumbs to Disease He Studied
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Lung Cancer Test Predicts Likelihood of Death
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UCSF's New Dean Wants to Raise Profile of Graduate Education
<p>UCSF has named Elizabeth Watkins, director of graduate studies for the History of Health Sciences program and a professor in the Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, dean of the Graduate Division.</p>
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ALS Researcher Dies From Disease He Studied
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Treating Dogs' Spinal Cord Injuries Could Help Humans
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'I Wanted To Live': New Depression Drugs Offer Hope For Toughest Cases
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Dr. Richard Olney Dies: Expert on, Victim of ALS
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Salesforce Tops Last Redevelopment Agenda in San Francisco
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Genentech Drug to Fight Common Skin Cancer Gets OK
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UCSF ALS Center's Founding Director Dies of the Disease He Studied
Richard K. Olney, MD, founding director of the ALS Treatment and Research Center at UCSF and a pioneer in clinical research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has died at age 64, following his own eight-year battle with the disease.
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Professor of Economics to Deliver Health Policy Seminar on February 2
<p>Robert Kaestner, PhD, a professor in the Department of Economics at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois, will deliver a health policy seminar at UCSF on February 2.</p>
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UCSF School of Medicine Leaders Explore Bioinformatics in Research, Patient Care and Education
<p>Bioinformatics was the focus of this year’s daylong UCSF School of Medicine leadership retreat on January 20. Campus leaders examined the question of how to optimally develop, organize and integrate clinical-outcome data, research data, business intelligence, and population data so that information is accessible and usable to empower research and improve medical practice.</p>