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A Tax on Soda Could Save Lives
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New Web Resource Helps Doctors Assess Life Expectancy of Older Patients
A team led by researchers from the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF has completed the first systematic review of prognostic indices used to calculate a patient’s life expectancy, and created a website that puts these indices in one central location.
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Alcohol Releases addictive Endorphins, Study Shows
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HealthWatch: UCSF Study Helps Demystify Alcohol Addiction
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New Website Predicts Likelihood of Death
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Occasional Marijuana Use Doesn't Harm Lungs
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Prostate Cancer Screenings at VA Hospitals Don't Follow Guidelines for Elderly, Study Says
Veterans Affairs hospitals screen elderly men with limited life expectancies for prostate cancer at surprisingly high rates, even though guidelines recommend against such screening, according to a study led by a physician at the UCSF-affiliated San Francisco VA Medical Center.
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Soda Tax Could Prevent 26,000 Premature Deaths, Study Finds
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New Swine Flu, Drug-Resistant Strains Arising
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Study: Soda Tax Could Save 26,000 Lives Every Year
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Smoking Pot Doesn't Hurt Lung Capacity, Study Shows
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Marijuana Shown to Be Less Damaging to Lungs Than Tobacco
A large-scale national study suggests low to moderate use of marijuana is less harmful to users’ lungs than exposure to tobacco, even though the two substances contain many of the same components, according to a study led by UCSF and University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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Casual Marijuana Smoking Not Harmful to Lungs
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Using Interactive Tools to Assess the Likelihood of Death
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Stem Cell Odyssey Leads from Tusks and Teeth to Gut
<p>Medical geneticist Ophir Klein's studies of stem cells in tooth development and of stem cell changes in the gut may lead to new strategies for regenerating teeth and for treating craniofacial abnormalities.</p>
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UCSF, Sanofi Launch $3.1M Pilot Diabetes Drug Project
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UCSF Study Finds Pot Smoke Less Harmful Than Tobacco
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UCSF, Sanofi Collaborate to Find New Diabetes Cures
UCSF has signed an alliance with international pharmaceutical company Sanofi to share expertise in diabetes research and identify drug targets that could lead to new therapies for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
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Clovis Cancer Survivor, 7, Gets Wish, Blows Up Building
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Chancellor to Discuss Future of UCSF at Regents Meeting on January 19
<p>Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann will talk about about UCSF’s future and vision to become the world’s preeminent health sciences innovator during a presentation to the UC Board of Regents at its meeting at UC Riverside on Thursday, Jan. 19.</p>
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Marijuana Doesn't Harm Lung Function, Study Says
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Soda Tax Could Save 26,000 Lives, Study Projects
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Nicotine Patches, Gums Won't Help Smokers Quit Long-Term
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Bayer, Keeping Tabs on the 'Hood, to Open Labs For Mission Bay Startups
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Statins Raise Rsk of Type 2 Diabetes in Older Women, Study Finds
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How Many Lives Could a Soda Tax Save?
A group of scientists at UCSF and Columbia University estimates that slapping a penny-per-ounce tax on sweetened beverages would prevent nearly 100,000 cases of heart disease, 8,000 strokes and 26,000 deaths every year.
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Letter to the Editor: Anorexia Treatment
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"ER" Producer and Physician to Address Future of Emergency Care in America
<p>John Maa, MD, an assistant professor in the UCSF Department of Surgery, and Neal Baer, MD, executive producer of TV's "ER" and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," will address "The Futre of Emergency Care in America - Doctors as Storytellers" on January 11 in Cole Hall on the Parnassus campus.</p>
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Nicotine Patches, Gum Won't Help Smokers Quit: Study