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Adolescent Window of Breast Cancer Risk Explained in Award-Winning Video
<p>Exposure of girls to toxins and hormone-disrupting chemicals in the environment are suspected of increasing risk for breast cancer."The Breast Biologues," is an award-winning video that explains research by the Bay Area Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Center.</p>
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Hospitals New No. 1 Industry in SF, Report Shows
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Hospital Easy Sell for Salesforce's Benioff, Wife
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9/11: Six Tech Advances to Prevent Future Attacks
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UCSF, UC Merced to Study Effectiveness of Anti-Tobacco Programs
Researchers with the University of California, San Francisco and the University of California, Merced will examine the effectiveness of state and local anti-smoking programs across the United States to ensure that health authorities are able to use their increasingly limited resources to support and defend the most effective approaches.
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Industry Report: Health Care Contributes $15.3 Billion to San Francisco Economy Annually
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Symposium Highlights Breadth, Depth of Biomedical Imaging Research
<p>For eight years now the UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging has showcased its discoveries, its hard work and its hopes for the future at an event called the Imaging Research Symposium.</p>
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Foetal Tissue Plays Pivotal Role in Formation of Insulin-Producing Cells
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Fetal Tissue Plays Pivotal Role in Formation of Insulin-Producing Cells
A somewhat mysterious soft tissue found in the fetus during early development in the womb plays a pivotal role in the formation of mature beta cells the sole source of the body’s insulin. This discovery, made by scientists at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Texas A&M University, may lead to new ways of addressing Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.
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Dreaming Big: Dreamforce Events Showcase UCSF Innovation
<p>It seemed like an unlikely scenario: eight of UCSF’s top thought leaders describing their work for a public health sciences campus and hospital as hundreds of startup founders, sales executives and information technology professionals listened – and Tweeted – intently.</p>
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Medical Schools Teaching Little About Gay Health
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Sidelined: Sports Concussions
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Stars Come Out for UC San Francisco Children's Hospital
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Vaccine Analysis Further Debunks Autism and Diabetes Links
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S.F. Experiment in Improving Patient Health Care
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Medicare Unveils Bundled Payment Models to Start in 2012
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Union Organizing Shifts to White-Collar Jobs, Especially in Hospitals
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Jon Huntsman's Bold Plan for Health Care Reform (But Not Entitlements)
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Emergency Care at Hospitals, Who Waits While Others Assault Staff?
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FDA Creating New Nutrition Facts Label
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Heart Failure Program Has Reduced Readmissions by 30 Percent
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Jay Leno Meets Salesforce's Marc Benioff
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UCSF to Close Bookstores at Parnassus and Mission Bay Campuses
<p>Due to a steady decline in business and a recommendation to shift to online purchases for computers, UCSF will close its University stores at its Parnassus and Mission Bay campuses by the end of October.</p>
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UCSF to Establish Multicultural Resource Center to Promote Culture of Inclusion
<p>As part of the organization of the Office of Diversity and Outreach, UCSF will establish a Multicultural Resource Center, which will promote a campus culture of inclusion and equity, cultural competency and interprofessional collaboration.</p>
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Rob Lowe's Studious Sons Shun Showbiz
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Children Affected by Violence Suffer Mental Injuries, Psychologists and Experts Say
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Benefit Held in SF for New Children's Hospital
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UCSF Searches for Multiple Sclerosis Cure
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Dreamforce: UCSF Converting Science into Public Benefit