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Diabetes Public Health: UCSF Study Highlights Need for Better Guidelines
A survey of federally funded diabetes prevention and control programs in 57 U.S. states and territories has highlighted the need for better diabetes treatment guidelines that are specifically adapted to different populations. Such guidelines do not currently exist.
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UCSF to Host Faculty Development Day on September 21
<p>The sixth annual Faculty Development Day, scheduled for on Wednesday, Sept. 21, offers all UCSF faculty members an opportunity to network with colleagues, learn how to build and enhance their work life, and enjoy lunch together.</p>
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Neuroscience Vs Philosophy: Taking Aim at Free Will
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Enzyme Might Be Target for Treating Smoking, Alcoholism at Same Time
An enzyme that appears to play a role in controlling the brain's response to nicotine and alcohol in mice might be a promising target for a drug that simultaneously would treat nicotine addiction and alcohol abuse in people.
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UCSF School of Medicine Welcomes Class of 2015 With White Coat Ceremony
<p>Incoming medical school students don white coats in an annual ritual marking the start of their education at UCSF, inspiring their professors, others with their dedication, dreams and diverse backgrounds.</p>
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Public Often Unaware of a Drug's Safety Record -- Or Lack of One
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Laboratory Conditions
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Media Advisory: SF Hospital Experts Teach Limb-Saving Techniques to International Surgeons
The UCSF Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, the Institute for Global Orthopaedics and Traumatology (IGOT) and San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) are holding their second summit to teach international surgeons essential skills to help reduce the number of amputations performed throughout the world.
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The New Yorker Features Architectural Design of UCSF Stem Cell Building
<p>In the September 19, 2011 issue of <em>The New Yorker</em>, architecture critic Paul Goldberger features UCSF’s Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine as one of three new science buildings in the United States “crafted with the specific intention of fostering interaction and connections, as a means of generating ideas.”</p>
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Chemo Impacts Female Fertility More Than Thought
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What are the Effects of Stress on Aging?
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Lawyers: Giants Fan's Medical Costs to Top $50M
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Virtual Colonoscopy Still Has Its Skeptics
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Promising Signs Emerging from HIV Gene Therapy Trials
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Older Pills Often Safer But Many Think New is Better
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UCSF Unveils Centralized Calendar Webpage
<p>Members of the UCSF community have easier access to several different campus calendars with today's launch of a centralized webpage for events and activities.</p>
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Remembering 9/11: Ten Years After
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Fillers En Vogue for Hands, Temples, Earlobes
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Bruzzese: Boomers Never Knew it Could Get This Scary
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Media Advisory: UCSF Picnic to Honor Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Patients
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital will celebrate children who have had bone marrow transplants and their families at the third pediatric bone marrow transplant picnic on September 10.
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HM@15 - Are You Living Up to High Expectations of Efficiency?
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New Research Shows Mental Illness Common, Linked to Heart Disease
<p>Mental illnesses, especially depression and anxiety disorders, are common in the United States and Europe according to two new major research reports. They often are untreated, and they are associated with chronic, life threatening health problems, including heart disease.</p>
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Candidates for Mayor Submerged in Crowd
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Advances in Space Medicine Threatened by Funding Cuts, Says Scientist-Astronaut
Biomedical research in space has yielded a wealth of insights into the effects of weightlessness on the human body, but recent funding cuts undermine the ability of the United States to continue to contribute to the field of space medicine, writes Millie Hughes-Fulford, PhD, a biologist at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and a former NASA astronaut.
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Moderate Drinkers Get Some Good News
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Warner, Merck Bone Drugs Need Label Changes on Use Duration, Panel Says
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Movie Review: We Were Here (2010)
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Gladstone Scientist Finds New Target For Treating Symptoms of Parkinson's Disease
A scientist at the Gladstone Institutes has identified how the lack of a brain chemical known as dopamine can rewire the interaction between two groups of brain cells and lead to symptoms of Parkinson’s disease. This discovery offers new hope for treating those suffering from this devastating neurodegenerative disease.
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UCSF Medical Center Catches Up With EHR Deployment