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A new and simple risk score may aid physicians in gauging the likelihood that a common drug will cause a hemorrhagic stroke or other major bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation, potentially allowing wider but safer use of the effective drug.
<p>UCSF's Molly Cooke has won an inaugural award recognizing the best articles in medical professionalism for her paper titled "Cost Consciousness in Patient Care - What is Medical Education's Responsibility," which was published in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine.</em></p>
<p>UCSF is offering a new mobile app to keep news and information about the University handy for people on the go.</p>
A new collaboration has begun between the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula that will enhance patient care and access to clinical trials.
<p>Seeking to improve care for people with brain tumors, neuro-oncologists at UCSF Medical Center are beginning to look beyond the patient to engage a patient’s family, friends and other caregivers.</p>
<p>The <em>San Francisco Business Times</em> recognized several members of the UCSF and San Francisco General Hospital communities and a diabetes outreach clinic in its inaugural "Health Care Heroes" edition. </p>
<p> </p><p>The University of California is proposing a revision to the University’s layoff policy clarifying that performance is one of the key factors that managers should use when deciding employee layoffs or reductions in time.</p>
<p>NBC Nightly News profiled UCSF's longest tenured professor Ephraim P. Engleman, a centenarian who remarkably still treats patients at UCSF.</p>