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What Steers Vampires to Blood
Scientists have known for years that when vampire bats tear through an animal’s skin with their razor-sharp teeth, their noses guide them to the best spots – where a precise bite will strike a vein and spill forth nourishing blood. But nobody knew exactly how bats knew where to bite – until now.
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New Scorecard Identifies Patients at Highest Risk on Blood Thinners
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.
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Medicare to Penalize Hospitals that Readmit Patients Too Soon
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How Blood-Sucking Vampire Bats Aim Their Bites
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Heather Nelson Brame Writes Test for Other Social Workers
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Stryker Kill Team, And Free Birth Control
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UCSF Releases Mobile App to Make Information Available on the Go
<p>UCSF is offering a new mobile app to keep news and information about the University handy for people on the go.</p>
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ERs Move to Speed Care; Not Everyone Needs a Bed
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Larger Dose of Zinc Lozenges May Shorten Colds
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UCSF's Cooke Wins Prize for Article on Cost Consciousness in Medical Education
<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>
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I Know It's a Girl, and I Need Your Help To Get It Out of Me.
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New UCSF Cancer Care Affiliation with Community Hospital In Monterey
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.
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A Worker With No ID and Great Medical Need
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Removers for Waterproof Eye Makeup
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Surveys Find Widespread Violence against Nurses and Other Hospital Caregivers
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Healing the Brain, Healing the Mind
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5 Years Later, Scientists Still Puzzled by Honeybee Decline
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Lynne Benioff Crusades to Improve Patient Conditions
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Those with Migraines May Get Fresh Aid at Stanford
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UCSF Neuro-oncologists Engage Caregivers to Better Help Patients
<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>
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O'Neil Working to Fix Broken Health Care Model
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Judge Orders San Francisco Circumcision Ban Off Ballot
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Designing a Better Food Label
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UCSF Prof Scores Big with Free Athlete Care
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Do You Obsessively Check Your Smartphone?
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State Audit Finds No Evidence of Waste, Fraud or Abuse at UC
<p>A 15-month audit called to “uncover the extent of the waste, fraud, and abuse within the UC” found no evidence of waste, fraud or abuse and calls for more transparency in financial matters, according to a report by the Bureau of State Audits.</p>
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The Hidden Costs of Medical Student Debt
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UCSF Scientists Hail Ruling on Embryonic Stem Cell Research
<p>UCSF scientists are hailing a federal court ruling on Wednesday that dismissed a lawsuit that sought to ban the use of federal funds to study any lines of human embryonic stem cells.</p>
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