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Ovarian Cancer Outcomes May Improve with "Dose-Dense" Chemotherapy
<p>UCSF gynecologic oncologist John K. Chan, MD, is leading a nationwide endeavor to evaluate a new strategy called “dose-dense” chemotherapy to improve treatment outcomes for women with ovarian cancer.</p>
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MediBabble Attacks Language Barriers at the Doctor's Office
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New Funding Supports Fight Against the Greatest Challenges of Preventing and Treating Diabetes
<p>The UCSF Diabetes Family Fund for Innovative Patient Care, Education and Scientific Discovery, created by one anonymous donor who is committed to diabetes research, is financing 11 projects that support creative, collaborative and imaginative innovations in diabetes clinical care, patient education, medical training and clinical and basic research. </p>
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Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey Announces Retirement
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Mapping the Brain with Philip Sabes, PhD
<p>By mapping neurons and neuron circuitry during movement, Sabes’ lab hopes to one day to be able to print this information back into the brain. If feasible, such therapy could offer new hope to stroke victims whose brains are unable to recover on their own.</p>
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New Life for Damaged Nerves with Hubert Kim, MD, PhD
<p>Each year, scores of soldiers wounded by explosives suffer from debilitating nerve injuries that render their arms and legs useless. Kim’s research, performed at the UCSF-affiliated San Francisco Veterans Affairs hospital, has led to development of artificial nerve grafts to accelerate healing of these injuries.</p>
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What Happened to the Family Doctor?
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Rethinking Prostate Cancer with Matthew Cooperberg, MD, MPH
<p>In the era of prostate cancer screening, mortality rates have fallen 40 percent. The price of that has been over-diagnosis and over-treatment, something the current health care system cannot sustain. One of the major goals of Cooperberg’s research is to develop better risk assessment tools and instruments that can give the patient and doctor more confidence that the patient’s cancer will not progress.</p>
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Arm the Deer
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Mining the Human Body with Michael Fischbach, PhD
<p>Having developed an algorithm that discovered a large quantity of drug-producing bacteria in and on humans, Fischbach has turned his lab’s attention to studying their populations and interactions with each other. This, he posits, can greatly influence a person’s overall health and disease.</p>
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Legacy of Mental Health Problems from Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Will Be Long-Lived
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Smarter Drug Delivery with Tejal Desai, PhD
<p>Swallowing pills means medication must face the challenge of surviving the harsh environment of the digestive tract. As a result, people must take larger doses than they need. Using micro and nano-fabrication techniques developed by the computer chip industry, Desai’s lab is creating tiny devices that take multiple drugs directly to where they are needed, using less medication, minimizing side effects and making the process safer for the patient. </p>
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Window into the Brain with Adam Boxer, MD, PhD
<p>Many researchers are finding that by the time a patient seeks treatment for symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, it’s often too late for the available drugs to have an effect. Boxer’s lab is studying very precise eye tracking methods to gauge mental fitness and identify cognitive decline decades before the first symptoms appear.</p>
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Movers & Shakers: Dr. Andrew Auerbach, The Next Editor of The Journal of Hospital Medicine
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LSD Alleviates 'Suicide Headaches'
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A Little Asthma Education Goes a Long Way
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Sleep and Pregnancy with Kathryn A. Lee, RN, PhD, FAAN
<p>With years of sleep research under her belt, Lee has recently focused on helping parents — especially new and expecting mothers — get enough sleep. From these studies, Lee has found worrisome correlations between sleep deprivation during pregnancy and increased instances of Cesarean operations and length of labor. By educating families about proper sleep hygiene, she hopes to promote healthier home environments for mothers and babies.</p>
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Growing New Teeth with Ophir Klein, MD, PhD
<p>By understanding the underlying biological processes that allow teeth to continuously grow in rodents and other mammals, Klein’s research aims to apply those principles to regenerative medicine in humans. Klein predicts that one day patients will be able to replace their own lost teeth with living, biological replicas instead of the prosthetics oral surgeons implant today.</p>
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HIV Testing Is Not Just For High-Risk Groups
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Discovery Suggests Drugs Can Prevent Brain Injuries Common in Premature Babies
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New City Budget Proposal Includes Private Security For SF General
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Botox Alternative Better at Smoothing 'Crow's Feet'
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In Medicine, New Isn't Always Improved
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Treating Disease Before Birth with Tippi MacKenzie, MD
Stem cell transplantation may hold the promise to treating many diseases before birth such as sickle cell anemia and muscular dystrophy. But first, researchers need to overcome many barriers, including rejection of stem cell transplants by the fetus. MacKenzie’s lab recently discovered that mothers’ T cells are responsible for rejecting the grafts and that this rejection may be avoided by using stem cells from the mother.
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Barry Bonds Pays Surprise Visit to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
San Francisco Giants home run king Barry Bonds paid a surprise visit to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, where he talked with patients, families and hospital staff in the Barry Bonds Family Foundation Playroom before visiting one-on-one with several kids in their hospital rooms on June 23.
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Media Advisory: NFL Stars to Present $2.5 Million Check for Brain Tumor Research
Former NFL player Harris Barton will present a $2.5 million check on behalf of Champion Charities to Dr. Michael Prados of the University of California, San Francisco’s Brain Tumor Research Center, to support its mission to eradicate brain disease.
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Hospitals Create Healthy Demand for Medical Offices
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UCSF School of Pharmacy Associate Dean for Teaching and Learning Outlines Vision
<p>Tina Brock, who recently became associate dean of teaching and learning in the UCSF School of Pharmacy, offers her perspective on the science of education, the importance of interprofessional learning and teaching future pharmacists.</p>
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Prenatal Folic Acid Doesn't Boost Sons' Fertility