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Protein That Stifles Inflammation May Protect the Brain, UCSF Study Suggests
<p>Feeding brain cells drugs that force them to produce a protein called “HSP70” can protect those cells from injury and death – at least in the test tube, according to University of California researchers.</p>
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Adolescent Psychiatrist Discusses Inspiration Behind New Novel
<p>UCSF's Lynn Ponton, an expert in teen risk-taking and sexuality, has written a new novel, “Metis: Mixed Blood Stories,” which tells the coming-of-age stories of four generations of adolescents as they face different challenges during their 16th year.</p>
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AIA New York Honors 38 Winners of Design Awards
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Gulf Oil Spill: Fishermen Say They Are Sick from Cleanup
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A Scientific Career Crossing Boundaries: From the Microscopic to the International
<p>Nobel laureate Peter Agre used his own career as an example to point to the international collaborations through which people from across the globe come together with a shared passion to work on scientific mysteries during his recent talk at the J. David Gladstone Institutes.</p>
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New Guidelines Suggest 3 Stages of Alzheimer's
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UCSF Searches for Extreme Dieters
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AIDS-Prevention Trial Is Halted
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UCSF Study Explores Stroke in Children
<p>A new retrospective study by interventional neuroradiologist, James Tatum, MD, and colleagues at UCSF look at the effectiveness of treating children having stokes with a technique known as "mechanical embolectomy," a standard treatment for stroke in adults.</p>
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Having Two Neurological Diseases at Once Creates Diagnostic Confusion, UCSF Study Suggests
<p>Preliminary data suggest that when a person has a combination of Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy, that produces a clinical syndrome that is difficult to diagnose, according to a UCSF study.</p>
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Found! The Seat of Embarrassment in Your Brain
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UCSF Study Shows 3D Images of Fetal Development
<p>UCSF has received funding by the National Institutes of Health to study fetal brain development in specific conditions and to correlate fetal MRI findings with neurodevelopmental outcomes.</p>
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Extreme Dieting: Does It Lead to Longer Lives?
A seminal UCSF study is probing the biological processes affected by extremely low caloric intake in the first broad examination of the psychological profile of successful extreme dieters gauging how they differ from normal eaters and overeaters. WATCH VIDEO.
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Sarcastic or Serious? Missing Subtle Cues May Signal Dementia
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AIDS Prevention Pill Study Halted; No Benefit Seen
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Health Expert Says Financial Crisis Could Force Changes
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All Those Tweets, Apps, Updates May Drain Brain
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Eight Is Too Much For 'Short Sleepers'
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Failure to Detect Sarcasm or Lies: A Sign of a Rare Dementia
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Diabetes Treatment Standards for Frail Older Adults Should Be More Flexible
Diabetes treatment standards for frail older adults should be more flexible than those for younger adults, focusing more on day-to-day quality of life and less on long-term results, according to a geriatrician at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
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UC Encourages Engaging Staff Through Performance Management
<p>As the University continues to work toward achieving operational excellence, UCSF Human Resources reminds managers and supervisors that they should help staff clearly understand their work expectations and support their success in achieving those expectations. </p>
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Embarrassed? Blame Your Brain
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Exercise May Protect Against Stress-Related Cellular Aging
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UCSF Presents Latest Advances in Neurology, Neurosurgery
<p>Dozens of faculty, medical residents, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students from UCSF presented their latest advances and discoveries in the fields of neurology and neurosurgery during international meetings in Honolulu and Denver.</p>
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$160M Records System Switching on at UCSF
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Mayor Gets First Hand Look at How San Francisco General Hospital Serves the City
<p>San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee toured San Francisco General Hospital, where UCSF physicians and allied health care professionals provide patient care services, including the City's only level one trauma center.</p>
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UCSF Researchers Develop Simple Tools to Detect Neurological HIV Complications in Kenya
<p>A team of researchers at UCSF has developed a simple screening tool – a question – to identify people with HIV who have neurological complications related to their infections. </p>
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UCSF Team Describes Neurological Basis for Embarrassment
Recording people belting out an old Motown tune and then asking them to listen to their own singing without the accompanying music seems like an unusually cruel form of punishment. But for a team of scientists at the University of California, San Francisco and University of California, Berkeley, this exact Karaoke experiment has revealed what part of the brain is essential for embarrassment.
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HIV Study: 76% Drop in Cases with Expanded Treatment