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Journals Project Performance Shows Humanity of Hospitalized Teens
<p>Teen patients at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital inspired the “100 Journals project,” a theatrical performance by students from San Francisco’s Galileo High School’s drama department.</p>
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Scientists Bank on Stress-Health Link
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UCSF Invites Feedback at Operational Excellence Forums
<p>Employees are invited to come and share their concerns, frustrations and hopes for the future of UCSF at upcoming forums as the University implements changes as part of the ongoing initiative knows as Operational Excellence.</p>
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Experts Allay Fears About Radiation Exposure
<p>The UCSF School of Pharmacy-administered California Poison Control System and state health officials are urging calm along the West Coast in response to Japan’s nuclear crisis and telling people not to take iodide medication.</p>
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Cholera Cases in Haiti Could be Double U.N.'s Estimates, Study Says
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Haiti Cholera Epidemic Could Sicken 779,000 This Year
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Talking Leadership with the National Cancer Institute's Harold Varmus
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Female Hormone Could Be Key to Male Contraceptive
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UC Regents Scrutinize Fiscal Crisis
<p>The University of California Regents heard this week that the 10-campus system expects to have a budget shortfall in fiscal 2011-2012 of nearly $900 million. </p>
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America Can't Afford to Neglect Dementia Research
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Bluestone Talks About Tricky Balancing Act Between Academia and Industry
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Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science Showcases New Cutting-Edge Facility
<p>More than 100 faculty members, students and staff celebrated the UCSF Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science’s new home on the Mission Bay campus on Wednesday as part of an open house to highlight the innovative services available in the cutting-edge facility.</p>
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UCSF Study Predicts Cholera Epidemic in Haiti will Far Exceed U.S. Projections
The cholera epidemic in Haiti this year is projected to be far worse than United Nations’ projections -- perhaps 779,000 cases of cholera between March and November 2011, according to a new study.
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Hippocampus Smaller in Veterans Not Recovered From PTSD, Study Shows
The hippocampus, a brain area associated with memory and stress, was about six percent smaller on average in veterans with current chronic PTSD than in veterans who had recovered from PTSD, in a study conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
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UCSF Ranks Among Nation's Best Medical, Nursing Schools
<p>UCSF is ranked among the nation’s top four schools for medicine and nursing, according to a new survey conducted by <em>U.S. News & World Report</em>.</p>
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Media Advisory: UCSF Therapy Clinic Showcases Latest in Rehabilitation Technology
In celebration of their new state-of-the-art academic and clinical center, the UCSF School of Medicine’s Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science invites media to an open house featuring tours and interactive demonstrations featuring the latest in PT technology.
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Shots, patches among alternatives to the Pill
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Help Patients Live While They Are Dying
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U.S. Surgeon General Stresses Importance of Creating Culture of Prevention
<p>U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin talked about her priorities for the nation’s health care, which focus on the impacts of social determinants, such as poverty, and stressed the importance of creating a culture of prevention to improve wellness.</p>
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Big Robot Pharma Is Here: UCSF Rolls Out Robot Pharmacists
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Is Sugar Really Healthier Than Corn Syrup?
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New Efforts To Simplify End-of-Life Care Wishes
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UCSF to Convene Leadership Panel on Diversity on April 14
<p>The campus community is invited to hear UCSF leaders give an update on the University’s efforts to nurture diversity on April 14.</p>
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UCSF Hosts Christy Turlington Burns' No Woman No Cry Documentary
UCSF Global Health Sciences and the UCSF Bixby Center Safe Motherhood Program welcome supermodel Christy Turlington Burns for the California premiere of <em>No Woman, No Cry. </em>
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Wood Smoke Harmful to Health and DNA, Study Finds
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UCSF Stem Cell Research Building Gains National Acclaim
<p>Dramatically positioned at Parnassus Heights, the Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building at UCSF is gaining national recognition as a stunning architectural and engineering feat.</p>
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Western Colleges Commission Gives UCSF High Marks for Collaboration and Diversity
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) has reaffirmed UCSF’s accreditation across all four schools and the Graduate Division, citing UCSF’s capacity to continue achieving its goals for student success into the future.
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Two to Receive Chancellor's Award for Advancement of Women
<p>Patricia Robertson and Tracey Geralds will be honored with the Chancellor’s Award for the Advancement of Women during a ceremony on March 28 in Toland Hall on the UCSF Parnassus campus.</p>