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Two California leaders to be honored for fighting domestic violence
California Congresswoman Lois Capps and Bruce Bodaken, chief executive officer of Blue Shield of California, will be honored during a March 16 reception at the Asian Art Museum for their continued efforts to combat domestic violence.
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On the Media: Smoke Gets in Their Eyes
The impact of movie sex and violence on kids may be up for debate, but with smoking, the science is solid. Teens who see a lot of it are more likely to take up the habit than those who don't. Stanton Glantz, PhD, professor of medicine at UCSF and renowned anti-tobacco researcher and activist, wants the MPAA to take smoking as seriously as it takes cursing.
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Staff Council Seeks Input to Help Guide Its Work
The Staff Council at UCSF is surveying staff members to get a better idea of the kinds of issues it should be working on this year.
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UCSF policy expert presents recommendation for health coverage
A health policy specialist at UCSF has developed a strategy to provide universal health care for major and chronic illness for everyone by instituting a plan that incorporates aspects of both a single-payer model and a plan similar to a preferred provider organization, known as a PPO.
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UCSF professor to explain the female brain
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Training for AIDS Lifecycle Puts Knee Replacement into Perspective
UCSF's Carol Hyman tells her story about how training for the AIDS/LifeCycle has put her own rehabilitation from knee surgery into perspective.
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UCSF offers free skin cancer screenings
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Macular Degeneration: Preserving Eyesight Through Regeneration Science
Macular degeneration is the major cause of vision loss in the United States. The disease, which kills photoreceptors that convey visual signals from the eye to the brain, often strikes the elderly. Its defining symptom is blurriness in the central visual field, a blurriness that robs many people of their ability to drive or read.
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Peripheral Vascular Disease: Keeping the Blood Flowing
Rajabrata Sarkar, MD, PhD, describes his job as "taking care of people who have problems with poor blood flow to different parts of their bodies." In practice, it means that the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center vascular surgeon is constantly on his way to or from the operating room. He's happy to schedule time to discuss his work, as long as the questioner understands one proviso: "I may be in surgery."
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Cancer Cluster: Tracking a Killer in Nevada
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A Speck of Spec: A Conversation with Al Burlingame
Why knowing a little can sometimes tell you a lot...
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UCSF Events for April 2007
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March 12 seminar educates transplant recipients on skin cancer risk
March 12 seminar educates transplant recipients on skin cancer riskA special seminar at UCSF on Monday, March 12, will focus on educating transplant patients about the potential risk of skin cancer.
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SFGH Surgeon: Helping the Wounded in Germany
Peggy Knudson, MD, San Francisco General Hospital trauma surgeon of 18 years, has been selected for a second time to work at the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, as part of the Senior Visiting Surgeon Program funded jointly by the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the American College of Surgeons and the US military.
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The Serbian Connection: UCSF Teaching Goes International
Igor Mitrovic, MD, UCSF associate adjunct professor of physiology, still remembers the unexpected email that showed up on his campus computer screen in the spring of 2005.
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Professor, Author to Explain Female Brain
Neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine, author of the book, <i>The Female Brain</i>, will be a guest speaker at a public forum on March 27 at UCSF Mission Bay.
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The Dangers of Blood Clots and How You Can Protect Yourself
Vice President Dick Cheney, 66, is being treated at a Washington, DC, hospital after developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a blood clot in his left leg, after 65 hours of plane travel. Such clots are rare but are sometimes caused by extended air travel.
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Chair of Medicine to Receive 2007 Trudeau Medal
Talmadge King Jr., professor and interim chair of the Department of Medicine at UCSF, will receive the Trudeau Medal in May.
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UCSF Acknowledges Generosity of Late Ernest Gallo
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Women sacrifice sleep to "Do It All," survey finds
American women are struggling to "do it all" and are sacrificing sleep to juggle their family and work responsibilities, according to a new survey led by a professor in the School of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Medical Computer Tablet May Replace Paper Hospital Charts
Bay Area hospitals are testing a new device called Motion C5 which could make the paper patient medical chart a thing of the past. The handheld computer tablet, developed in collaboration with UCSF, allows medical staff to enter patient data at the bedside, and logon is controlled by a fingerprint ID.
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UCSF Names New Director of Facilities Management
Green building advocate Maric Munn has joined UCSF as the new Director of Facilities Management.
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Campus to Welcome Students from UCSF Fresno Doctors Academy
Nearly 35 graduating students in the Doctors Academy Program at Sunnyside High School in Fresno are headed to UCSF on Wednesday.
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Controversial Cancer Treatment Draws Some Overseas
A gene therapy treatment for cancer offered in Beijing involves injecting a tumor suppression gene called p53 mixed with a modified virus into a cancer cell to suppress its growth. "The virus is sort of like a Trojan horse," says UCSF oncologist Alan Venook, MD, a cancer specialist who has studied p53.
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UCSF on UCTV: The Promise and the Perils of Drug Development
Medical advances made from the development of new drugs are astounding. However, the competition for potential profit has created many critics. Tune in to UCTV this month for a range of UCSF programs that explore these amazing developments and the dangerous territory that comes with them.
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Hot tubs hurt fertility, UCSF study shows
Exposure to hot baths or hot tubs can lead to male infertility, but the effects can sometimes be reversible, according to a new study led by a University of California, San Francisco urologist.
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Health and Wealth Lecture Draws Many in Chinese Community
A large crowd gathered at the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco recently to learn how to be healthy and wealthy.
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Hard Drugs: A Conversation with Pharmaceutical Chemist Tom James
Finding new drugs is sometimes like counting grains of sand...
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UCSF Women's HIV program announces March 20 benefit in San Francisco
Singer Tracy Chapman will be the featured performer at this year's annual fundraising event to benefit the Women's HIV Program at the University of California, San Francisco.