Ask a Pediatrician Tonight on KQED
UCSF Children's Hospital pediatrician Shannon Thyne, MD, will be featured tonight on KQED Channel 9's <i>Ask a Pediatrician </i>live call-in program, which will focus on childhood obesity, asthma, and oral health.
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UCSF Recognizes World Breastfeeding Week
UCSF is one of 16 community-based demonstration projects throughout the nation to promote World Breastfeeding Week 2006.
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UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine names new director of clinical programs
The UCSF Osher Center of Integrative Medicine today announced the appointment of Donald I. Abrams, MD, professor of clinical medicine, as the center's new director of clinical programs.
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Four UCSF Nurse-Scholars Earn Prestigious Hartford Scholarships
Four nurse-scholars with the UCSF/John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence have been awarded scholarships of $100,000 or fellowships of $125,000 to allow them to make a two-year, full-time commitment to research, teaching and leadership in geriatric nursing.
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UCSF's Kriegstein Participates in Roundtable with Prime Minister Tony Blair
UCSF's Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD, director of the UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine, participated in a small roundtable lunch meeting yesterday at Genentech Inc. with biotechnology leaders from the region and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
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UCSF Bone Marrow Specialist Profiled
The efforts of Mort Cowan, MD, director of UCSF's Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Program, were explored in an article by Rick Halstead in the <i>Marin Independent Journal</i>.
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Older age a risk factor for brain hemorrhage in patients both on and off common blood thinner therap
Older patients with atrial fibrillation have higher rates of major hemorrhage in the brain whether or not they are using a common blood thinning therapy, according to a new study.
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Top Chinese Scientist in HIV Prevention and Control Honed His Skills in a Long Collaboration with UC
The <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> profiles Yiming Shao, MD, PhD, director of virology and immunology at the National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention in Beijing, and his long professional relationship with Jay Levy, MD.
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Learning How to Control Cells That Remodel and Destroy Bone
The number of Americans stricken by a deadly and debilitating bone-thinning disease continues to climb. According to a 2004 Surgeon General's report, more than half of Americans age 50 and older are at risk for osteoporosis – porous bones.
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UCSF Renal Transplant Service Medical Director Presents Findings to World Transplant Congress
At the World Transplant Congress (WTC) in Boston on July 24, Stephen Tomlanovich, MD, presented the findings of a three-month, prospective, open-label, two-cohort research study in which renal transplant patients were switched from mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) to enteric-coated myfortic, reducing the incidence and severity of gastrointestinal complications.
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Head of UCSF Sports Medicine Center Comments on Floyd Landis
Marc Safran, MD, who heads the Sports Medicine Center, spoke with KPIX-TV/CBS 5 about cyclist Floyd Landis's comments to Sports Illustrated in the wake of an abnormal testosterone to epitestosterone level.
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Third Graders Raise Funds to Help Cancer Patients at UCSF
UCSF cancer patients will get financial support thanks to third-graders who raised money as way to comfort their teacher.
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Historic Gift Creates Endowed Chair at School of Nursing
The UCSF School of Nursing has received a gift in honor of the late Lillian Aldous, who obtained a master of science in nursing degree from UCSF.
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Radiation Oncology Recruits Breast Expert, Among Other Improvements
UCSF's Radiation Oncology department reports a few significant improvements, including recruiting a renowned breast radiation oncologist and unveiling a new website.
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In The Female Brain, UCSF's Brizendine Describes How Women See the World
Louann Brizendine, MD, neuropsychiatrist and director of the UCSF Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic, will publish her first book, <em>The Female Brain</em>, on August 1.
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UCSF Fundraisers Contribute $56,000 to AIDS Walk San Francisco
On Sunday, July 16, the 20th Annual AIDS Walk San Francisco was held at Golden Gate Park. The event drew more than 25,000 people to fight a disease that was first acknowledged 25 years ago and has killed more than 25 million people worldwide.
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UCSF Children's Hospital Cosponsors Stadium-to-Stadium Run
Sunday, Aug. 13, UCSF Children's Hospital will cosponsor the 5-mile Run/Walk, which will travel up 3rd Street from Monster Park (Candlestick) to AT&T Park.
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UCSF Scientists Use Nanotechnology to Increase the Amount of Drug Uptake by Tumor Cells
Several studies have shown that antibody-targeting of drug-laden nanoparticles to cancer cell receptors can significantly enhance antitumor efficacy of the drug cargo.
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Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Nets $1 Million to SFGH
An Avon Foundation grant to San Francisco General Hospital will enable its breast cancer center to provide genetic screening to uninsured women – the first program of its kind in the country.
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New Tests to Measure Executive Function in the Neurologically Impaired
When hearing the term "executive function," we might conjure up an image of a CEO behind a big desk, doing her daily routine.
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Exploring Many Paths for Parkinson's Disease Treatments
The last few years have produced an impressive store of insights and discoveries in neuroscience, but Parkinson's disease remains particularly resistant to treatment.
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UC Regents OK Study to Examine Impact of Prop. 209
The University of California will begin a comprehensive study to examine the impact of the 1996 voter-approved Proposition 209 on the diversity of the student body.
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Scientific Leaders on Neuron Regulation, Development Honored
Lily Y. Jan, PhD, and Yuh Nung Jan, PhD, both UCSF professors of physiology, biochemistry and biophysics, were asked to present Presidential Award Lectures at the international symposium of the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America, held this past week in San Francisco.
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Viral Genetic Differences are Possible Key to HIV Dementia
A study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center has revealed a possible answer to a longstanding AIDS mystery: why only some people infected with HIV go on to develop HIV dementia.
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UCSF genetics pioneer Y.W. Kan earns Lifetime Achievement Award
Yuet Wai Kan, MD, DSc, an internationally recognized leader in the field of human genetics, was honored Thursday (July 20) with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America.
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Tune in...
KQED (88.5) radio's live call-in program <i>Forum</i> with Michael Krasny is scheduled to take up the issue of the Senate human embryonic stem cell bill, vetoed by President Bush, at 9:00 am Thursday, July 20 (pending last-minute changes).
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UCSF's Stem Cell Efforts Highlighted in The New York Times, Other Media
Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD, director of the UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine, spoke to the national and local press about a bill approved by the Senate Tuesday that would have expanded federal funding for human embryonic stem cell research.
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Campus to Make Changes to Shuttle Service
UCSF is making some changes to the newly revised shuttle service beginning on Monday, July 24.
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Chronic Middle Ear Infections
The Center for Genomic Sciences at Allegheny-Singer Research Institute in Pittsburgh report in JAMA that a build-up of a slimy substance in the Eustachian tube is responsible for a chronic ear infection in children called otitis media, or an infection or inflammation of the middle ear.
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International Group Tackles Sjogren's Syndrome
The UCSF-led Sjögren's International Collaborative Clinical Alliance (SICCA) held an investigators' meeting in Washington, DC, recently.