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In the August 4 issue of the journal <i>Science</i>, Jeremy Reiter, MD, PhD, a UCSF fellow in biochemistry and human genetics, co-writes an article laying out an emerging view that cilia — those tiny projections in nearly every human cell, from kidney to skin and brain and pancreas — may be key players in signaling within cells and, when defective, may underlie many serious diseases.
On Good Morning America (ABC News), Louann Brizendine, MD, neuropsychiatrist and director of the UCSF Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic, is interviewed about her new book, The Female Brain, which argues that a woman's brain chemistry is the reason women are so different than men.
Consumerlab.com reports that popular supplements aimed at lowering cholesterol, like fish oil, garlic and guggulsterone, may not measure up to their labels or marketing claims.
UCSF researchers have found that the median age of San Francisco's homeless population has increased from 37 to 46 years over 14 years—a rate of about two-thirds of a year every year.
Michael Cabana, MD, whose work focuses on improving the quality of care of asthma patients, has received a national award.
The campus community is invited to hear about child care at a meeting on Monday at UCSF Mission Bay.
Officials at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Monday that they would be revisiting the matter of making the Plan B emergency contraceptive — or morning-after pill — available to women 18 and over without a prescription.
The Heart and Vascular Center at UCSF Medical Center is holding its first official Heart and Lung Transplant Reunion at Mission Bay. At the reunion, patients who have had heart or lung transplants, and those waiting for transplant, will attend with their families.
Literacy at less than a ninth-grade level almost doubles the five-year risk of mortality among elderly people, regardless of education, socioeconomic status, or health, according to a study led by a researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
Lorie Rice, MPH, associate dean for external affairs, UCSF School of Pharmacy, and assistant clinical professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, and Shareen El-Ibiary, PharmD, assistant professor in the department, answer our questions about on Plan B emergency contraception and the FDA.
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.
UCSF is one of 16 community-based demonstration projects throughout the nation to promote World Breastfeeding Week 2006.
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.
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>.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
UCSF cancer patients will get financial support thanks to third-graders who raised money as way to comfort their teacher.
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.
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.
UCSF's Radiation Oncology department reports a few significant improvements, including recruiting a renowned breast radiation oncologist and unveiling a new website.
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.
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.
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.
Several studies have shown that antibody-targeting of drug-laden nanoparticles to cancer cell receptors can significantly enhance antitumor efficacy of the drug cargo.
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.
When hearing the term "executive function," we might conjure up an image of a CEO behind a big desk, doing her daily routine.