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Architects Offer Insight into Mission Bay Community Center Design
Father and son, Ricardo and Victor Legorreta, talk about the Mission Bay Community Center in a visit with campus architect Steve Wiesenthal. <img src="http://pub.ucsf.edu/today/daily/2005/10/ucsfcamgrey.jpg">
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UC Revises Academic Family-Friendly Personnel Policies
UC took another step to ensure a work place culture supports family care-giving responsibilities for academic staff.
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Medical outsourcing carries implications for health care policy and practice
Hundreds of hospitals across the country are now outsourcing certain medical services overseas -- to countries such as India, Switzerland and Australia -- and the growing trend has profound implications for health care policy and practice, according to a UCSF expert in the field of patient safety.
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UCSF Research Pinpoints Brain Molecule's Role in Developing Addiction
Scientists at UCSF's Gallo Clinic and Research Center have shown that a brain molecule essential for wakefulness and appetite also plays a central role in strengthening neuron communication that leads to addiction.
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Fitness Room Opens at Mount Zion Campus
A former doctor's lounge at the Mount Zion campus has been converted into a fitness facility available initially to the first 200 employees who sign up.
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AMA Foundation Honors Chief Surgeon at SFGH
San Francisco General Hospital's William Schecter is being honored by the American Medical Association (AMA) for providing free outpatient surgeries to those who cannot afford them.
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Simple system predicts mortality of older Americans with 81% accuracy
Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center have created an index that is 81 percent accurate in predicting the likelihood of death within four years for people 50 and older.
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Academic Senate to Vote on Two Issues on Feb. 16
Faculty members are encouraged to attend a division meeting on Thursday when the Academic Senate is expected to vote on two important issues.
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Psychiatric Emergency Services: A Safety Net Catching Those in Crisis
San Francisco General Hospital is the safety-net for the most severely mentally ill people in the city.
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Defining Essential Elements of TB Care
One man is making a huge difference helping to control TB here and around the world.
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Treating Asthma, Improving Lives
Intervention efforts by the Pediatric Asthma Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital have led to the relocation of about 40 families to better, healthier housing.
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Diane Havlir: Driving Science, Patient Care in HIV/AIDS
Diane Havlir has been at the cutting edge of the advances that transformed HIV from a fatal infection to a chronic, manageable disease.
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SF General and UCSF: Partners in Public Health
Since 1873, UCSF has partnered with San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH) to improve public health.
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Teresa Villela: Practicing True Family Medicine
Teresa Villela is described as the "consummate family doctor, caring for San Francisco's poor – entire families at a time, from infants to the elderly."
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Q & A With SFGH Chief of Staff
As chief of the medical staff at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH), Andre Campbell, associate professor of clinical surgery and chair of surgical education in the Department of Surgery at UCSF, is well aware of the challenges and opportunities facing the public hospital.
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Staph Sleuth Detects, Dissects and Protects
A scientist at San Francisco General Hospital is using molecular techniques to understand how an infection spreads and how resistance develops.
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Working to Fill AIDS Treatment Gap in Uganda
A team based at San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center is raising funds to provide lifesaving antiretroviral treatment to Ugandans.
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Saw Palmetto No Better Than Placebo for Enlarged Prostate
A new study finds that the herbal extract is no more effective than a placebo to improve urinary symptoms in men with enlargement of the prostate gland.
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UC President Comments on Compensation Issues
UC President Robert C. Dynes addressed a state Senate education committee hearing on UC compensation yesterday in Sacramento. <img src="http://128.218.116.23/mainsite/images/audio.jpg">
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Distinguished Speakers to Discuss Cardiovascular Disease on March 7
Six National Academy of Science members, including Nobel Laureate Michael S. Brown, MD, will present the latest trends in cardiovascular disease on Tuesday, March 7.
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Saw palmetto no better than placebo for enlarged prostate
Saw palmetto, an herbal extract commonly taken to improve urinary symptoms in men with enlargement of the prostate gland, is no more effective than a placebo, according to a new study.
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Experts to Give International Briefing on Women, HIV on March 8
The public is invited to hear about efforts to fight HIV and poverty among women during an international briefing on March 8.
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UCSF Recruits Young Scientists in Stem Cell Research
Three preeminent young stem cell scientists are working at UCSF and a fourth is expected to arrive in May.
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Global AIDS Alliance Honors Longtime UCSF Neurosurgeon
Former UCSF neurosurgeon Charles Wilson will be honored for his work providing community-based HIV/AIDS prevention and care in resource-poor countries.
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UCSF events for March 2006
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Fats Affect Prostate Tumor Growth
Prostate cancer in the US has increased steadily along with intake of omega-6 fats, suggesting a possible link between diet and the disease.
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UCSF Names Executive Director of Community & Governmental Relations
Paul Takayama has been promoted to executive director of Community & Governmental Relations at UCSF.
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Blackburn Wins Wiley Prize
UCSF's Elizabeth H. Blackburn, an expert on the role that telomeres has on aging and carcinogenesis, has received another prestigious award for her contributions to scientific research.
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Omega-6 fats cause prostate tumors to grow twice as fast
Omega-6 fatty acids--such as those found in corn oil--caused human prostate tumors in cell culture to grow twice as quickly as tumors to which omega-6 fats had not been added, according to a study conducted at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.