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Key Strategy to Limit Managed Care Drug Costs Failing, Survey Shows
A new study shows that providing financial incentives for doctors to rein in their prescription practices has not led to cost-cutting innovations.
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Chancellor Awards AIDS Walk Trophy to Pharmacy School
The UCSF AIDS Walk Trophy is now starting its tour in the UCSF School of Pharmacy after it emerged the victor in the first campuswide competition.
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High-vegetable diet linked to protection against pancreatic cancer
In one of the largest studies of its kind, UCSF researchers have found that eating lots of fruits and vegetables – particularly vegetables -- is associated with about a 50 percent reduction in the risk of developing pancreatic cancer.
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Tobacco industry weakened pesticide regulations, UCSF study shows
The tobacco industry coordinated cross-industry campaigns to delay and weaken federal and international regulations on pesticide use, according to new findings by UCSF researchers.
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Science & Health Education Partnership Receives Two Grants to Support Its Work
UCSF's Science & Health Education Partnership (SEP) has recently been awarded two grants, one of which will provide funds to bring back its high school internship program.
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Go bananas for UCSF pediatrics AIDS research at Kezar September 18
Runners and spectators of all ages are invited to Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, September 18, for an annual festival that benefits pediatric AIDS research at UCSF Children's Hospital.
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Two Major Seismic Projects to Begin at Parnassus Campus
Work to make the Medical Sciences Building on the Parnassus campus stronger and safer in an earthquake is expected to begin in December.
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Key strategy to limit managed care drug costs failing, survey shows
With rising concern over the cost of the new Medicare prescription drug benefit program – going into effect January, 2006 and estimated to cost $593 billion over the next decade – a new UCSF study reveals that a key cost-cutting strategy employed by HMOs for 15 years is simply not working.
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UCSF events for October 2005
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UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning classes begin in October
The UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) kicks off its third year this fall with new courses for the public starting in October.
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Old Drug Shows New Promise for Huntington's Disease
Researchers say an antibiotic used for topical applications looks promising to fight Huntington's disease in mice studies.
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Gladstone researchers hone in on differentiation of heart stem cells
A team of scientists from the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) has identified a key factor in heart development that could help advance gene therapy for treating cardiac disorders.
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UCSF Launches Institute for Stem Cell and Tissue Biology
Capitalizing on the strength of its research and clinical enterprise, UCSF is launching the Institute for Stem Cell and Tissue Biology, providing a framework for close collaboration among investigators from the University's Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy.
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Gladstone Institutes' Conklin lab assists with exploratorium stem cell exhibit
Members of the Gladstone Institutes' Conklin lab and Embryonic Stem Cell Lab provided cells and helped train museum staff members for the development and launch of a current Exploratorium exhibit featuring live mouse embryonic stem cells.
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CIRM awards $2.4 million training
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has awarded the J. David Gladstone Institutes a $2.4 million grant to create a CIRM Scholars Training Program focusing on stem cell research.
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UCSF Exhibit Focuses on Mother-Daughter Relationships
A thought-provoking exhibit, titled "Generations: A Tribute to Mothers and Daughters around the World," opens Thursday, Sept. 15 at UCSF.
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Women with artial fibrillation face a higher risk of ischemic stroke than men
Women with atrial fibrillation who are not on anticoagulant therapy have a higher rate of ischemic stroke and face a higher absolute risk for stroke than do men with the condition, according to a joint study by researchers at the UCSF ...
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Dean Kessler, Associate Dean Carlisle Comment on Future Location of SFGH
A strong consensus emerged from today's final meeting of the Blue Ribbon Committee on San Francisco General Hospital's Future Location that the hospital should be rebuilt at the Potrero Avenue campus site.
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"Ephedra-free" dietary supplements pose potential health risks
Two common weight loss supplements promoted as ephedra-free and safe for dieters caused increased heart rate among healthy people, and could have harmful health effects in some people, according to a study by UCSF scientists.
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UCLA Cancer Researcher to Lecture at UCSF Sept. 14, 15
An investigator who studies how molecular abnormalities found in two human cancers — leukemia and prostate cancer — lead to abnormal growth and cellular transformation, will lecture at UCSF next week.
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Old drug shows new promise for Huntington's disease
Clioquinol, an antibiotic that was banned for internal use in the United States in 1971 but is still used in topical applications, appears to block the genetic action of Huntington's disease in mice and in cell culture
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Katrina Points to Critical Need for Personal Disaster Preparedness
Here's the take-home lesson from Hurricane Katrina: Personal preparedness is key to surviving a major disaster.
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Individuals Do What They Can to Raise Relief Funds
Faculty, students and staff are doing what they can to raise funds for relief efforts in the Gulf Coast states damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
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UCSF Nurses Volunteer to Aid Hurricane Victims
UCSF doctoral student Pamela Foreman, a registered nurse with experience in providing disaster relief and leadership amid chaos, left for Louisiana on Monday.
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UC President Offers Help in Hurricane Recovery
The University will contribute to a massive humanitarian relief effort on the Gulf Coast, UC President Dynes said recently.
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UCTV Features Timely Topic on Disaster Preparedness
UCTV will present a four-part series on disaster preparedness for primary care providers beginning tomorrow, Wednesday, Sept. 7.
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Campus Responds in Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
As the crisis unfolds following Hurricane Katrina, the campus community is answering the national call to action.
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Chancellor Comments on Human Tragedy
Chancellor Mike Bishop sent an email message to the campus community on Friday saying UCSF will coordinate medical volunteers to help in the Gulf Coast region.
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UCSF study finds signaling link in fruit fly nervous system may point to target for treating neurode
A UCSF study has found that a specific signaling link between neurons and muscles in the fruit fly is essential for keeping the insect's nervous system stable.