HIV-infected have thicker carotid artery wall: predictor of heart attack & stroke
With the advent of antiretroviral medication, HIV patients are living longer and facing yet another health challenge.
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Fetal surgeon opens UCSF Mini-Med lectures Wednesday, March 17
Diana Farmer, MD, speaks on "Fetal Surgery: What's Old, What's New, What's Right" at the opening lecture of the UCSF Mini Medical School, a six-week series for the public continuing through April 21.
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UCSF scientists show prion shape affects nature of infection
UCSF scientists have demonstrated for the first time that a change in the folded shape of a prion protein changes its infectious properties -- including the prion's ability to jump "species barriers."
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Three Professors Honored for Distinction in Teaching
The Academic Senate has named Douglas R. Fredrick, Betty-ann Hoener and Kanu Chatterjee as winners of the 2003-04 Distinction in Teaching Awards.
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Spring series of UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning Institute starts April 28
The UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) kicks off its spring series with four new courses starting April 28 and April 29.
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Nearly a million adults who need help with two or more activities essential to daily living must cop
About 3.3 million adults living in the community need assistance from another person in two or more activities of daily living essential for their survival, ...
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UCSF events for April 2004
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Media, Message, Medicine: UCSF Women's Health 2020 conference
The role of the media in communicating news about women's health will be a featured topic at the 11th annual UCSF Women's Health 2020 Conference on Saturday, March 20.
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Multi-center trial compares three medications in patients with heart failure
Results of an international study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) suggest that there is no major difference between three medications often prescribed for patients with chronic heart failure to prevent death, heart attack and stroke.
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UCSF study finds pediatrician's individual judgment often better than clinical guidelines for treating infant fever
Pediatricians frequently use individual judgment in treating infants with fever, and according to a new study, this judgment is often as good as or better than following the current clinical guidelines on how to manage these cases.
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UCSF/Baylor team uses new method to measure bone loss in astronauts flying long missions
A team of NASA-funded researchers from UCSF and Baylor College of Medicine has used a new method to measure and characterize bone loss caused by prolonged spaceflight.
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"Women, Poverty and the Global AIDS epidemic" is focus of International Women's Day briefing on March 8th
The UCSF Women's Global Health Imperative (WGHI) will sponsor a special briefing on March 8 on the importance of incorporating both economic and educational initiatives for women into efforts to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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Study moves in on why astronauts suffer bone loss
A new study by researchers at San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) moves in on the physiological basis for the bone density loss experienced by people subjected to prolonged periods of bed rest and by astronauts who fly lengthy missions under the weightless conditions of space.
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UCSF finding advances insight into adult stem cells in human brain
UCSF researchers have made a notable advance in the effort to illuminate the existence of adult stem cells in the human brain ...
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UCSF Children's Hospital holds children's party with Disney characters
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UCSF Mini Medical School VI offers public opportunity for discovery and learning
UCSF kicks off Mini Medical School VI in March with a six-week series of lectures every Wednesday from March 17 to April 21 focusing on the theme "learn and discover."
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Young Women's Health Conference on March 10 features one-day program that teen girls create
More than 1,000 teens from San Francisco and San Mateo counties are expected to attend the 4th Annual Young Women's Health Conference on Wednesday, March 10, in San Francisco.
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New UCSF AIDS Research Institute director appointed
John S. Greenspan, PhD, BDS, FRCPath, dean for research at the UCSF School of Dentistry, has been named the new director of the UCSF AIDS Research Institute (ARI).
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UCSF physicians publish groundbreaking book on medical mistakes; author to speak at public event on
Nearly five years after an Institute of Medicine report put medical mistakes on the public's radar screen, two UCSF Medical Center physicians have published a groundbreaking discussion of why errors occur and what health care providers and leaders must do to cure this epidemic.
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Dentists and others volunteer
Children and their parents or caregivers can receive dental treatment free of charge February 6 at the Family Dental Center at San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center.
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UCSF launches comprehensive HIV website in South Africa
Health care providers in South Africa will soon have speedier access to a vast trove of reliable information about HIV and its treatment, due to the collaborative effort of UCSF, the National Library of Medicine and a South African university
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Researchers say change in social policies could help reduce high rate of depression in men who have
Recent experience as the target of anti-gay violence or threats, not identifying as gay, or feeling alienated from the gay community are the major predictors of depression in men who have sex with men (MSM) ...
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Study finds reach of sigmoidoscopies inadequate in many older patients, particularly women
The number of sigmoidoscopy examinations that fail to attain an adequate depth of insertion increases progressively along with advancing age in men and women, according to a new study by a researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC).
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Physicians can help family members caring for dying loved ones
Physicians have five areas of opportunity to be of service to family members caring for patients at the end of life, according to a UCSF Medical Center palliative care expert.
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Black tar heroin use explains lower HIV levels among injection drug users in the Western U.S.
UCSF researchers have found that use of black tar heroin by injection drug users in West Coast cities accounts for a dramatically lower percentage of IDUs in these locations who are infected with HIV.
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Media, Message, and Medicine: UCSF Women's Health 2020 Conference
Local journalists will discuss how they report on women's health issues at the 11th annual UCSF Women's Health 2020 Conference. This is a daylong event offering 24 workshops for women of every age.
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UCSF events for February 2004
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Dependent older patients may cost hospitals more
Hospital costs were 23 percent higher for older patients who required help with daily activities such as bathing or eating, according to a study conducted by researchers from the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
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Scientists identify molecular step that causes intoxication
Scientists at UCSF's Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center have identified a single brain protein that can account for most of the intoxicating effects of alcohol.
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Use of antivirals by HIV-infected persons reduced their ability to infect partners
The introduction and widespread use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for HIV-infected persons in San Francisco in the late 1990s reduced their risks of infecting partners by 60 percent ...