| RESEARCH Subcategories:
Dermatology
11/15/2000 -
New
Wrinkle in Migraine Relief
05/22/2000
- Raising Awareness About
Melanoma
03/10/2000 - Genetic Test
for Melanoma Developed
11/02/98 - Genital
Herpes -- A Growing American Epidemic
09/30/98 - Botox® Treats
Excessive Sweating, According to UCSF Study
05/04/98 - Study Suggests
Possible Skin Treatment for Premature Infants
04/13/98 - Patients
Needed to Participate in Melanoma Vaccine Study
03/11/98 - HIV-Related Skin Diseases
More Common in Men than Women
01/22/97 - Latex Allergy Common
Among Health Care Workers
12/23/97 - Gone Today, Hair Tomorrow
06/24/97 - Dermatologist Puts
New Spin on Movie Skin
Diabetes
09/02/99 - First
Gene Defect Identified for Precursor to Adult Diabetes
Economics
10/01/99 - Cigarette
Smoking Cost Medicare $20.5 Billion in 1997
04/06/99 - Physician
Financial Incentives May Harm Quality of Patient Care
Environmental
08/13/99 - UCSF
Researchers Report New Risk Factors for Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
06/23/99
- Vitamin
C Levels Linked to Amount of Lead in Blood
12/04/97 - Researchers
Find Pollutants in SF Bay Birds
04/23/98 - Environmental Technology
Breakthroughs Forecast
Ergonomics
01/09/2001
- Web-Based
Program Promotes Physical Activity Among State's Workers
01/31/2000
- Responding
to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome – The Role of the Work Environment
08/19/99 - Occupational
Hazards: Applying New Solutions to Aching Problems
06/10/99 - Microsoft
Keyboard Beats Competition in Reducing Hand Pain
02/12/99 - New
Computer Keyboard Design Effective in Decreasing Hand Pain, Study Finds
Genetics
05/31/2000 -
Faulty DNA Repair Linked to Infertility
in Some Men
04/21/2000 - Immune
System Genes May be Targets for New Asthma Treatment
04/05/2000
- UCSF
Gets $12 Million NIH Award to Study How Genes Affect Responses to Medicines
02/22/2000 - Gene
Therapy Death Has Triggered Scrutiny of Clinical Trials
12/17/99 - Smell,
Taste May Influence Lifespan of Worm 12/09/99
-
Zebrafish’s Powerful Heart Gene Could Lead to Transplant Therapy
11/02/99 - Genes
and Visual Perception – Through the Eyes of the Zebrafish
10/19/99
-Abstemious
Mice Offer Hint at Molecular Target for Treating Alcoholism
10/04/99
- Renowned
Yale Researcher to Present Gladstone Lecture on October 7
09/02/99 - First
Gene Defect Identified for Precursor to Adult Diabetes
06/14/99 - UCSF
Team Identifies Gene Crucial to Blood Pressure Regulation
05/06/99 - Studies of A
Gene for A Rare Form of Rickets Shed Light on Vitamin D Deficiencies
02/04/99 - Relationship
Between Copper and Iron Metabolism Offers Insight into Iron Deficiency
Anemia
01/25/99 - Media
Presents Good Information on Genetics, But Also Inflames Fears
10/28/98 - Scientists Link
Gene to Family of Neurodegenerative Disorders
10/19/98 - Finding
Offers Insight into Way Genes Regulate Aging and Life Span
09/04/98 - Roundworms
Offer Insight into Genetic Influence on Social Behaviors
06/11/98 - Gallo
Researcher Studying the Genetics of Alcoholism
06/01/98 -
UCSF
Researchers Develop Mouse Model for Study of Down Syndrome
05/04/98 - UCSF Researchers
Identify Mutations in Gene Causing Childhood Rickets
04/24/98 - Yeast Study Offers
Insight into Molecular Glitch Causing Male Infertility
02/11/98 - New Project to Study
Genetic Causes of Cardiovascular Disease
02/06/98 - Researchers Use Web
to Aid Musical Gene Hunt
02/04/98 - No "Deadbeat Docs"
Here
01/20/97 - Scientist Urges Broader,
Intensified Look at Gene Therapy
11/25/97 - Gene Therapy Technique
Could Eliminate Insulin Injections for Many Diabetics
11/14/97 - Scientists Describe
Gene That Controls Life Span
11/03/97 - Researchers Clone Gene
Vital for Vitamin D Metabolism
09/24/97 - Answer to Rheumatoid
Arthritis Gene Mystery May Be in Siblings
07/23/97 - Human Cloning -- Ethicists
and Academics Give Their View
07/18/97 - New Program to Bring
Human Genetics Activities Together
07/16/97 - Professor Applauds
President’s Call to Ban Use of Gene Screens by Insurers
07/11/97 - Gene Discovery Opens
Window to Understanding Yeast Infection
06/09/97 - Name That Tone -- Scientists
Look for Perfect Pitch Gene
05/14/97 - Gene Linked to Glaucoma
may be New Therapy Target
05/13/97 - Researchers Find
Gene Linked to Connective Tissue Defect
04/18/97 - Tipsy Fruit Flies
May Offer Clues to Alcoholism
04/16/97 - New Center to Probe
Biological Basis of Addiction
Government
Funding
03/16/220000 -
UCSF Again Among Leaders in NIH
Research Grants
01/10/2000 - Declining
Medi-Cal Enrollments Hitting Safety-Net Clinics Harder Than Managed
Care
12/02/99 - NIH
Publishes Draft Guidelines for Stem Cell Research
05/21/99 - UCSF
Among Leaders in NIH Grants for Biomedical Research
07/09/98 - NIH
Funding Decisions Should be Subject to Public Input
04/23/98 -
AAAS Cautiously Optimistic of Clinton Budget, But Warns of Reliance
on Tobacco Settlement and Slant Toward Health Research
03/04/98 - One-Stop
Shopping for Young Researchers Seeking Fellowships, Grants
07/15/97 - UCSF
Averts Ill Trend in NIH Funding
06/11/97 - UCSF
Scientist Fears Anti-Cloning Laws Will Have Life of Their Own
05/19/97 - UC
Research Boosts US Inventions
05/15/97 - Report
Says State Has Too Many Specialists
04/16/97 - Congressional
Rep Recognizes NIH Budget a Key to UCSF
Health/General
09/13/2000
- Polls
Show Strong Support for Scientific Research
07/17/2000
- Insured
Minorities Continue to Face Health Care Obstacles, Study Finds
03/30/2000 - UCSF
Creates Initiative to Address Changes in Health Care Workforce
03/02/2000 - Study
Finds High Volume Hospitals Better for Many Surgeries, HIV/AIDS
02/24/2000 - New
Incentives Needed to Deliver Vaccines, Drugs to Poor Nations
01/11/2000 - Study
Finds Managed Care Not Always Better for Preventive Medicine
01/10/2000
- Declining
Medi-Cal Enrollments Hitting Safety-Net Clinics Harder Than Managed
Care
12/14/99 - Report
Advises How State Can Expand Health Care to Working Poor
09/07/99 - More
Californians Retiring Early for Health Reasons
09/07/99 - Health
and Employment Status Closely Tied in California
07/21/99 - Most
Patients Trust Primary Care Doctors, 23 Percent Report Gatekeeping
07/01/99 - Health
Professions Accreditation System "Obsolete," According to
Task Force Report
05/28/99 - Report
Suggests Ways to Remedy Shortage of Medical Care in Inner-City, Rural
Areas
04/06/99 - Physician
Financial Incentives May Harm Quality of Patient Care
02/26/99 - Rigorous
Evaluation of "Hospitalist" Model Needed to Determine Its
Impact
12/04/98 - San
Franciscans with Lowest Incomes Suffer Highest Rates of Injury
11/24/98 -
Giving Thanks Yields Benefits, Study
Shows
11/20/98 - Financial
Incentives Lead to Physician Anxiety and Discontent
11/17/98 - Animal
Research Debated in SF Chronicle and City Hall
11/02/98 - UCSF
Study Finds Academic Medical Centers More Efficient than Other Hospitals
09/16/98 - California
Motorcycle Helmet Law Saves Money, UCSF Study Shows
06/22/98 - Federal
Funding Needed For Physician Assistants, According To UCSF Report
05/21/98 - MD-
Vs. MBA-Managed Care
05/20/98 - Hospitalists Key
to Shorter, Less Costly Hospital Stays
03/04/98 - One-Stop Shopping
for Young Researchers Seeking Fellowships, Grants
02/09/98 - UCSF Study Finds Support
Services Improve Birth Outcomes for Low-Income Women
11/20/97 - Doctors Don’t
Deal Well With Patients’ Requests for Costly, Unnecessary Services
11/19/97 - Information Technology
Altering the Future of Health Care
08/07/97 -
Ensuring Safety in Human Research
07/02/97 - Centers Will Sort Evidence,
Aid Health Care Decision-Making
History/Health
Sciences
05/06/99 - New
Book by UCSF's Risse Explores the History of Hospitals
04/08/99 - Rockafellar
Urges Quick Resolution at Ishi Hearing
01/16/98 - Science
Odyssey Stops at UCSF
Immunology
101/02/2001 - Study
May Lead to Treatment Strategies for Immune System Diseases
12/22/2000 - Debilitating
Lupus Disease May Have Simple Cause
10/09/2000 - Researchers
Discover New Immune System Molecule
06/23/2000 - Family
of Natural Cancer-Fighting Proteins Identified
06/21/2000 - Scientists
Learn How Kaposi’s Sarcoma Virus Sabotages Immune System
04/21/2000 - Immune
System Genes May be Targets for New Asthma Treatment
12/03/99 - Relative
of Smallpox Invades Cells as HIV Does
11/03/99
- Blackburn
Honored for Distinguished Research
10/05/99 - UCSF
Finding Significant for Future Development of TB Vaccine
05/28/99 - Scientists
Determine Atomic Structure of Lego-Like Molecule
02/05/99 - Blackburn
Wins Two Major Awards
07/23/98 - Finding
May Some Day Lead to New Vaccine Vehicle
06/05/98 - UCSF
Study Finds Thymus Activity in HIV-Positive Adults
06/02/98 - Antiviral
Drug Resistance Predictions Now Possible
03/30/98 - Blackburn Finds Promise
of Cancer Cure at the Cellular Level
02/20/98 - Long-Standing Puzzle
Of Immune System Solved
01/06/98 - ‘Molecular Swish
of Hips’ Inhibits Key Regulator of Immune System Response
Infectious
Diseases
12/11/2000 -
Study
May Lead to More Effective Hepatitis C Drug
11/09/99
- Grant
for Study of Hepatitis and HIV in Young Injection Drug Users
10/12/99 - Scientists
Show How Viruses Co-opt Cell Defenses to Cause Chronic Infections
10/05/99
- UCSF
Finding Significant for Future Development of TB Vaccine
08/30/99 - Proctor
Foundation Dedicates Lab to Longtime Supporters
08/23/99 - Simple
Course of Oral Antibiotic May Control Preventable Blindness
07/20/99 - Drug
Users, Native Americans Susceptible to Infectious Disease, Virus Study
Finds
06/17/99 - Study
Links Decline in San Francisco's TB Rates to Intensified Control Programs
05/14/99 - Infectious
Diseases Programs Consolidate
03/30/99 - A
New Strategy to Immunize Against a Deadly Bacterium
08/27/98 - "Ideal"
TB Vaccine Needed to Halt Global Problem
12/22/97 - Asthma
Rate Continues to Increase: Is Modern Living to Blame?
12/29/97 - Avian Flu Puzzles Experts
12/29/97 - World War I Disease
Showing Up in Homeless AIDS Patients
12/23/97 - Breakthrough in Detecting
Infectious Protein in Mad Cow Disease
11/13/97 - Ticked-Off Over El
Ni–o
11/05/97 - Lab is Building Key
Weapon to Fight Future Major Flu Outbreaks
09/10/97 - State Program for TB
Patients Who Don’t Comply With Treatment Needs Improvement, UCSF
Study Finds
06/18/97 - MacArthur “Genius”
Has Helped Combat Infectious Disease in Latin America
05/20/97 -
Hughes Institute Adds Three From UCSF
Integrative
Medicine
01/11/2001
- UCSF,
CPMC Team to Offer Breast Cancer Support Program
11/06/2000
- Report
on Ephedra Dietary Supplements Calls for Dose Guidelines, Safety Warnings
10/08/99 - UCSF
Breast Cancer Expert Collaborates with Dalai Lama’s Doctor in Tibetan
Medicine Study
07/26/99 - At
Osher Center Talk, FDA Lawyer Points to Challenges of Tracking Dietary
Supplements
05/24/99 - Study
Finds Steroids in Chinese Herbal Creams
03/02/99 - First
Osher Grants for Integrative Medicine Awarded
11/11/98 - Study
Finds DHEA Benefits Cardiovascular Function
09/28/98 - Alternative
Medicine to be Put to the Test
09/22/98 - Leading
Alternative Medicine Expert to Discuss Public Utilization of Unconventional
Therapies
08/31/98 - UCSF
Hosts Program on Integrative Medicine
Medical
Ethics
11/30/2000 - Strengthen
Conflict of Interest Rules for Clinical Trials, Study Urges
11/01/2000
- Growing
Financial Ties Between Researchers and Industry Shows Need for Strict
Disclosure
11/01/2000 - Study
Finds Drug Doesn't Slow HIV; Company Tried to Block Report
02/10/2000 - Medical
Texts Fail in Addressing Care for the Dying
07/27/99 - Hospitalists
Encouraged to Work Closely with Primary Care Physicians
03/31/99 - State's
Doctors Have Mixed Feelings About Mandatory Reporting of Domestic Violence
07/23/97 - Human Cloning --
Ethicists and Academics Give Their View
06/04/97 -Rulings on Physician-Assisted
Suicide May Undermine Care of Terminally Ill
Microbiology
06/21/99 - UCSF
Scientists Solve A Key Protein Structure
06/17/99 - Study
Links Decline in San Francisco's TB Rates to Intensified Control Programs
06/15/99 - Blackburn
in Israel to Receive Harvey Prize
Neurology
11/17/2000
- Discovery
Suggests Target for Mental Retardation, Nerve Damage Therapies
08/22/2000 - Conference
to Discuss Viruses in the Brain
07/11/2000 - World
Alzheimer Congress Features Latest Research
07/06/2000 - The Pill Increases
Stroke Risk, But Risk Generally Miniscule
04/17/2000 - Protein
May Be Target for Pain Therapy
10/19/99
-UCSF
Scientist Receives National Alzheimer’s Association Award
10/18/99 -
Link
Between Osteoporosis and Cognitive Decline May Implicate Low Estrogen
Levels
09/24/99 - Study
Suggests Some Unruptured Aneurysms Do Not Need Treatment
08/16/99 - UCSF
Researchers Report First Physiological Evidence that Pain Elicits Pain
Relief
06/22/99 - Interaction
of Brain Proteins May Be Key Factor in Development of Alzheimer's Disease
02/02/99 - Study
Sheds Light on Hallmark of Multiple Sclerosis
12/10/98 - New
Mouse Model Offers Insight into Role of Serotonin in Brain
12/03/98 - Severe
Pain Following Shingles Safely Relieved in Clinical Trial of Gabapentin
12/01/98 - Ferriero
Advocate for Designing Brain-Saving Drugs Specifically for Children
10/28/98 - Scientists
Link Gene to Family of Neurodegenerative Disorders
10/20/98 - Rare Cases of
Dementia Stimulate Artistic Juices
09/15/98 - Breakthrough
in Gene Therapy Offers Hope for Some Neurodegenerative Diseases
09/14/98 - Mucke,
Prusiner Inaugurate Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease
09/09/98 -
Major
New Research Institute Will Investigate Brain Disease
09/01/98 - Genetically
Engineered Mice Could Be Ideal Tool for Testing Alzheimer's Therapies
07/22/98 -
Heart
Disease and Stroke Hospitalization Rates Vary Significantly by County
and Race
06/12/98 - Drunken
Fruit Flies Reveal Molecular Pathway Regulating Sensitivity to Alcohol
05/29/98
- Stroke
Victims Should Seek Help Sooner, Experts Say
03/27/98 - Correlation
Found between Stress and Disease Activity in Multiple Sclerosis
02/06/98 - Novel Form of Prion
Protein Suggests Possible Pathway of Neurodegeneration
12/23/97 - Breakthrough in Detecting
Infectious Protein in Mad Cow Disease
10/06/97 - Nobel Prize for Prusiner
10/06/97 - UCSF Celebrates
Nobel Prize
10/06/97 - Prusiner's Laboratory
: Controversial Concept Finally Gets the Credit It Deserves
10/06/97 - Nobel Links --
What the World is Reading
10/06/97 - Eight Years Ago
- The First UCSF Nobel
10/06/97 - UCSF and Neurodegenerative
Disease
10/06/97 - Tributes (to Nobel
Prize Winner Prusiner)
10/06/97 - Prusiner, Prions
and Prizes
Neuroscience
01/24/2001 -
Eye Movement Study -- Insight into
Way Brain Decides
12/07/2000 - Role
of a 'Serpin' in Alzheimer's Revealed
12/13/2000
- Common
Patient Group at High Risk for Stroke
11/09/2000 - Scientists
Develop Lead for New Alzheimer's Drug
08/29/2000 - Chemical
Scissors Fine-Tune Nerve Cell Migration
08/11/2000 - Identification
of Key Brain Messenger Protein Hints at Potential Therapy
07/28/2000 - UCSF
scientists first to demonstrate infection by pure prion proteins
07/12/2000 -
Imaging
of Brain Chemicals Improves Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
07/11/2000
- World
Alzheimer Congress Features Latest Research
06/09/2000 - Finding
Could Lead to Morphine Alternative
03/23/2000 -
Brain Protein Inhibits Alzheimer’s
Memory Impairment
03/15/2000 - Common Pathway
Found in Alcohol, Drug Addiction
03/15/2000 - Pain
Drug Reveals Brain Gender Differences
02/18/2000 - Mouse
Model Mimics Parkinson’s and Related Diseases
01/21/2000 -
Prions
May Help Organisms Survive
12/21/99
- Data
Link Mad Cow Disease, Human Brain Disorder
11/09/99
- Scientists
Identify New Pathway of Antidepressant Action
11/03/99
- Ellen
to Star at UCSF Benefit
10/25/99 - Errant
Nerve Cells Risk a Clockwork Death
08/31/99 - Inflammatory
Pain May Help Deter Inflammatory Diseases Like Arthritis
08/16/99 - UCSF
Researchers Report First Physiological Evidence that Pain Elicits Pain
Relief
05/25/99 - New
Insight into Neurological Basis of Dyslexia
05/04/99 - Michael
Douglas Visits UCSF to Promote" Stars For Life" Benefit
12/04/98 - Researchers
Demonstrate Ability to Affect Brain Processing Speed
09/29/98 - UCSF
Researchers Report Test that Detects Prion Diseases
09/24/98 - Synthetic
Drug Mimicking Marijuana Might Be Used to Treat Pain
03/30/98 - Researchers
Identify Biochemically Distinct Pain Phenomena
03/16/98 -
Stroke Recovery Might Be Speeded by Electrical Stimulation of the Brain
01/26/98 - Gene Findings Advance
Understanding of Nerve Circuits, Raise Hope for Spinal Cord Repair
10/27/97 - Marijuana-Like Drugs
May be Effective Painkillers
10/20/97 - Prion Prize Renews
Interest in Safety of American Beef Supply
10/13/97 - Scientists Identify
Key Molecule in Pathological Pain
10/10/97 - Scientists
Identify Protein That May Speed Alzheimer’s
05/20/97 -
Hughes Institute Adds Three From UCSF
05/15/97 - Epilepsy Study Reopens
Scientific Minds to Brain’s Growth Potential
05/08/97 - Study Explains Language
Disorder Hampering School Children
04/28/97 - Study an Important
Step in Quest to Reverse Paralysis
04/18/97 - Tipsy Fruit Flies
May Offer Clues to Alcoholism
04/17/97 - Seeking Ways to
Take Away the Hurt
04/16/97 - New Center to Probe
Biological Basis of Addiction
04/15/97 - Gut Feeling about
Stress
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