Most HIV-positive people who are homeless or live in low-income hotels are able
to stick to the demanding drug schedules required by combination anti-viral
therapy, a preliminary study has found. The study, led by researchers at UC San
Francisco and published in the March issue of the journal AIDS, focused on the
“urban indigent” population, in which mental illness, alcoholism and drug
addiction are common.
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Many HIV+ urban indigents adhere well to strict anti-AIDS drug therapies; little drug resistance fou
March 02, 2000
February 29, 2000
Hospitals that handle a large volume of patients for several common surgeries
or for HIV/AIDS, have significantly lower death rates for those conditions than
lower volume hospitals, according to a recent University of California, San
Francisco study. The researchers say these findings may be used by Medicare
and some employers to justify preferentially referring patients to high volume
hospitals, a trend that merits further consideration.
February 28, 2000
A report recently released in Mexico City by Mental Disability Rights
International documents the appalling conditions in Mexico’s mental health
system and makes recommendations for bringing the system into conformity with
international human rights conventions.
Facing challenges and taking control: popular UCSF Women's Health Conference covers more than just m
February 24, 2000
The seventh annual Women’s Health 2000 conference at UC San Francisco looks
beyond health to include a range of topics important to women. UCSF experts
and guest speakers at the event will discuss how to develop negotiation skills,
overcome gender expectations, assess unhealthy risk behaviors and get the most
out of sex
Women’s Health 2000 will take place from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, Saturday, March
18, at UCSF, 513 Parnassus Ave.
New incentives are needed to spur research and delivery of vaccines and drugs to poor nations, say w
February 23, 2000
First health forum of its kind gathered powerful group of academic, corporate
and world health leaders to define action steps for creating global markets for
drugs and vaccines
February 18, 2000
WASHINGTON, DC—In the early stages of fetal development, a nudge in the
wrong direction can lead to irreparable birth defects, such as major brain and
facial deformations. New research from the University of California, San
Francisco shows that a brief deprivation of vitamin A in the heads of
developing chickens can generate these severe craniofacial deformities, and
that dosing the chicken embryo with a regulatory protein can restore a near
normal face. The results suggest that, someday, carefully timed protein
February 17, 2000
The first mouse model genetically programmed to simulate motor deficits and
brain alterations found in Parkinson’s disease and related disorders has been
developed by a team of scientists at the University of California, San Diego;
the University of California, San Francisco, and the Gladstone Institute of
Neurological Disease. The research was led by Eliezer Masliah, M.D., of the
UCSD Departments of Neurosciences and Pathology.
February 15, 2000
UCSF prevention scientists are looking for HIV-positive men to participate in a
new research study aimed at reducing sexual behaviors that can lead to HIV
transmission.
Called “Bay Men,” the study is sponsored by the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention
Studies (CAPS). It will focus on decreasing isolation of HIV-positive men and
engaging them in primary prevention of HIV.
The project is funded by a three-year grant from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
UCSF study finds genetic link between initial early stage breast cancer cells and disease recurrence
February 15, 2000
UC San Francisco researchers have found a strong genetic link between early
stage, non-invasive breast cancer cells and recurrences of the disease after
the initial tumors have been removed. The finding provides evidence that second
tumors are caused by residual cells left over from the primary lesion and are
not new, separate lesions, the researchers said.
February 10, 2000
When Nancy Pedder found it difficult to breathe when she swam, she had no idea
that she was having heart failure. After all, she had just finished
chemotherapy a few weeks earlier for breast cancer. Pedder soon became the
first woman, and third person, to receive a heart transplant at UCSF. This
Saturday, she will celebrate her second heart by going back to the people who
made it possible 11 years ago.
