Leaders from governments, biotechnology companies, and multi-lateral agencies
from around the world will gather in Carmel Valley, CA, February 18-21 to study
how best to promote development of drugs and vaccines for the world’s poorest
countries. This Global Health Forum: “Creating Global Markets for Orphan Drugs
& Vaccines: A Challenge for Public/Private Partnership,” will be sponsored by
the Institute for Global Health, of the University of California, San
Francisco, and UC Berkeley.
Latest News
February 07, 2000
February 01, 2000
A $1 million grant has been awarded by the Universitywide AIDS Research Program
of the University of California to conduct the first pilot study on liver and
kidney transplantation in persons with HIV infection.
The funds have been awarded to the University of California, San Francisco, to
study the safety, efficacy and long-term benefits of the transplant procedures
in up to seven HIV- infected patients receiving treatment at UC San Francisco.
January 29, 2000
Whether you stay at work or take disability after developing carpal tunnel
syndrome appears to depend more on your work environment than on the severity
of the condition, according to a new study by University of California, San
Francisco researchers.
January 29, 2000
Perceptions of prejudice may inhibit a woman from seeking recommended health
care, according to a new study by University of California, San Francisco
researchers.
In a community based sample of American women, UCSF researchers found that the
frequency of getting mammograms, PAP smears, and performing breast
self-examinations were significantly related to a woman’s personal experience
with prejudice. The study is the first to examine how perceived prejudice
influences a woman’s approach to breast cancer screening.
January 28, 2000
A new qualitative research study indicates that Islamic culture and community
life in the United States significantly shapes the lives of abused Muslim
women, according to research conducted at Oregon Health Sciences University.
January 28, 2000
Because men and women perceive anger differently, they experience and handle
feelings of frustration and rage in different ways, according to a study by
researchers at Southwest Missouri State University (SMSU).
On the surface, men seem to embrace their anger and use it to their advantage
whereas women view anger as being counter-productive. But in day to day
interactions, women appear to take advantage of their anger just as frequently
as men, the researchers reported.
January 28, 2000
Although numerous studies have reported that women suffer from acute pain more
intensely than men, new findings suggest that these gender differences don’t
hold for chronic pain.
In a study of 175 cancer patients whose cancer had spread to their bone,
University of California, San Francisco researchers found no differences
between men and women in their experiences of pain intensity, quality of life,
or mood.
January 27, 2000
Screening mammography can reduce the risk of advanced breast cancer in elderly
women, according to a University of California, San Francisco study.
January 27, 2000
An increasing number of people are taking a duel approach to curing their ills
by testing the waters of alternative medicine while simultaneously
collaborating with their MDs. Although recent findings indicate that patients
frequently don’t tell their medical physicians what kinds of alternative
therapies they’re using, the reasons for remaining silent have been unclear.
Now, a UCSF researcher offers insight into why many women with breast cancer
Providing potent HIV therapies will limit infections and AIDS deaths under most likely scenarios, ne
January 27, 2000
Expanding the use of the most potent anti-retroviral drug therapies would help
limit new HIV infections and AIDS deaths among gay men in San Francisco over
the next ten years even if drug resistance and dangerous sexual behavior soar,
according to a new mathematical model developed by scientists at UC San
Francisco.
