An HIV prevention program that focuses on young gay men educating and
supporting one another about safer sex has proved very effective in a major
study in two West Coast communities.
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November 02, 1999
November 02, 1999
Researchers led by a scientist who joined the UC San Francisco faculty last
week are reporting that a genetic mutation implicated in a common form of
childhood leukemia appears to occur in the womb.
October 19, 1999
A new laser that treats the full range of nearsightedness and astigmatism,
recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration, is available at the UCSF
Vision Correction Center.
October 18, 1999
Physicians who compassionately ask patients if they are being physically abused
can provide the first step in helping battered victims get the help they need,
according to a UC San Francisco study.
October 13, 1999
Preventing lung cancer is easier than curing it, and any barriers that inhibit
blacks from full access to care must be removed, emphasize two doctors at the
University of California , San Francisco.
NATIONWIDE PHASE III CLINICAL TRIAL DEMONSTRATES THAT BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT FOLLOWED BY VITAMIN A-D
October 13, 1999
Combining the efforts of children's cancer treatment programs nationwide, a
randomized clinical trial of 539 children has shown that two innovative
treatments, taken together, offer nearly a three-fold improvement in the
disease-free survival of children...
October 12, 1999
A series of political defeats, declines in campaign contributions and a recent
falloff in revenue appear to signal an erosion of tobacco industry influence in
California, even though the industry remains a major political force in the
state...
October 04, 1999
In experiments with laboratory mice, a team of American, Canadian and Italian
researchers have discovered a cause and potential treatment for painful colitis
and other forms of inflammatory bowel disease.
September 07, 1999
Findings from a UC San Francisco survey of older Californians ages 45-70, show
one in five retired early (before age 50) and almost half of those early
retirees left their jobs for health reasons.
September 01, 1999
Current cholesterol guidelines can prevent a significant proportion of deaths
and recurrent heart attacks in people with existing heart disease, according to
researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
