Nursing School Plans for Enrollment Growth, Faculty Succession, Dean Says
Dean Kathleen Dracup says the UCSF School of Nursing must prepare for student enrollment growth and the eventual retirement of its aging faculty.
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Give to UCSFDean Kathleen Dracup says the UCSF School of Nursing must prepare for student enrollment growth and the eventual retirement of its aging faculty.
A study underway at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC) and UCSF is probing the connection between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sleep disturbances and stress hormones. Investigators hope the study will reveal a new potential method for treating PTSD, as well as shed light on the biology of sleep
The new HPV vaccine is the first one for girls only, and the first immunization recommended for children to protect against a sexually transmitted virus. But the vaccine also has global implications—cervical cancer is a leading cause of death among women in developing countries, and in some countries, young men are being vaccinated as well.
KPIX-TV's <i>HealthWatch</i> reports that the CDC has collected more than 500 complaints about adverse reactions to Merck's HPV (human papilloma virus) vaccine Gardasil, including soreness at the injection site, fainting or dizziness, and fever or nausea.
If you could learn your odds of getting cancer, heart disease or diabetes, would you? A new generation of home genetic testing kits allows anybody with a cotton swab and a mailbox to find out. But does convenience come with a privacy risk?
Clinicians dream of being able to diagnose cancer reliably with a simple lab test. Cancerous cells make some proteins abnormally. Some of these proteins are secreted or shed, and make their way into body fluids. The quest to identify proteins in blood or urine that signal the presence of cancer has long been a focus of research.
Chief surgeon William Schecter received the 2007 Special Hero Award from the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation recently.
Moviemaking must be an art, because it usually gets the science all wrong...
Some say extended cycle birth control pills are revolutionizing contraception for many women because it provides fewer periods, which means less pain, PMS and inconvenience, but is it safe? UCSF neuropsychiatrist and female hormone specialist Louann Brizendine, MD, says various forms of extended cycle pills have been used for years.
Research at the University of California, San Francisco found a racial disparity in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.
Samantah Shenoy has received the January DAISY Award for exemplary care at UCSF Medical Center.
Nurses at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center will be among the first health care workers to use a tablet-like PC called a mobile clinical assistant (MCA), developed specifically for medical professionals by Intel and Motion Computing. Motion Computing's C5 is the first product based on Intel's MCA platform and has earned support from clinicians and nurses participating in pilot studies around the world.
The campus community is invited to celebrate Women's History Month in March, when UCSF hosts several events.
A memorial service will be held this Friday for Jere Edwin Goyan, PhD, former dean of UCSF's School of Pharmacy, who died Jan. 17.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger attended an event Friday where research grants for stem cell research were handed out. KGO-TV reports that now that grants have been given out there is still concern about how long it will take to make the research a reality.