Pediatrics Chief Receives Research Award
Michael Cabana, MD, whose work focuses on improving the quality of care of asthma patients, has received a national award.
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On Morning Edition, UCSF Pharmacy Professor Notes Importance of Knowing Your Cholesterol Level
Consumerlab.com reports that popular supplements aimed at lowering cholesterol, like fish oil, garlic and guggulsterone, may not measure up to their labels or marketing claims.
FDA Announces Plan to Review Plan B Contraceptive for Women 18 and Over
Officials at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Monday that they would be revisiting the matter of making the Plan B emergency contraceptive — or morning-after pill — available to women 18 and over without a prescription.
Low literacy increases risk of death and misunderstanding of medical consent forms
Literacy at less than a ninth-grade level almost doubles the five-year risk of mortality among elderly people, regardless of education, socioeconomic status, or health, according to a study led by a researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
Plan B Q & A
Lorie Rice, MPH, associate dean for external affairs, UCSF School of Pharmacy, and assistant clinical professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, and Shareen El-Ibiary, PharmD, assistant professor in the department, answer our questions about on Plan B emergency contraception and the FDA.
UCSF Heart and Lung Transplant Reunion
The Heart and Vascular Center at UCSF Medical Center is holding its first official Heart and Lung Transplant Reunion at Mission Bay. At the reunion, patients who have had heart or lung transplants, and those waiting for transplant, will attend with their families.
UCSF Recognizes World Breastfeeding Week
UCSF is one of 16 community-based demonstration projects throughout the nation to promote World Breastfeeding Week 2006.
Ask a Pediatrician Tonight on KQED
UCSF Children's Hospital pediatrician Shannon Thyne, MD, will be featured tonight on KQED Channel 9's <i>Ask a Pediatrician </i>live call-in program, which will focus on childhood obesity, asthma, and oral health.
UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine names new director of clinical programs
The UCSF Osher Center of Integrative Medicine today announced the appointment of Donald I. Abrams, MD, professor of clinical medicine, as the center's new director of clinical programs.
UCSF's Kriegstein Participates in Roundtable with Prime Minister Tony Blair
UCSF's Arnold Kriegstein, MD, PhD, director of the UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine, participated in a small roundtable lunch meeting yesterday at Genentech Inc. with biotechnology leaders from the region and British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
Older age a risk factor for brain hemorrhage in patients both on and off common blood thinner therap
Older patients with atrial fibrillation have higher rates of major hemorrhage in the brain whether or not they are using a common blood thinning therapy, according to a new study.
Four UCSF Nurse-Scholars Earn Prestigious Hartford Scholarships
Four nurse-scholars with the UCSF/John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence have been awarded scholarships of $100,000 or fellowships of $125,000 to allow them to make a two-year, full-time commitment to research, teaching and leadership in geriatric nursing.
UCSF Bone Marrow Specialist Profiled
The efforts of Mort Cowan, MD, director of UCSF's Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Program, were explored in an article by Rick Halstead in the <i>Marin Independent Journal</i>.
Top Chinese Scientist in HIV Prevention and Control Honed His Skills in a Long Collaboration with UC
The <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> profiles Yiming Shao, MD, PhD, director of virology and immunology at the National Center for AIDS/STD Control and Prevention in Beijing, and his long professional relationship with Jay Levy, MD.
Third Graders Raise Funds to Help Cancer Patients at UCSF
UCSF cancer patients will get financial support thanks to third-graders who raised money as way to comfort their teacher.