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UCSF Medical Center Is Best Hospital in California for 2018-19
UCSF ranked sixth on the national Best Hospitals Honor Roll and received special recognition for exceptional performance in 15 medical specialties, including top-10 status in a dozen.
Trying to Quit Smoking? E-Cigarettes Add Health Risks Rather Than Help
A new study by researchers at UCSF found that cigarette users do not benefit from the added use of e-cigarettes, with no reduction in cigarettes smoked or health risks.
UCSF Study Finds Simplified Systems Intervention Improves Blood Pressure Control in Safety-Net Settings
Study shows that a simplified intervention building on the hypertension treatment algorithm used in KP’s PHASE program can significantly improve rates of blood pressure control in the city’s safety net clinics.
Do Dreams Prevent Atrial Fibrillation?
UCSF research team found that having less REM sleep – the sleep that includes more dreaming – was linked to higher chances of developing AF.
Deaths from Cardiac Arrest Are Misclassified, Overestimated
Forty percent of deaths attributed to cardiac arrest are not sudden or unexpected, and nearly half of the remainder are not arrhythmic – the only situation in which CPR and defibrillators are effective.
Gut Bacteria Produce a Special Enzyme To Protect Us from Plant Toxins
A UCSF researcher is among scientists who discovered the specific bacterial enzyme found in the human gut that can render a common heart drug ineffective.
UCSF Grad Slam Winner Yiqi Cao Places Second in UC-Wide Contest
UCSF Bioengineering PhD candidate Yiqi Cao took the second-place prize in the annual UC-wide Grad Slam contest.
MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSF PlaySafe Program Offers Free Cardiac Physicals for High School Athletes on May 5
PlaySafe program in the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is providing its free annual spring sports cardiac physicals through the UCSF Sports Medicine Center for Young Athletes.
Smoking Cessation Therapies Do Not Raise Cardiovascular Risk
A new, large-scale study may help allay concerns of cardiovascular risk from the use of smoking cessation medications.
Talk on Safer Stents Wins 2018 UCSF Grad Slam
The 2018 Grad Slam competition challenged PhD students to use straightforward yet engaging language that non-specialists can understand to describe their intricate research – in three minutes or less.
New Blood Thinners May Shorten Patients’ Hospital Stays
The use of newer blood-thinners for patients at risk of stroke may lead to two fewer days in the hospital for those who experience complications, with the same survival rate as the older drug warfarin.
AI is Quicker, More Effective Than Humans in Analyzing Heart Scans
A type of AI known as advanced machine learning can classify essential views from heart ultrasound tests faster, more accurately and with less data than board-certified echocardiographers.