Nurse Receives DAISY Award for Extraordinary Care
Samantah Shenoy has received the January DAISY Award for exemplary care at UCSF Medical Center.
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Racial Divide in Breast Cancer Detection
Research at the University of California, San Francisco found a racial disparity in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.
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Quest: Genetic Testing Through the Web
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?
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Stupid Science: Can Moviemakers Ever Get It Right?
Moviemaking must be an art, because it usually gets the science all wrong...
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How Safe Is Extended Cycle Birth Control?
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.
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SFGH Foundation Honors Chief of Surgery
Chief surgeon William Schecter received the 2007 Special Hero Award from the San Francisco General Hospital Foundation recently.
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New Ideas, Funding Infused into Search for Blood Markers of Cancer
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.
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Campus to Commemorate Women's History Month
The campus community is invited to celebrate Women's History Month in March, when UCSF hosts several events.
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UCSF Nurses Test Mobile Clinical Assistant Tablet PCs
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.
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Memorial Service to Celebrate Life of Late Pharmacy Dean
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.
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Inside New Stem Cell Research
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.
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Nursing School Centennial Prompts UCSF Blood Drive
The School of Pharmacy has joined in the effort to donate blood as a way to celebrate the centennial of the School of Nursing.
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Lt. Governor Hears About Plans, Progress at UCSF
California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi visited UCSF last Friday when he heard about plans to build a new stem cell research building.
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Pioneering Journalist to Discuss Power of the Media Today
Media pioneer and author Jerri Lange will discuss the "Power, Magic and Imagination of the Media" at UCSF on today (Feb. 20.)
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Antibody signal may redirect inflammation to fuel cancer
SAN FRANCISCO -- As evidence mounts that the body's normally protective inflammation response can drive some precancerous tissues to become fully malignant, UCSF scientists report discovering an apparent trigger to this potentially deadly process.
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Harnessing the brain's plasticity key to treating neurological damage U.S. health care
The number of medical students in the United States choosing careers in primary care has drastically fallen, threatening the foundation of the United States health care system overall.
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Treat childhood trauma by building on parental memories of loving care
Infants and preschool-aged children who live in daily circumstances of potential trauma and danger can develop the resilience to cope through treatment that focuses on strengthening parent-child bonds, according to a national expert in child development.
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UCSF human embryonic stem cell research receives infusion of funds
Eleven UCSF faculty members, representing medical disciplines as far ranging as breast cancer, Parkinson's disease and heart development research, were among scientists awarded funding today by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) for human embryonic stem cell research.
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KQED Forum Explores Possible Health Benefits of Napping
Host Michael Krasny interviews Rita Redberg, MD, MSc, about the new research from Harvard finding taking naps decrease the incidence of cardiac death.
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Ace of Hearts: A Conversation with Developmental Biologist and Cardiologist Deepak Srivastava
Has congenital heart disease found its match in a Texan named Deepak?
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Daylight Saving Time Changes Impact Computers
Want to know how Daylight Saving Time changes will affect computers, including Outlook calendars?
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Mayor Taps Doctoral Candidate to Serve on San Francisco Health Commission
UCSF School of Nursing doctoral candidate Catherine Dodd has been named to the San Francisco Health Commission.
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Harnessing the brain's plasticity key to treating neurological damage
With an aging population susceptible to stroke, Parkinson's disease and other neurological conditions, and military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with serious limb injuries, the need for strategies that treat complex neurological impairments has never been greater.
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Researchers Identify Strategy for Overcoming Breast Cancer Drug Resistance
UCSF researchers have discovered why drugs designed to target about one out of every four cases of breast cancer often fail to save women's lives or to stop these tumors from growing.
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Study Aims at High Military Smoking Rate
The long-standing military tradition of cheap cigarettes in military stores persists because of politics in the U.S. military sales system and tobacco industry pressures, according to a new UCSF study.
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International Meeting Brings Scientists, Educators, Students, Policymakers to San Francisco
The largest meeting of the year aimed at a broad audience of scientists, educators, students and policymakers meets in San Francisco from Thursday through Monday, Feb. 15-19. The annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) focuses this year on environmental, health and policy issues and trends. The theme is "Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being."
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Dramatic Improvements in Today's Spinal Medicine Technology
Mohammad Diab, MD, associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at UCSF, comments on the complications of scoliosis. Orthopedic surgeon Shane Burch, MD, says new O-ARM imaging technology helps surgeons improve their chance of success in treating the mysterious twisting curve of the spine that severely affects 14-year-old patient Charlotte Holl. Burch also notes that colleagues at UCSF continue to explore treatments for scoliosis that won't require permanently fusing the spine.
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Police Report Burglary at Mission Bay Housing Complex
UCSF police report that a burglary occurred the morning of February 9 at the Mission Bay housing complex.
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The Science of Pain on the Naked Science Podcast
On the <i>Naked Science Podcast</i>, David Julius, PhD, professor and chair of physiology at UCSF, discusses with host Dr. Chris Smith the molecular mechanisms of pain and what a chili pepper has in common with a tarantula.
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To the Best of Our Knowledge Tackles the Mystery of Consciousness
On Sunday, February 11, Wisconsin Public Radio's <i>To the Best of Our Knowledge</i> explored the "mystery of consciousness." In the program's second segment, Louann Brizendine, MD, discussed the physical and chemical differences between male and female brains. The 9-minute segment with Brizendine begins 19 minutes into the broadcast.