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The current issue of <i>Science</i> (August 18, 2006; vol. 313, no. 5789) features a "News Focus" on fetal surgery. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first fetal surgery, performed in 1981 at the University of California, San Francisco by pediatric surgeon Michael R. Harrison, MD, and his colleagues.
Olympic swimming legends and accomplished swimmers from across the country will participate in a 10-mile-long relay swim around San Francisco Bay on September 23 in the first "Swim Across America San Francisco Swim to Fight Cancer."
Breast cancer incidence in the United States ranks near the top internationally. And just across the Golden Gate from UCSF – in Marin County – studies show that the rate at which new breast cancers arise is among the highest in the United States.
Two members of the faculty have been named recipients of the Royer Award for outstanding contributions to psychiatry.
On Friday, August 18, 2006, PBS's <i>NewsHour with Jim Lehrer</i> aired a segment about the recent ruling by U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler that five major tobacco companies violated racketeering laws and conspired to cover up the risks of smoking. Analysts David Kessler, MD, and Mary Aronson discuss the verdict with <i>NewsHour </i>correspondent Jeffrey Brown.
UCSF AIDS researcher and co-discoverer of HIV, Jay Levy, MD, pioneered a study of long-term AIDS survivors, or "elite controllers," people who are infected with HIV but never get sick.
UCSF researcher Steven G. Deeks, MD, who has been studying a population of 60 elite controllers at San Francisco General Hospital, will work with Bruce Walker, MD, from Massachusetts General Hospital on an international study of elite controllers.
A UCSF medical student has been awarded a Fulbright US Student scholarship to South Africa in Public Health.
Assemblyman Mark Leno was on hand last Friday to congratulate 21 minority and economically disadvantaged students who graduated from a health sciences summer internship program.
UCSF Police are asking for more information about a suspect arrested Aug. 11 for alleged sexual battery of two women in UC Hall on the Parnassus campus.
<i>Nature</i> takes a first look at research suggesting that certain genetic mutations that increase life span in the roundworm <i>C. elegans</i> also reduce the growth of tumors in the worm.
At the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto this week, UCSF researchers were among the attendees and presenters – which also included former President Bill Clinton – at sessions focusing on prevention and technology.
Children and adults of all ages and running levels are invited to join the annual "Banana Chase" run at Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, September 17. The event supports pediatric AIDS research and treatment at UCSF Children's Hospital.
James G. Kahn, MD, MPH, speaks at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto. Kahn is professor at the Institute for Health Policy Studies, the AIDS Research Institute, and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, all at UCSF.
On Tuesday, August 15, <i>KQED-FM's Forum with Michael Krasny </i>assesses a recent hypothesis on obesity, and how sugar may trigger a starvation reaction in the brain.
NBC News reports on a San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC) and University of California, San Francisco study in this week's issue of the <i>Annals of Internal Medicine</i> about the subtle ways pharmaceutical companies market their products to physicians and patients.
UCSF Children's Hospital helped raise thousands of dollars to benefit children in San Francisco's southeast sector on Sunday.
UCSF congratulates Janice Marchi-Varlow, a Cardiovascular Thoracic nurse, who was recognized recently at the winner of the August DAISY award.
The UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center is offering a free, eight-week vegan cooking class to the general public.
Christopher Ames, MD, assistant professor in residence in the UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery, has developed a technique to remove large tumors, buried deep within the spine, that are often considered inoperable.
Cancer researchers are discovering that at least some tumors arise from cancer stem cells that share characteristics with other kinds of stem cells.
A review of internal documents from the pharmaceutical company Parke-Davis reveals a comprehensive and often ethically questionable campaign to market the seizure drug gabapentin to physicians, according to a paper by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF.
Elevated blood levels of the protein cystatin C accurately predict higher risk of chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease, and death among elderly people with no known kidney problems ...
UCSF students and postdocs will have a short commute when they move into apartments opening soon at 145 Irving St.
Professor Marylin Dodd, who is dedicated to improving nursing care for patients with cancer, will present a lecture at the International Cancer Nursing Conference in September.
The Center for HIV Information at the University of California, San Francisco, is releasing a free CD-ROM containing more than 40 selected chapters from the HIV InSite Knowledge Base ...
The first 20 UCSF finishers in this Sunday's Stadium to Stadium Run/Walk will receive UCSF logo T-shirts that include the new University tagline, Advancing Health Worldwide. The T-shirts will be sent to the finishers via campus mail once the results have been compiled.
Hooshang Taybi, MD, MSc, former clinical professor of radiology at the University of California, San Francisco, died at his home in Walnut Creek, Calif., on August 7. He was 87.
At the 114th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association on Saturday, August 12, Elissa S. Epel, PhD, will present findings from a review of the current literature on the state of the brain, stress and the endocrine system.
A UCSF researcher has determined that a key reason for the epidemic of pediatric obesity, now the most commonly diagnosed childhood ailment, is that high-calorie, low-fiber Western diets promote hormonal imbalances that encourage children to overeat.