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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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    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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    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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    HPV Vaccine's Side Effects Come to Light

    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.

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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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.

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