Can Employees Benefit from a Digital Mindfulness Program?
As little as five minutes of mindfulness meditation a day may help reduce work-related stress, even when done through self-guided smartphone apps.
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How Many Children Use TikTok Against the Rules? Most, Study Finds
High percentages of children under thirteen years old use social media apps that are meant for ages thirteen and over. Experts suggest parents model healthy behaviors to avoid health risks in children.
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Genes That Grow a Healthy Brain Could Fuel Adult Glioblastoma
A new study paints one of the most detailed pictures of human brain development to date, opening the door to new tests and therapies, including for brain disorders such as autism.
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Are Health Disparities Part of Climate Change? Or Can We Avoid them?
The Equity and Climate Opportunities for Health (ECO-Health) at the UC Center for Climate Health and Equity received a $4M NIH Health P20 Center award to quantify how climate change leads to poor health outcomes within communities that are heavily impacted by structural injustices.
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Paxlovid Improved Long Covid Symptoms in Some Patients, Researchers Report
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Extended Paxlovid May Help Some People with Long COVID
An extended course of Paxlovid appears to help some patients with long COVID, according to a study by UCSF researchers that suggests this treatment option holds promise for some of those struggling with lasting symptoms.
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UCSF-led Study Aims to Improve Treatment of Painful Skin Disease
Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) is a chronic inflammatory skin condition that disproportionately affects women and people of color. It begins in adolescence and can be debilitating, negatively impacting
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Why Some People Can Get Away With Only a Little Sleep Every Night
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10 Ways UCSF Is Exploring the Gut
Scientists at UCSF are studying the gastrointestinal tract to unlock the healing secrets of our trillions of gut microbes.
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Scientists Take First Steps Toward Growing Organs from Scratch
Researchers from UC San Francisco and Cedars-Sinai have developed a new way to prompt stem cells to form specific organs. It sets the stage for growing human organs from scratch – a long-time goal of regenerative medicine.
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Microplastics in the Air May Be Leading to Lung and Colon Cancers
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What Bold Steps Are Needed to Lead UCSF into a New Era?
One key is a building designed by scientists for scientists, says Catherine Lucey, MD, UCSF’s executive vice chancellor and provost.
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The Future of Neuroscience: Building a Silicon Brain
A digital twin of a human mind? It isn’t science fiction.
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On the Origin of Diseases
Insights from human evolution could change how we understand and treat illness.
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Medication Abortions May Be More Painful Than Women Expect, Study Finds
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Feel Left Behind by Digital Health Tools? You’re Not Alone
New study finds that, among many factors, speaking Spanish is the most likely to result in lower scores on self-reported ability to navigate digital health tools such as patient portals.
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State Approves UCSF Reading Screener in CA Public Schools
California officials have picked a UC San Francisco-created tool as one that public schools can use to spot early signs of reading problems including dyslexia. State law requires all California
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Can AI Improve Diagnosis of Rare Diseases?
Researchers at UCSF and UCLA created an AI algorithm to analyze health records, identify patterns and flag potential AHP patients, aiming to enhance diagnosis of rare diseases.
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Believe It or Not, 1 Vape has 20 Cigarettes Worth of Nicotine
Learn from an expert on how marketing shapes the use of flavored vapes, and and what it means for kids and teens.
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Oldest Human DNA Reveals Lost Branch of the Human Family Tree
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How We Could Test for Unhealthy Alcohol Use Before It’s Too Late
Excessive drinking can damage the liver. Yet, unlike obesity or high cholesterol, clinicians only screen for alcohol use by asking their patients how much they drink. Turns out that method is not
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4 Ways Artificial Intelligence is Poised to Transform Medicine
Artificial intelligence has revolutionized medical imaging. Here are four ways that AI is changing medicine in pictures - and the UCSF minds behind them.
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How This Cancer Drug Could Make Radiation a Slam Dunk Therapy
UCSF scientists developed a way to deliver radiation just to cancerous cells, rather than attacking both cancerous and healthy tissue. The therapy combines a drug to mark the cancer cells for destruction and a radioactive antibody to kill them.
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An 84-Year-Old Pop Superstar Just Dropped an Album – How Does She Sound So Good?
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3-D Mammograms Are Overtaking Traditional Scans. But Are They Better?
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International Conference Features UCSF Breast Cancer Experts
Breast cancer experts from UCSF Health will present new research and clinical findings at the annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the world’s largest and most prestigious breast cancer
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UCSF Health Experts Spotlight Advances at Hematology Conference
Hematologists and oncologists from around the world will present new research and clinical findings at the American Society of Hematology’s (ASH) 66th Annual Meeting and Exposition. This year’s
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Engineered Immune Cells May Be Able to Tame Inflammation
A new technology uses engineered T cells that act as immune “referees” to soothe overreacting immune responses. They also can mop up inflammatory molecules without lowering the entire body’s immune shields.
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Molecular Zip Code Draws Killer T Cells to Brain Tumors
A newly developed “molecular GPS” to guide immune cells into the brain and kill tumors without harming healthy tissue is the first living cell therapy that can navigate through the body to a specific organ.
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Is Avian Flu the Next Pandemic?