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UCSF community partnership council awards public health grants
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Hypnosis as good as counseling in helping smokers quit, study finds
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UCSF and YouTube create novel channel to drive medical research
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New study is recruiting smokers who want to quit
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Pfizer and UCSF form alliance to advance a broad range of research
In a novel experiment to advance new drug discovery and development, as well as stimulate basic research, Pfizer, Inc. and UCSF have launched a collaboration that spans many disciplines, several UC campuses and multiple Pfizer research units.
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Excessive drinking and relapse rapidly cut in new approach
Boosting the level of a specific brain protein quickly cut excessive drinking of alcohol in a new animal study, and also prevented relapse -- the common tendency found in sober alcoholics to easily return to heavy drinking after just one glass.
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Eating and weight gain not necessarily linked, study shows
You may not be what you eat after all. A new study shows that increased eating does not necessarily lead to increased fat. The finding in the much-studied roundworm opens the possibility of identifying new targets for drugs to control weight, the researchers say.
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Firefly project features live reading of letters from patients and their teenage pen pals on June
Members of the public are invited to attend a live dramatic reading of letters written by adults coping with life-threatening illnesses and their healthy teenage pen pals at the annual Firefly Project Adaptation on Wednesday, June 4.
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UCSF alerts patients about a security breach
The University of California San Francisco is alerting a group of patients that it has discovered a security breach involving a computer that held personal patient information.
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New findings in breast cancer
Clinical researchers from the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center will present new research findings during the 44th American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, taking place in Chicago May 30-June 3.
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Childhood obesity is topic for UCSF health policy lecture
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will address the issue of childhood obesity on Wednesday, May 21, as featured speaker in the UCSF Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture Series.
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UCSF Children's Hospital hosts music
UCSF Children's Hospital will host a Music Day to officially launch the hospital's music program through its Child Life Department.
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UCSF joins public campaign to accelerate cancer research
The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Cancer Research Alliance, an organization comprised of 12 of the nation's top cancer centers...
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UCSF receives funding for building from California stem cell agency
Signifying a milestone in the evolution of its pioneering stem cell program, the University of California, San Francisco today received a $34.9 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to help support the construction of a regenerative medicine building on its campus.
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UCSF celebrates 50 years of cardiovascular research with groundbreaking today
The Cardiovascular Research Institute at UCSF is celebrating 50 years of research and medical innovation today (May 7) in grand style: a science symposium and a groundbreaking ceremony for a new state-of-the art building dedicated to its work.
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Healthy kids, happy lives: Lecture on integrative pediat
The UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine is hosting a free public lecture by integrative medicine pioneer Tieraona Low Dog, MD, on the role of complimentary and alternative therapies in adolescent and pediatric medicine.
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Common herbicide disrupts human hormone activity in cell studies
A common weedkiller in the U.S., already suspected of causing sexual abnormalities in frogs and fish, has now been found to alter hormonal signaling in human cells, scientists from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) report.
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Groundbreaking May 7 for new UCSF
The UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute—known as CVRI—is leading the charge in understanding and preventing cardiovascular disease by breaking ground for a new state-of-the-art building on the UCSF Mission Bay campus.
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Free skin cancer screenings offered
The public is invited to undergo free skin cancer screenings conducted by UCSF dermatologists in recognition of National Skin Cancer Awareness Month.
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Brief secondhand smoke exposure can cause blood vessel and stem cell damage in 30 minutes
Exposure to secondhand smoke even for a brief period is injurious to health, a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has found.
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UCSF to break ground for major new cardiovascular disease center
The UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute—known as CVRI—is leading the charge in understanding and preventing cardiovascular disease by breaking ground for a new state-of-the-art building on the UCSF Mission Bay campus.
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UCSF privacy practices to protect patient information
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UCSF's Ken Dill elected to National Academy of Sciences
Kenneth (Ken) Dill, Phd, a national leader in research to clarify and predict the physical properties of proteins and other biological molecules, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the Academy announced Tuesday.
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UCSF opens photo exhibit "Honor your mother: Save a mother's life"
The UCSF Safe Motherhood Program is hosting a photo exhibit and reception to honor mothers worldwide.
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UCSF marks a milestone with 500th transplant in heart and lung program
UCSF marked a milestone this week with the 500th procedure in its Thoracic Transplant Program, which specializes in transplantation of the heart and lung.
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Study breaks ground in revealing how neurons generate movement
When the eye tracks a bird's flight across the sky, the visual experience is normally smooth, without interruption. But underlying this behavior is a complex coordination of neurons that has remained mysterious to scientists.
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UCSF to award its highest honor to four civic and scientific leaders
UCSF will award its highest honor – the UCSF Medal – to four civic and scientific leaders at a special event on Wednesday, April 23.
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Video doc helps HIV-positive patients reduce risky behaviors
A computer-based interactive risk assessment and risk reduction counseling program using a video doctor sharply reduces sexual and drug risk behaviors by HIV-positive patients, according to UCSF researchers who developed and tested the intervention.
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UCSF among top universities in NIH funding
UCSF was the third largest recipient of National Institutes of Health research support in 2007, according to new figures released by NIH.