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Your Pain Meds’ Side Effects May Be Masquerading as Heart Failure
Matthew Growdon's study finds "prescription cascades" where drug side effects lead to unnecessary second prescriptions, causing further harm and costly hospitalizations.
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Opportunity Rx: Could This Be a New Path Out of Pharmacy Deserts?
The UCSF School of Pharmacy's inaugural PharmTech to PharmD pathway program provides one-on-one mentoring to roughly three dozen pharmacy technicians who aspire to become pharmacists, and guarantees successful participants an interview at UCSF. The program hopes to provide pathways to well-paying jobs and help fill gaps in access to health care in California.
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How 100,000 Grandmas Fight Cancer in Every Human Cell
A TED Talk-style presentation on the effects of tangled DNA strands took first place at this year's Postdoc Slam competition, which is held in celebration of National Postdoc Appreciation Week.
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3 Learners and Alum Explain How a DNP Helps Improve Patient Care
Meet three members in the first class of the School of Nursing's BSN to DNP program cohort, all from very different backgrounds, who share why they are pursuing a DNP and what they hope to accomplish with this advanced degree.
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Why Smart People Fall for False Information and What to do About It
UCSF’s Joseph Pierre, MD, unveils why even bright minds embrace false information. His new book, "False," dissects cognitive biases and our digital world’s role, offering a powerful three-step approach to navigate the post-truth era and rediscover common ground.
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How State Bans Increase Costs and Delay Abortion Care
People in states that have banned abortion were more than twice as likely to receive them later in pregnancy, according to a new study.
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Five Questions for Joanne Chun
The School of Pharmacy’s Joanne Chun, PharmD ’93, PhD ’96, leads a new master’s degree program focused on AI’s transformation of drug discovery and development.
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The Plastic Inside Us
Microplastics have infiltrated our bodies. What does that mean for our health?
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The UCSF Professor Leading Advanced Nursing From Classroom to Clinic
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‘The Turnaway Play’ Exposes the Real Cost of Forcing Women To Give Birth
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Here’s the Real Concern When It Comes to Black Plastic
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‘An Attack on Science’: UC, California Fight Trump Cuts to NIH Health Research Funding
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How a UCSF Scientist Helped Ban a Chemical Connected to Parkinson’s
A new EPA ban on TCE, a common industrial cleaning agent and contaminant, begins this year. UCSF’s Samuel Goldman, who led groundbreaking research to link TCE to Parkinson’s Disease, talks about the health risks.
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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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Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood
In this decade-long study of adoption, UCSF sociologist Gretchen Sisson, PhD, sheds light on the often-overlooked experiences of mothers who put their infants up for adoption.
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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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Is Contraception Under Attack?
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UCSF Receives Major Award to Speed Drug Development with AI
With the help of up to $30M in funding, researchers led by UCSF’s James Fraser, PhD, will use AI to map drug “anti-targets,” aiming to speed up drug development and reduce costs.
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UCSF Health Opens New Outpatient Pharmacies in San Francisco
UCSF Health is opening retail pharmacies at its Mission Bay and Parnassus campuses. The new pharmacies build on UCSF Health’s history of innovative clinical pharmacy care and are integrated with health records to provide seamless care for UCSF patients and convenience for people who live and work in San Francisco.
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UCSF and NASA Explore Joint Ways to Benefit Cancer Patients
UCSF hosted NASA astronauts and scientists in a daylong, invitational scientific roundtable in conjunction with the White House Cancer Moonshot Initiative. Astronauts also visited pediatric patients at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco, and greeted event attendees.
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New Program Trains Data Scientists Who are Transforming Medicine
The UCSF/UC Berkeley Joint Program in Computational Precision Health (CPH) welcomes its second cohort of PhD students this fall. Students train concurrently in computer science and clinical or public health practice, uniting disciplines that are usually studied in isolation.
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California’s Bold Moves to Curb Fentanyl Deaths Leave Experts Urging for More
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UCSF Breaks Ground on Bakar Research and Academic Building
UCSF officially broke ground on the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Research and Academic Building on Sept. 28, which will house state-of-the-art research facilities, and will also serve as the new home for the UCSF School of Nursing.
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Why Breathing Reduces Anxiety and Boosts Our Mood
A talk on how breathing affects our mood took first place at this year's Postdoc Slam event, which is held in celebration of National Postdoc Appreciation Week.
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This Global Health Initiative Improves Patient Care in 13 Countries
Since 2020, the Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia has used research, education and advocacy to improve access to safe surgical, anesthetic and perioperative care in underserved areas of the U.S. and globally, as well as build a pipeline of care providers from diverse backgrounds.
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Child-Parent Therapy Has Biological Benefits for Traumatized Kids
A UCSF-created child-parent therapy for trauma in kids under age 5 was found to slow down biological aging, which is tied to health benefits later in life.
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Strong Insurance Laws Help Kids Get Access to Mental Health Care
A study found that states with more comprehensive mental and behavioral health insurance policies and enforcement of those policies allows caregivers easier access to care for their children.
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Monthly Abortions Continue to Trend up in the US in 2024, New Report Shows
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Supreme Court’s Homelessness Ruling Could Compound the Problem
A Q&A with Margot Kushel, director of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, in the wake of the Supreme Court decision that opens the door for cities and counties, including in California, to begin clearing homeless encampments and imposing penalties for violations.
