Trauma Takes Its Toll at the End of Life
Traumatic experiences can worsen the pain, depression and loneliness at the end of life, according to a study led by UCSF and the University of Michigan.
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Three Medical Practices That Older Patients Should Question
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Living Your Best Life Means Embracing the Last Years, Too
UCSF is collaborating with the SF Palliative Care Work Group to set up partnerships with local community groups to discuss advance care planning and palliative care. These community groups include churches, senior centers and organizations representing minority populations.
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New Hope for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy with Innovative Trial
A clinical trial that will test three drugs concurrently, and could include more, represents new hope for patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), an incurable neurodegenerative disorder that usually kills within seven years after symptoms start.
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General Exercise as Good as Yoga for Female Urinary Incontinence
A study found that practicing pelvic yoga didn't result in substantially greater improvements in urinary incontinence for aging women compared to other muscle conditioning exercises.
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A Blood Test Accurately Diagnosed Alzheimer’s 90% of the Time, Study Finds
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Study Finds Big Disparities in Stroke Services Across the U.S.
Hospitals in poor communities are significantly less likely to obtain certification for stroke services, which makes them unable to provide urgent, lifesaving treatment.
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UCSF Medical Center Ranks Among Nation’s Exceptional Hospitals
UCSF Medical Center has been ranked among the country’s best hospitals in adult care in U.S. News & World Report’s prestigious Best Hospitals survey.
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Scientists Discover a New Hormone that Can Build Strong Bones
A newly discovered hormone explains why females can maintain bone density during lactation, when calcium is stripped away to make milk. This discovery could one day have applications to treating fractures, osteoporosis, and other bone diseases.
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Scientists May Have Found How to Diagnose Elusive Neuro Disorder
Scientists have identified the biomarkers in progressive supranuclear palsy, a type of frontotemporal dementia, the most common dementia affecting people under 60.
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Poor Health, Stress in 20s Takes Toll in 40s With Lower Cognition
A study linked chronic inflammation in early adulthood to loss of cognitive skills in midlife. Chronic inflammation is caused by obesity, smoking, and poor health. Those with higher levels of inflammation were twice as likely to have poor cognitive performance than those with low inflammation.
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Should Women Take Hormones to Manage Menopause?
UCSF gynecologists explain how hormone therapy may ease the transition.
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Four Quick Ways to Truly Rest
Deep rest is best achieved in prolonged practices that relax the body and quiet the mind. But you can also combat stress within seconds by activating your parasympathetic nervous system. Here are a few approaches to making this biological shift quickly.
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The Power of Deep Rest
Perpetual stress runs us down. But a truly restorative state that alters our bodies at the cellular level can counter this deterioration.
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Traumatic Brain Injury Strikes 1 in 8 Older Americans
Traumatic brain injuries for people over age 65 can raise their risk for dementia, Parkinson's, cardiovascular and psych disease. Contrary to earlier research, the study found that healthy, wealthy white women are at higher risk.
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How Space Research Helps Fight Infection and Aging Back on Earth
Liver samples that spent two months in the International Space Station will be studied to observe how microgravity ages liver cells and impacts their ability to regenerate. Understanding how aging damages the liver – and ways to potentially reverse that damage – could pave the way for better prevention and treatment of liver disease.
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How Anti-Asian Hate is Worsening Older San Franciscans’ Health
Anti-Asian hate may be fueling isolation and poorer health among elderly San Francisco residents.
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Historic UCSF Asian American Cancer Study Gets $12.45 Million Grant; Participants Needed
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New Technique to Identify Anti-Aging Molecules
As the human body ages, cellular changes can drive a host of age-related diseases and conditions. The appearance of aging cells, also called senescent cells, in age-related diseases has spurred the
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Elevator or Stairs? Your Choice Could Boost Longevity, Study Finds
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What Makes You Cough When Something Goes Down the Wrong Pipe?
When a mouthful of water goes down the wrong pipe – heading toward a healthy person’s lungs instead of their gut – they start coughing uncontrollably. That’s because their upper airway senses the
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How the Inflamed Brain Becomes Disconnected After A Stroke
Mild brain inflammation destroys arm-like projections of neurons rather than the neurons themselves, but can still cause significant brain damage.
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Active Social Lives Help Dementia Patients, Caregivers Thrive
People with dementia and those who care for them should be screened for loneliness, so providers can find ways to keep them socially connected.
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Ageism in Health Care Is More Common Than You Might Think, and It Can Harm People
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Apparently Healthy, but Diagnosed With Alzheimer’s?
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How AI Can Help Spot Early Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease
UCSF scientists found a way to predict Alzheimer’s disease up to seven years before symptoms appear by analyzing patient records with machine learning. Conditions that most influenced prediction of Alzheimer’s were high cholesterol and, for women, osteoporosis.
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Redefining Old Age
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For Some Alzheimer’s Patients, Vision Problems May Be an Early Warning
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Can a Steroid Help Treat Dementia and Schizophrenia?
A little-studied steroid that serves as a building block for hormones like estrogen and testosterone has been shown to enhance learning and memory in a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco.
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Could a Drug Prevent Hearing Loss from Loud Music and Aging?
A newly-discovered gene may explain how humans go deaf both as they age, and in response to loud noise.
