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Archive: UCSF’s 11 Most Popular Health and Science Stories of 2019
Browse the stories that most engaged our readers in 2019.
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Archive: E-Cigarettes Significantly Raise Risk of Chronic Lung Disease, First Long-Term Study Finds
E-cigarette use significantly increases a person’s risk of developing chronic lung diseases like asthma, bronchitis, emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to new UC San Francisco research, the first longitudinal study linking e-cigarettes to respiratory illness in a sample representative of the entire U.S. adult population.
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Archive: In Childhood Cancer, Private Insurance Means Better Survival
Children and young adults with pediatric cancer are less likely to be alive five and 10 years following diagnosis if their health insurance is public, compared to those with private insurance.
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Archive: New Study Says Mixing Alcohol & Drugs is a Dangerous Combination
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Archive: UCSF donors’ experience with memory loss inspires funding of new clinic
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Archive: UC Researchers Advise Healthy California for All Commission
Researchers at the University of California will serve as expert policy guides for the Healthy California for All Commission, which has been charged by the governor and state legislature with developing a path toward universal health coverage in California, including a possible single payer system.
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Archive: Problem Drinkers Have Higher ‘Benzo’ Use, UCSF-Kaiser Permanente Study Shows
Problem drinkers are more likely than teetotalers and moderate drinkers to take benzodiazepines. When taken by heavier drinkers, benzodiazepines may heighten the risk for overdoses and accidents as well as exacerbate psychiatric conditions.
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Archive: The Startling Secret of an Invincible Virus
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Archive: Fixing nature’s genetic mistakes in the womb. Will this alternative to abortion or chronic care work?
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Archive: Breastfeeding May Bring Added Bonus for Women With MS
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Archive: CRISPR-Resistant Viruses Build ‘Safe Rooms’ to Shield Genomes from DNA-Dicing Enzymes
After phages infect bacteria, they construct an impenetrable “safe room” inside of their host, which protects vulnerable phage DNA from antiviral enzymes. This compartment, which resembles a cell nucleus, is the most effective CRISPR shield ever discovered in viruses.
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Archive: Woman’s e-cigarette habit leads to her 'cobalt lung' diagnosis – an incurable disease found only in metal workers
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Archive: How a Single Blood Test May Provide a ‘Head-to-Toe’ Health Check
UCSF physician Peter Ganz and colleagues at Colorado-based SomaLogic Inc., are developing what they call “liquid health check” technology – a single blood test capable of painting a detailed portrait of a person’s current health and future disease risks.
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Archive: Ahead of Supreme Court Hearing, Researchers Say Abortion Law Will Harm Women’s Health
The brief surveys evidence from more than 20 studies on the safety of abortion, the harms of denying women abortions when they seek them, and what happens when abortion providers are required to obtain admitting privileges.
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Archive: How Overexcited Neurons Might Affect How You Age
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Archive: Experts Say Solutions to Homelessness Known, Require Commitment
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Archive: Deportation fears linked to high blood pressure among immigrant women
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Archive: Newborn Immune System Detects Harmful Skin Bacteria
UCSF scientists found that an early-life window of immune tolerance available to a normally harmless bacterial species is firmly closed to another, often pathogenic species — one that is a leading cause of drug-resistant skin infections in the U.S. and occasional source of “flesh-eating” necrosis.
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Archive: This Doctor Wants to Use Salesforce Blockchain to Cut Cancer Drug Development Costs in Half
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Archive: How the Brain Detects the Rhythms of Speech
Neuroscientists discovered how the listening brain scans speech to break it down into syllables. The findings provide for the first time a neural basis for the fundamental atoms of language and insights into our perception of the rhythmic poetry of speech.
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Archive: The Loudness Of Vowels Helps The Brain Break Down Speech Into Syl-La-Bles
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Archive: Will Science Ever Give Us a Better Night’s Sleep?
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Archive: Many Patients with Anorexia Nervosa Get Better, But Complete Recovery Elusive to Most
Three in four patients with anorexia nervosa make a partial recovery. But just 21 percent make a full recovery, a milestone that is most likely to signal permanent remission.
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Archive: Amid vape epidemic, Marin researcher sheds light on e-cigarette waste
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Archive: ‘Supergrowth’ Challenges Established Science of Cell Growth
Research shows that after cells are subjected to certain stressful treatments, they appear to gain a new “superpower” that allows them to grow twice as fast as normal — a feature the authors call “supergrowth.”
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Archive: In Down Syndrome Mouse Model, Scientists Reverse Intellectual Deficits with Drugs
Using standard animal model of Down syndrome, scientists were able to correct the learning and memory deficits associated with the condition with drugs that target the body’s response to cellular stresses.
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Archive: We Know We’re Full Because Intestine’s Stretch Sensors Tell Us So
We commonly think a full stomach is what tells us to stop eating, but it may be that a stretched intestine plays an even bigger role in making us feel sated.
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Archive: Researchers Halt Spread of Breast Cancer by Blocking Metastasis-Promoting Enzyme
In a breakthrough with important implications for the future of immunotherapy for breast cancer, UCSF scientists have found that blocking the activity of a single enzyme can prevent a common type of breast cancer from spreading to distant organs.
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Archive: Conflict of Interest Statements Don’t Affect Peer Review
New study reveals that peer reviewers do not take conflicts of interest disclosures into account in their recommendations to journal editors, likely because of an absence of clear guidelines on how conflicts should impact their evaluations.