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Archive: Soft drink industry should focus on child nutrition in developing world
Soft drink companies are well-positioned to help combat child malnutrition in developing countries because of their expanding business and extensive distribution routes.
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Archive: New Faculty: Elizabeth Mertz
New UCSF Faculty, November 2010
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Archive: New Faculty: Yan Leykin
New UCSF Faculty, November 2010
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Archive: CT Screening for Lung Cancer Among Heavy Smokers Saves Lives
CT scans to detect lung cancer early can save lives, according to a study of 53,456 current and former smokers ages 55 to 74.
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Archive: Prusiner NYT Op-Ed Calls for Alzheimer's Research Funds
UCSF Nobel laureate Stanley Prusiner, MD, and colleagues have called for Congress to more than quadruple annual federal funding for Alzheimer’s research, saying that with a dedicated effort, there is a chance for a breakthrough against the disease by 2020.
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Archive: New Faculty: Stefanie Ueda
New UCSF Faculty, November 2010
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Archive: Smoking Is Associated with More Deaths among Women with Breast Cancer
Smoking in women with breast cancer increases breast cancer deaths and deaths overall, according to preliminary research results presented by UCSF epidemiologist Dejana Braithwaite, PhD, at a meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.
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Archive: New Faculty: Carla M. Perissinotto
New UCSF Faculty, November 2010
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Archive: 2010 Excellence in Business Awards Recognize UCSF for Economic Development
UCSF won the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce’s award for economic development as part of the 19th Annual Excellence in Business Awards, known as the “Ebbies.”
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Archive: UCSF pituitary expertise can help extreme cases
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Archive: Zebrafish reveal exquisite workings of the brain
A tiny, translucent juvenile zebrafish, on the hunt for even littler prey, has offered up a big insight into how a specific circuit of nerve cells functions in the brain.
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Archive: UCSF Kicks Off 2010 Charitable Giving Season
Faculty and staff may donate much-needed funds to nonprofit programs and agencies that work to save lives and strengthen the community through the UCSF Charitable Giving Campaign.
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Archive: UCSF's First Bay Area Global Health Summit Stimulates, Solidifies Ideas
UCSF’s recent Bay Area Global Health Summit ignited robust discussion in hopes of stimulating ideas that lead to tangible progress toward <i>advancing health worldwide™</i>.
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Archive: Video Captures Excitement of Groundbreaking for UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay
UCSF has captured the excitement of the two-day groundbreaking festivities for UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay in a new video now posted online.
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Archive: UCSF scientists speak out against airport full-body scans
Four UCSF scientists sent a letter last April to the President’s Office of Science and Technology Policy, expressing concern about the health risks of full body scanners being implemented at U.S. airports.
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Archive: UCSF experts outline new strategy to eliminate malaria
UCSF global health experts have outlined a new strategy and action plan to help countries eliminate malaria and bring the world closer to global eradication of the deadly disease.
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Archive: Cell Health Linked to Positive Mood Changes in Meditation
UCSF Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, and researcher Elissa Epel, PhD, are co-authors with UC Davis scientists of a paper showing that the positive psychological changes that occur during meditation training are associated with greater activity of the enzyme telomerase.
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Archive: For Stem Cell Researchers at UCSF, Already at the Forefront, Yamanaka's Work Galvanizes Field
<p>Scientists this week are moving into the headquarters for the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF, where they will continue to advance a field transformed by the revolutionary achievement of Shinya Yamanaka.</p>
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Archive: San Francisco Giants Victory Gives Cause for Elation to Bay Area Fans
As San Francisco prepares to celebrate the 2010 World Series champions with a parade today, UCSF’s Stuart Lustig explains why fans are so excited about the San Francisco Giants.
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Archive: New compounds may treat both alcohol and cigarette addictions
Researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UCSF, and Pfizer Inc., have determined that two new compounds may be effective in treating both alcohol and nicotine dependence at the same time.
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Archive: Simpson Named Smith Lecturer by American Heart Association
Paul Simpson, a cardiologist at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and a professor of medicine at UCSF, has been named the 2010 Thomas Smith Memorial Lecturer by the American Heart Association.
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Archive: Genetics Research Accelerates Pace of Knowledge Gains
New technologies and techniques continue to accelerate the pace of discovery in human genetics research, a fact made clear by scientists who spoke about their searches for important mutations, gene variants and answers to basic biological questions at the UCSF Institute for Human Genetics’ fifth-anniversary symposium on Oct. 28.
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Archive: UCSF Town Hall on Post-Employment Benefits Online
Faculty and staff who missed the UC town hall meetings on post-employment benefits in October can see the video online on UStream.
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Archive: UCSF chocolate research highlighted in ABC-TV feature
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Archive: UCSF Pediatrics Professor Offers Advice to Parents on Talking About Sexual Behavior with Teens
In response to her study published Nov. 1 in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, PhD, speaks to UCSF Today about how parents can better approach teens on the topic of sex.
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Archive: Gallo Center researchers find potential new drug target for alcohol addiction
Rapamycin, an FDA-approved drug prescribed to prevent the rejection of transplanted organs, has been shown for the first time to decrease excessive alcohol consumption, binge drinking, and alcohol-seeking behavior in rodents.
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Archive: Pain, especially from arthritis, is common in the last two years of life, study finds
In the first study to look at the prevalence of pain experienced among older people during the last two years of life, researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center found that 46 percent of study participants suffered moderate to severe pain during their final four months of life.
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Archive: Arthritis drugs could help prevent memory loss after surgery
Anti-inflammatory drugs currently used to treat diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis may also help prevent cognitive decline after surgery, according to a new study led by researchers at UCSF and colleagues at Imperial College London.
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Archive: Three Outstanding UCSF-Community Partnership Programs Receive Honors
UCSF recently honored the best in community partnerships, including programs that work with children, patients with developmental disabilities and the homeless.