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Hooshang Taybi, MD, MSc, former clinical professor of radiology at the University of California, San Francisco, died at his home in Walnut Creek, Calif., on August 7. He was 87.
Pamela England, PhD, assistant professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, has been selected to receive one of four Technological Innovations in Neuroscience Awards for 2006-2008, given by the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience.
Professor Marylin Dodd, who is dedicated to improving nursing care for patients with cancer, will present a lecture at the International Cancer Nursing Conference in September.
A UCSF researcher has determined that a key reason for the epidemic of pediatric obesity, now the most commonly diagnosed childhood ailment, is that high-calorie, low-fiber Western diets promote hormonal imbalances that encourage children to overeat.
On <i>The World</i> (a co-production of the BBC World Service, PRI and WGBH Boston), host Lisa Mullins speaks with David Bangsberg, MD, MPH, an AIDS expert at San Francisco General Hospital and senior author of a new study on AIDS treatment in Africa that may open the way for more treatment programs to reach poor patients infected with HIV.
Celeste Cook has joined the UCSF Police Department as associate director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management.
On the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's <i>The Conversation Hour</i>, host Richard Fidler interviews Elizabeth Blackburn.
Friends and colleagues are mourning the loss of longtime UCSF staff member Red Mangio, a man who spread cheer across campus for 17 years.
In recognition of their significant contributions to nursing and health care, Glenna Dowling and Janice Humphreys of the UCSF School of Nursing have been selected as Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing.
San Francisco activist Sue Bierman, who died Monday after a car crash, is remembered for her contributions to UCSF.
A four-year study of elderly women has found that chronically elevated blood sugar is associated with an increased risk of developing either mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia.
More HIV-infected Sub-Saharan Africans took their anti-HIV medications as directed than HIV-infected North Americans did, according to the largest and most extensive review of adherence studies to date.
A UCSF pediatric oncologist will be among swimmers taking the plunge in the San Francisco Bay to raise funds for children with cancer.
Last week's announcement of a new NSF-funded university collaboration in synthetic biology, teaming scientists at UC Berkeley, UCSF, MIT, Harvard and Prairie View A&M University in Texas, is expected to further accelerate this ambitious new field.
On Good Morning America (ABC News), Louann Brizendine, MD, neuropsychiatrist and director of the UCSF Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic, is interviewed about her new book, The Female Brain, which argues that a woman's brain chemistry is the reason women are so different than men.
UCSF Professor of Sociology Adele Clarke, PhD, will be honored on August 13 for her book on situational analysis.
In the August 4 issue of the journal <i>Science</i>, Jeremy Reiter, MD, PhD, a UCSF fellow in biochemistry and human genetics, co-writes an article laying out an emerging view that cilia — those tiny projections in nearly every human cell, from kidney to skin and brain and pancreas — may be key players in signaling within cells and, when defective, may underlie many serious diseases.
The campus community is invited to hear about child care at a meeting on Monday at UCSF Mission Bay.
Consumerlab.com reports that popular supplements aimed at lowering cholesterol, like fish oil, garlic and guggulsterone, may not measure up to their labels or marketing claims.
UCSF researchers have found that the median age of San Francisco's homeless population has increased from 37 to 46 years over 14 years—a rate of about two-thirds of a year every year.
Michael Cabana, MD, whose work focuses on improving the quality of care of asthma patients, has received a national award.
Literacy at less than a ninth-grade level almost doubles the five-year risk of mortality among elderly people, regardless of education, socioeconomic status, or health, according to a study led by a researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
Lorie Rice, MPH, associate dean for external affairs, UCSF School of Pharmacy, and assistant clinical professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, and Shareen El-Ibiary, PharmD, assistant professor in the department, answer our questions about on Plan B emergency contraception and the FDA.
The Heart and Vascular Center at UCSF Medical Center is holding its first official Heart and Lung Transplant Reunion at Mission Bay. At the reunion, patients who have had heart or lung transplants, and those waiting for transplant, will attend with their families.
Officials at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Monday that they would be revisiting the matter of making the Plan B emergency contraceptive — or morning-after pill — available to women 18 and over without a prescription.
UCSF Children's Hospital pediatrician Shannon Thyne, MD, will be featured tonight on KQED Channel 9's <i>Ask a Pediatrician </i>live call-in program, which will focus on childhood obesity, asthma, and oral health.
UCSF is one of 16 community-based demonstration projects throughout the nation to promote World Breastfeeding Week 2006.
The UCSF Osher Center of Integrative Medicine today announced the appointment of Donald I. Abrams, MD, professor of clinical medicine, as the center's new director of clinical programs.
Four nurse-scholars with the UCSF/John A. Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence have been awarded scholarships of $100,000 or fellowships of $125,000 to allow them to make a two-year, full-time commitment to research, teaching and leadership in geriatric nursing.