Archive: UCSF events for May 2004
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Archive: The move goes on: Second UCSF Mission Bay research building filling up
Seven new neighborhoods -- indoor neighborhoods -- are taking shape at UCSF Mission Bay as scientists move into the second research building on the new 43-acre life sciences campus.
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Archive: good news -- and more work to do -- against children's center at Mini- Med lecture on Wednesday, April 7
Kevin Shannon, MD, speaks on "Childhood Cancer: The Glass is Half Full" at the April 7 session of the UCSF Mini Medical School, a six-week series for the public continuing through April 21.
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Archive: Most SF HIV-infected urban poor have Hepatitis C; few treated for it
Seventy percent of HIV-infected urban poor in San Francisco are co-infected with the hepatitis C virus, according to UCSF researchers.
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Archive: Chef Annie Somerville to demonstrate vegetarian cooking at "Taste for the Cure" May 16
The fifth annual "Taste for the Cure" will feature a cooking demonstration by renowned vegetarian chef and author Annie Somerville of Greens Restaurant.
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Archive: UCSF Medical Center palliative care experts mentor health care organizations in end-of-life care
UCSF has been named one of six leadership centers in the country for training health care professionals who want to start palliative care programs.
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Archive: Single cocaine exposure boosts both drug craving and avoidance
A single exposure to cocaine activates different brain systems that can enhance both the pleasurable and unpleasant effects of psychoactive drugs, according to new research studies with rats.
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Archive: Type 1 Diabetes is focus of UCSF Mini-Med lecture Wednesday, March 31
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Archive: Gladstone Study Reveals How Genetic Factor May Increase Risk for Alzheimer's Disease
Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease have identified processes that may explain how a key protein, apolipoprotein E4 (apoE4), contributes to the development of Alzheimer's disease.
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Archive: Surgeon general to give keynote address at UCSF postgraduate course in general surgery
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Archive: New number for California Poison Control System advice line
The California Poison Control System (CPCS) announces adoption of the nationwide toll-free number 1-800-222-1222, which instantly routes California residents to CPCS poison experts.
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Archive: Children's heart expert to speak at UCSF mini-med school on March 24
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Archive: HIV-infected have thicker carotid artery wall: predictor of heart attack & stroke
With the advent of antiretroviral medication, HIV patients are living longer and facing yet another health challenge.
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Archive: UCSF Women's Health 2020 event event looks at media & messages
The public is invited to "Media, Message, Medicine," the 11th annual UCSF Women's Health 2020 Conference.
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Archive: Fetal surgeon opens UCSF Mini-Med lectures Wednesday, March 17
Diana Farmer, MD, speaks on "Fetal Surgery: What's Old, What's New, What's Right" at the opening lecture of the UCSF Mini Medical School, a six-week series for the public continuing through April 21.
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Archive: UCSF scientists show prion shape affects nature of infection
UCSF scientists have demonstrated for the first time that a change in the folded shape of a prion protein changes its infectious properties -- including the prion's ability to jump "species barriers."
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Archive: Three Professors Honored for Distinction in Teaching
The Academic Senate has named Douglas R. Fredrick, Betty-ann Hoener and Kanu Chatterjee as winners of the 2003-04 Distinction in Teaching Awards.
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Archive: Spring series of UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning Institute starts April 28
The UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) kicks off its spring series with four new courses starting April 28 and April 29.
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Archive: Nearly a million adults who need help with two or more activities essential to daily living must cop
About 3.3 million adults living in the community need assistance from another person in two or more activities of daily living essential for their survival, ...
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Archive: Media, Message, Medicine: UCSF Women's Health 2020 conference
The role of the media in communicating news about women's health will be a featured topic at the 11th annual UCSF Women's Health 2020 Conference on Saturday, March 20.
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Archive: UCSF events for April 2004
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Archive: Multi-center trial compares three medications in patients with heart failure
Results of an international study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) suggest that there is no major difference between three medications often prescribed for patients with chronic heart failure to prevent death, heart attack and stroke.
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Archive: UCSF study finds pediatrician's individual judgment often better than clinical guidelines for treating infant fever
Pediatricians frequently use individual judgment in treating infants with fever, and according to a new study, this judgment is often as good as or better than following the current clinical guidelines on how to manage these cases.
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Archive: UCSF/Baylor team uses new method to measure bone loss in astronauts flying long missions
A team of NASA-funded researchers from UCSF and Baylor College of Medicine has used a new method to measure and characterize bone loss caused by prolonged spaceflight.
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Archive: "Women, Poverty and the Global AIDS epidemic" is focus of International Women's Day briefing on March 8th
The UCSF Women's Global Health Imperative (WGHI) will sponsor a special briefing on March 8 on the importance of incorporating both economic and educational initiatives for women into efforts to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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Archive: Study moves in on why astronauts suffer bone loss
A new study by researchers at San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) moves in on the physiological basis for the bone density loss experienced by people subjected to prolonged periods of bed rest and by astronauts who fly lengthy missions under the weightless conditions of space.
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Archive: UCSF finding advances insight into adult stem cells in human brain
UCSF researchers have made a notable advance in the effort to illuminate the existence of adult stem cells in the human brain ...
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Archive: UCSF Mini Medical School VI offers public opportunity for discovery and learning
UCSF kicks off Mini Medical School VI in March with a six-week series of lectures every Wednesday from March 17 to April 21 focusing on the theme "learn and discover."
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Archive: UCSF Children's Hospital holds children's party with Disney characters
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Archive: Young Women's Health Conference on March 10 features one-day program that teen girls create
More than 1,000 teens from San Francisco and San Mateo counties are expected to attend the 4th Annual Young Women's Health Conference on Wednesday, March 10, in San Francisco.