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Archive: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Names Two UCSF Scientists as New Investigators
Two UCSF scientists — brain researcher Michael Brainard, PhD, and cell biologist Dyche Mullins, PhD — have been selected to be Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators.
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Archive: UCSF Tests New Approach to Treating Veterans with PTSD
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Archive: Antidepressants Linked with Increased Risks After Surgery
Some of the most widely prescribed antidepressant medications are associated with increased risk of bleeding, transfusion, hospital readmission and death when taken around the time of surgery, according to an analysis co-led by UCSF.
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Archive: ‘Viagra for the Brain’ Seduces America’s Go-Getters
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Archive: Stress Has Unexpected Health Benefits – Sometimes
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Archive: Nearly Half of Adolescents Lack a Patient-Centered Medical Home
Adolescence is a unique period of change when many mental health disorders are known to first emerge, yet nearly half of adolescents are lacking coordinated and continuous health care that could identify symptoms early, according to a new UCSF study.
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Archive: Skylab II, Reading Your Dreams and Addiction Fighting Lasers
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Archive: Laser Light Zaps Away Cocaine Addiction
By stimulating one part of the brain with laser light, researchers at the National Institutes of Health and the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UCSF have shown that they can wipe away addictive behavior in rats – or conversely turn non-addicted rats into compulsive cocaine seekers.
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Archive: Psychological Challenges of a Manned Mission to Mars
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Archive: Cold Symptoms May Depend on Length of Chromosome Cap
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Archive: Gallo Center Scientists Identify Potential New Mechanism for Treating Problem Drinking
<p>A study by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UCSF identified a potential new approach for reducing problem drinking: a new family of drugs with the ability to manipulate DNA structure without changing it.</p>
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Archive: Fear Of Cantaloupes And Crumpets? A 'Phobia' Rises From The Web
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Archive: Why Can Some Kids Handle Pressure While Others Fall Apart?
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Archive: How To Stop Biting Your Nails And Break The Stressful Habit
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Archive: Gender Disappointment: Expectant Mothers Confess Secret Regrets
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Archive: Botox May Help Depression, Doctor Suggests in New Book
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Archive: Obama Pushes Mental Health Changes as Part of Gun Package
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Archive: Renowned Child Psychiatrist and Molecular Geneticist to Join UCSF
<p>Matthew State, MD, PhD, a leading child psychiatrist and internationally recognized expert on the genetics and genomics of autism, Tourette syndrome and other neurodevelopmental syndromes, was recently named to lead UCSF’s psychiatric programs.</p>
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Archive: Simulated 520-day Mars Trip Yields Data for Researchers
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Archive: Mission to Mars Looks Sleepy in Study
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Archive: Experts Give Advice on Kids and Santa
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Archive: Jury Returns with Death Penalty in Davis 'Sweethearts' Murder Case
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Archive: Your Wandering Mind Is Aging You
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Archive: Alcohol Drinking Behavior Reduced By Inhibiting Brain Protein in Rodents
Decreasing the level of a key brain protein led to significantly less drinking and alcohol-seeking behavior in rats and mice that had been trained to drink, according to a study by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at UCSF.
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Archive: Are Female Troops More Likely to Get PTSD?
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Archive: Why Can't I Hold My Alcohol Anymore?
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Archive: Gender Differences in PTSD Risk May Be Due to Heightened Fear Conditioning in Women
Women exposed to trauma may be at greater risk of developing post-traumatic stress disorder because of a heightened fear response, according to a new study.
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Archive: Wandering Minds Associated With Aging Cells
A preliminary UCSF study suggests a possible link between mind wandering and aging, by looking at a biological measure of longevity.
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Archive: Sweetwater Spectrum Marks Ribbon Cutting