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Archive: What's So Bad About a Boy Who Wants to Wear a Dress?
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Archive: Depression Linked with Increased Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease
Depression was linked with an increased risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in a study of more than 1,000 men and women with heart disease conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
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Archive: Sleeping Less May Dampen Vaccine Response
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Archive: Not Losing Weight? Here's Why
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Archive: Telephone Therapy Technique Brings More Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans into Mental Health Treatment
A brief therapeutic intervention called motivational interviewing, administered over the telephone, was significantly more effective than a simple "check-in" call in getting Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans with mental health diagnoses to begin treatment for their conditions, according to a new study.
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Archive: Your Stressful Job Is Indeed Aging You, Study Confirms
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Archive: More Older People Treated for Depression
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Archive: Running To Be A Great CEO
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Archive: Army Funds New Bay Area Institute to Research PTSD Treatment
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Archive: Gallo Research Center to Lead $15 Million U.S. Army-Funded National Research Program
The UCSF-affiliated Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center has been selected to administer and manage a U.S. Army-funded research program intended to accelerate the discovery and development of new medications to treat alcohol and substance abuse in the context of post-traumatic stress and combat injury.
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Archive: Fruit Flies Provide Diet, Exercise Clues
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Archive: Mother of All Hormones?
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Archive: Autism FAQ: "I Think I Have Aspergers. Where Can I Go for a Diagnosis and Support?
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Archive: Diabetes Linked to Memory Problems in Older Adults
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Archive: Alcohol May Trigger Serious Palpitations in Heart Patients
New UCSF research builds on a 1978 study called the “holiday heart syndrome,” establishing a stronger causal link between alcohol consumption and serious palpitations in patients with atrial fibrillation, the most common form of arrhythmia.
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Archive: Cuba's First Daughter Lands in Bay Area
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Archive: Cardiovascular Safety Concerns Over Smoking-Cessation Drug Misleading
A popular smoking cessation medication has been under a cloud of suspicion ever since the Canadian Medical Association Journal published a study in July 2011 reporting “risk of serious adverse cardiovascular events associated with varenicline.” UCSF researchers, however, question the way the previous study was conducted, and their new analysis, scheduled to be published May 4 in BMJ, reaches a very different conclusion.
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Archive: Anti-Smoking Drug Decreases Alcohol Consumption in Heavy-Drinking Smokers
The smoking cessation drug varenicline significantly reduced alcohol consumption in a group of heavy-drinking smokers, in a study carried out by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Archive: Two Unrelated Wednesday Afternoon Events
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Archive: Killing in War Linked with Suicidal Thoughts Among Vietnam Veterans, Study Finds
The experience of killing in war was strongly associated with thoughts of suicide, in a study of Vietnam-era veterans led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF.
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Archive: Marijuana Use Higher in Young Adult Smokers than Previously Reported
Half of young adult tobacco smokers also have smoked marijuana in the last 30 days, according to a recent Facebook-based survey conducted by UCSF researchers, indicating a greater prevalence of marijuana and tobacco co-use among smokers age 18-25 than previously reported.
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Archive: New View of Depression: An Ailment of the Entire Body
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Archive: Meditation Improves Emotional Behaviour
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Archive: Greater Traumatic Stress Linked with Elevated Inflammation in Heart Patients
Greater lifetime exposure to the stress of traumatic events was linked to higher levels of inflammation in a study of almost 1,000 patients with cardiovascular disease led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
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Archive: Meditation Improves Emotional Behaviors in Teachers, Study Finds
Schoolteachers who underwent a short but intensive program of meditation were less depressed, anxious or stressed – and more compassionate and aware of others’ feelings, according to a new study led by UCSF.
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Archive: Man's Best Friend Should Not Be a Pill
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Archive: Deprived of Sex, Jilted Flies Drink More Alcohol
A group of scientists at UCSF has discovered that a tiny molecule in the fly’s brain govern the behavior of males who go on a drinking binge after female fruit flies reject their sexual advances.
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Archive: UCSF Hosts Symposium on Japan Earthquake and Disasters - One Year Later
The UCSF departments of psychiatry and pediatrics and UCSF Global Health Sciences hosting a multidisciplinary symposium about Japan one year after the catastrophe, featuring first-hand details from many who responded to the disaster last year.
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Archive: Is Your Memory Good Enough To Remember That You Read This?