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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: 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: Two Unrelated Wednesday Afternoon Events
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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: 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: 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: 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?
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Archive: Journal Disavows Study Touted by U.S. Abortion Foes
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Archive: Link Between Abortion and Mental Health Problems Debunked
A study purporting to show a cause-and-effect link between abortion and subsequent mental health problems has fundamental analytical errors that render its conclusions invalid, according to researchers at UCSF and the Guttmacher Institute.
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Archive: Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans With Pain, PTSD Prescribed More Opiates Than Other Veterans With Pain
Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health diagnoses were significantly more likely to be prescribed opiates for pain than other veterans with pain, according to a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF.
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Archive: Growing Number of Adults Diagnosed with ADHD
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Archive: Schizophrenia Patients' Ability to Monitor Reality May Be Helped by Computerized Training
People with schizophrenia who completed 80 hours of intensive, computerized cognitive training exercises were better able to perform complex tasks that required them to distinguish their internal thoughts from reality.
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Archive: Technology Google Hiring Augmented-Reality Experts Amid Rumours of HUD Glasses
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Archive: Statins Linked with Lower Depression Risk in Heart Disease Patients
Patients with heart disease who took cholesterol-lowering statins were significantly less likely to develop depression than those who did not, in a study by Mary Whooley, MD, a physician at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and a professor of medicine at UCSF.
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Archive: Stressful Situations Accelerate Ageing
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Archive: Anticipation of Stressful Situations Accelerates Cellular Aging
The ability to anticipate future events allows us to plan and exert control over our lives, but it may also contribute to stress-related increased risk for the diseases of aging, according to a study by UCSF researchers.
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Archive: 'I Wanted To Live': New Depression Drugs Offer Hope For Toughest Cases
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Archive: A Touch During Recess, and Reaction Is Swift
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Archive: When Stress Is Good for You
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Archive: U.S. Military Women Exposed to More Combat Than Ever Before
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Archive: Saving Dogs with Spinal Cord Injuries
Dogs with spinal cord injuries may soon benefit from an experimental drug being tested by researchers at UCSF and Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences — work that they hope will one day help people with similar injuries.
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Archive: Women Veterans Suffer from PTSD at Same Rate as Men
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Archive: Traumatic Stress Linked to Biological Indicator