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<p>A patient who cites hypertension as a reason for a doctor’s visit is more than twice as likely to be prescribed a new medicine than a patient who doesn’t speak up, according to a recent study by researchers at UCSF and UCLA.</p>
<p>The UCSF School of Medicine’s entering class, which represents 16 countries of birth, ranging from Australia to Zimbabwe, participated in the traditional White Coat Ceremony before family, friends and fellow classmates on Sept. 7.</p>
<p>In what is being called a grand experiment in higher education, UCSF and other top universities are offering free, online classes through the website Coursera. More than 38,000 people have enrolled in UCSF’s three classes since the University announced them on July 19.</p>
<p>UCSF welcomed 810 students entering health sciences programs this fall. Almost 54 percent are female. Here's a look at demographics and fun facts about the Class of 2016.</p>
<p>A UCSF support program for first-generation college students launched in 2008 with a small, monthly discussion group and has evolved into the newly formed First Generation College Student Initiative, which will expand services and resources to this "invisible community."</p>
<p>Do you have UCSF Spirit? Capture it in a creative photo, submit it to UCSF’s Facebook page and be eligible to win an iPad2 and other cool prizes!</p>
<p>Since the earliest days of medicine, the complex study of human anatomy has been an integral part of health science training and research. For more than 60 years, the UCSF Willed Body Program has overseen the donation of bodies for medical education and research.</p>
<p>The days of carrying hefty, 1,500-page <em>Gray’s Anatomy </em>textbooks may be long gone, but not much more has changed over the decades in how medical students learn anatomy <span>—</span> until now.</p>
<p><span>Flu season is about to begin, and UCSF is offering free flu shots to the campus community at several drop-in clinic locations next month.</span></p>
<p>UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann delivered the 2012 State of the University Address on Sept. 25 in Cole Hall Auditorium. Here is the full transcript of that event.</p>
<p>State budget cuts have strained UCSF’s resources over the past year, but the University is adapting to the challenges and continues to lead the way in health sciences research, education and patient care, the chancellor said Tuesday.</p>
<p>Social media has the potential to revolutionize health care, but it will take collaboration by unusual thinkers from Silicon Valley as well as medical institutions, UCSF leaders said at this year's Dreamforce track.</p>