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Archive: Clinic Helps Amputees Pursue Athletic Dreams
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Archive: UCSF Study Says Chantix Is a Safe Antismoking Aid
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Archive: FDA Official Says Drug Advances Could Get Boost from Academic Medical Centers
<p>Academic medical centers can play a larger role in drug development and testing, according to an FDA official, who says there is a need for better strategies to identify winners, minimize costs and reduce failures during drug development.</p>
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Archive: Review Finds Chantix May Not Raise Heart Risks
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Archive: UCSF Clinicians Get New Ammunition in Fight Against Childhood Cancers
<p>Physicians at UCSF have access to a vastly expanded array of potential resources in their battle against childhood cancers now that they are part of an elite National Cancer Institute consortium of institutions selected to lead Phase 1 studies of potential cancer drugs.</p>
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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: Rats Recall Past to Make Daily Decisions
UCSF scientists have identified patterns of brain activity in the rat brain that play a role in the formation and recall of memories and decision-making. The discovery, which builds on the team’s previous findings, offers a path for studying learning, decision-making and post-traumatic stress syndrome.
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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: Pain Control is Focus of Allan Basbaum's Research Career
<p>UCSF's Allan Basbaum, PhD, a pioneer in the pain field, says one major lesson that has emerged in years of research is that not all types of pain are the same — nor should they be treated the same.</p>
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Archive: 'Thin Red Line' Around Breast Cancer
A pioneering approach to imaging breast cancer in mice has revealed new clues about why the human immune system often fails to attack tumors and keep cancer in check. This observation, by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), may help to reveal new approaches to cancer immunotherapy.
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Archive: Harry W. Hind, S.F. Pharmacist and Inventor, Dies
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Archive: Doctor Warns of Pain Associated with Using Surgical Mesh in Hernia Operations
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Archive: Gladstone Director Named President of Association of American Physicians
Warner Greene, MD, PhD, a UCSF professor of medicine who directs virology and immunology research at the Gladstone Institutes, has been inducted as president of the Association of American Physicians.
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Archive: When to Get a Mammogram
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Archive: Health, Prognosis Not Taken Into Account When Treating Older Lung Cancer Patients, Study Finds
In a study of patients 65 and older with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), younger patients were more likely to receive treatment than older patients, regardless of overall health and prognosis.
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Archive: UCSF Team Reports on microRNA Knockout Mouse Resource
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Archive: UCSF Professor Elected To National Academy of Sciences
UCSF neurologist Louis Ptacek, MD, has been elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), for his research on the biology and genetics of several human diseases and disorders -- from epilepsy and migraine to sleep disorders and jet lag.
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Archive: Transcript of Chancellor's 2012 Commencement Address
<p>UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann ushered in the start of the 2012 commencement season by giving a speech on April 24. Here is the transcript from that speech.</p>
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Archive: Video: The Inspiring Story of Former UCSF Chancellor Haile T. Debas
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Archive: Transcript of Chancellor's Last Lecture 2012
<p>UCSF students selected Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann to deliver the inaugural "last lecture," which she did on April 19. Here is the entire transcript from that speech.</p>
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Archive: VA Nurses Scrutinized After Patient Deaths in Two States
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Archive: UCSF Offers Employees Week of Free Access to Fitness Centers
<p>Employees who show an UCSF identification badge can work out for free at UCSF Fitness Centers at Parnassus and Mission Bay campuses from May 1 through May 7.</p>
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Archive: UCSF Class of 2012 Facts
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Archive: UCSF Ushers in 2012 Commencement Season
<p>UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann celebrated the start of the 2012 commencement season at UCSF with a speech congratulating 806 graduates who she says are destined to be future leaders in health sciences.</p>
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Archive: UCSF Chancellor Recounts Path to Realizing Her Childhood Dream
<p>Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann received a standing ovation on April 19 after sharing a heart-felt story about her life and lessons learned to students, faculty, staff and alumni gathered to hear what was billed as UCSF's inaugural “Last Lecture.”</p>
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Archive: UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann On How Healthcare Is Changing
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Archive: Scientists Identify Brain Circuitry Associated with Addictive, Depressive Behaviors
Scientists at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes have determined how specific circuitry in the brain controls not only body movement, but also motivation and learning, providing new insight into neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease — and psychiatric disorders such as addiction and depression.
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Archive: Teens Enjoy Prom Night at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
<p>More than 100 teenagers filled UCSF’s Moffitt Café on April 20 for the second annual UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital prom – the only hospital prom for teens in the San Francisco Bay Area.</p>
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Archive: Avanafil: Do We Need Another Viagra?