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Archive: UCSF Docs Shave Their Heads for Cancer Awareness
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Archive: SF Circumcision Ban
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Archive: Media Advisory: UCSF Doctors to Participate in Head-Shaving Cancer Fundraiser
In a bold demonstration of support for children fighting cancer, several UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital doctors and staff will have their heads shaved bald at a special event to raise money and awareness for childhood cancer research.
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Archive: UCSF Child Oncologists to Participate in Head-Shaving Fundraiser
<p>In a bold demonstration of support for the many children with cancer they have treated over the years, several UCSF doctors and other staff members will have their heads shaved bald in a special event on June 8 to raise funds and awareness for childhood cancer research.</p>
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Archive: MyPlate Replaces the Food Pyramid--and Bay Area Nutritionists Celebrate
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Archive: Too Many Antibiotics Prescribed for Asthma
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Archive: UCSF Studies Examine Antibiotic Prescribing Patterns for Children
Two new studies led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have found some antibiotics may be overused for children with asthma and urinary tract infections.
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Archive: Childhood Cancer Therapies Tied to Gastrointestinal Issues
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Archive: UCSF Joins Caltech in Creative Problem Solving to Advance Health Care
<p>Experts at UCSF and Caltech are pushing the boundaries of creative problem solving to address important clinical problems with the hope that the talent pool at both institutions, combined with an entrepreneurial spirit, will advance health care innovation.</p>
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Archive: Childhood Cancer Survivors at Higher Risk for Future GI Complications
Individuals who are treated for cancer during childhood have a significantly higher risk of developing gastrointestinal (GI) complications — from mild to severe — later in life, according to a study led by UCSF.
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Archive: UCSF Team Discovers Key to Fighting Drug-Resistant Leukemia
Targeting a protein that leukemia cells use to stay alive may be the key to fighting drug-resistant leukemia, a discovery that may make cancer drugs more powerful and help doctors formulate drug cocktails to cure more children of leukemia, a team led by UCSF researchers reports.
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Archive: Santa Cruz Skateboards Comes Up with New Deck for Kids with Cancer
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Archive: Sugar as a Potential Health Risk is Getting a Closer Look
<p>Sugar is a poison, and conventional thinking about the role of hormones in metabolism is wrong, according to UCSF pediatrician Robert Lustig. His work is gaining attention in the mainstream media. </p>
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Archive: Lawrence H. Diller's New Book on Ritalin
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Archive: Chris Adrian's 'The Great Night' Takes on The Bard
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Archive: 5 Highlights From the 'Toxic Sugar' Video
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Archive: Pediatric Neurologist Named Physician-in-Chief of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
<p>Donna Ferriero, who is internationally recognized as an expert in the care of newborns and children with neurological disabilities, has been named chair of the Department of Pediatrics and physician-in-chief of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.</p>
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Archive: Cottonwood Boy Celebrates Life as He Waits for Bone-Marrow Transplant
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Archive: Sugar and Health
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Archive: Aetna's $1M Backs Four Care R&D Studies
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Archive: Talk to Gary Taubes About Sugar
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Archive: Is Sugar Toxic?
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Archive: ZOMG, the First Annual UCSF Patient Prom is Coming to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital April 15th!
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Archive: Early Interventions Result in High Rates for Breastfeeding at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
<p>UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital ranks number four out of hospitals throughout California based on their rates of exclusive breastfeeding, when the infant only receives breast milk, according to a recent report.</p>
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Archive: Hospitalized Teens Prep for First Annual UCSF Prom
<p>Rachel Hale, 16, is planning for prom night, a right of passage that unlike for most of her peers, will take place inside a hospital cafeteria at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital on April 15.</p>
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Archive: Newborn Screening for Deadly Immune Disorder SCID Possible Due to UCSF Research
<p>In a live-saving pilot program that may soon become routine in California, SCID, a deadly immune disorder, is being detected at birth, thanks to a screening method developed by UCSF pediatrician Jennifer Puck.</p>
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Archive: Journals Project Performance Shows Humanity of Hospitalized Teens
<p>Teen patients at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital inspired the “100 Journals project,” a theatrical performance by students from San Francisco’s Galileo High School’s drama department.</p>
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Archive: Virus Passed During Oral Sex Tops Tobacco As Throat Cancer Cause
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Archive: To Win Toddler Food Battles, Take a Softer Approach