Archive: Brain Changes in Autism Traced to Specific Cell Types
Changes in gene activity in specific brain cells are associated with the severity of autism in children and young adults with the disorder.
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Archive: Legal Marijuana Reduces Chronic Pain, But Increases Injuries and Car Accidents
The legalization of recreational marijuana is associated with an increase in its abuse, injury due to overdoses, and car accidents, but does not significantly change health care use overall.
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Archive: These Psychiatrists Bring Mental Health Care to Those Who Need It Most
A program at UCSF is training psychiatrists to care for people often overlooked by the mental health care system.
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Archive: As Meth Use Surges, First Responders Struggle To Help Those In Crisis
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Archive: Many Nurse Practitioners Cannot Provide Medications to Treat Opioid Addiction
At least six states with high opioid abuse rates also have strong work restrictions that hinder nurse practitioners in prescribing medication that can help treat the problem.
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Archive: Nurse Practitioners Often Restricted From Prescribing Opioid Treatments
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Archive: Can Short-Term Stress Make the Body and Mind More Resilient? A New Study is Testing That Theory
UCSF scientists are testing how brief periods of controlled stress could protect the body from long-term stress.
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Archive: UCSF School of Medicine Ranks in U.S. News Best Graduate Schools’ Top Five for Ten Years Running
UCSF was the only medical school to be ranked in the top five in the nation in both research and primary care, the categories the magazine uses to assess medical education.
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Archive: Just 1 Drink a Day May Increase High Blood Pressure Risk
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Archive: Nearly half of older homeless people fell into trouble after 50
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Archive: Lack of Medication Treatments for Meth Frustrates Doctors
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Archive: Peer-Support, Healing Hands Offers New Options to Patients with Chronic Pain on Prescription Opioids
A program offering group support, acupuncture, mindfulness, massage and gentle exercise may help prevent patients on prescription opioids from spiraling down to drug misuse, overdose and death.
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Archive: Meth’s Comeback: A New Speed Epidemic Takes Its Toll on San Francisco
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Archive: Brain-zapping implants that fight depression are inching closer to reality
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Archive: Anorexia Treatment Hasn't Improved in 40 Years, UCSF Study Finds
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Archive: For Women Living With HIV, A Trauma-Informed Approach To Care
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Archive: So far, the deadly fentanyl epidemic hasn’t hit California. Here’s why.
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Archive: Alcohol destroyed their livers. Now, they're increasingly getting new ones
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Archive: UCSF Study: More People With Alcohol-Related Liver Disease Receiving Transplants
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Archive: Liver Transplants Double for Alcohol-Related Liver Disease
A study showed ongoing regional geographic variations in liver transplant rates for ALD patients, whose long-term survival rate is slightly lower than other liver transplant patients.
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Archive: A new study says the CDC inflated women’s risk of alcohol-exposed pregnancies
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Archive: No quick fix for physician burnout, depression
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Archive: California Faces A Growing Threat From The Deadliest Drug In America
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4 Strategies for Aging Well
UCSF experts share their science-backed strategies for aging well.
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Archive: Pre-Deployment Insomnia Linked to Increased Risk of PTSD for Soldiers
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Archive: Mental Health Experts Discuss Importance of Early Intervention for Youth Amid Rising Suicide Rates
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Archive: Benioffs give $15 million to UCSF Oakland hospital for children’s mental health
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Archive: $15M Benioff Gift Expands Children’s Mental Health Services in East Bay
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland has received a $15 million gift from Lynne and Marc Benioff to address the acute shortage of mental health services for children and adolescents in Oakland and the East Bay, which reflects a nationwide shortage.
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Ending Gun Violence in Our Communities
Violence can become systemic and ignored in underserved communities. UCSF’s Wraparound Project is changing that case by case, helping those who have experienced traumatic violence to reshape their lives through financial relief, housing, trauma recovery, education and employment.
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Archive: Depression, Anxiety May Take Same Toll on Health as Smoking and Obesity
Anxiety and depression may be leading predictors of conditions ranging from heart disease to headaches, having similar effects as long-established risk factors like smoking and obesity.