Weight-Loss Surgery May Greatly Improve Incontinence
For severely obese people, bariatric surgery may have a benefit besides dramatic weight loss: it can also substantially reduce urinary incontinence.
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Current Monitoring of Pacemakers, Defibrillators May Underestimate Device Problems
The current monitoring of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) such as pacemakers and defibrillators may be underestimating device problems.
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Sean Parker Supports UCSF to Advance Research on Mosquito Control for Malaria Elimination
Sean Parker, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist, has donated $4.5 million to UCSF to launch a research program on innovative and aggressive approaches against the mosquito that transmits malaria.
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Better Birth Control Counseling Reduces Unintended Pregnancies Among Young Women
Training health care workers to educate young women about intrauterine devices and contraceptive implants dramatically cut the number of unintended pregnancies among young women seeking family planning services.
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Longevity Hormone is Lower in Stressed and Depressed Women
Women under chronic stress have significantly lower levels of klotho, a hormone that regulates aging and enhances cognition, researchers at UC San Francisco have found.
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UCSF Study Finds Early Behavior Problems May Be Linked to ‘Aging’ Biomarkers in Preschoolers
Preschoolers with oppositional defiant behavior are more likely to have shorter telomeres, a hallmark of cellular aging, which in adults is associated with increased risk for chronic diseases and conditions like diabetes, obesity and cancer.
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Georgia Abortion Ban Affecting Women Across a Wide Region
A Georgia law banning later abortions is limiting access to the procedure for women throughout the South, Midwest and parts of the Northeast, even though it has only partially gone into effect, a study by UC San Francisco researchers has concluded.
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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Ranked Among Nation’s Premier Hospitals
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals is among the nation's premier children’s hospitals in nine pediatric specialties, according to the 2015-2016 U.S. Best Children’s Hospitals rankings conducted by the U.S. News Media Group.
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UCSF Medical Center, CPMC Join Forces for 18-Patient Kidney Transplant Chain
A unique collaboration resulted in one of the nation’s first nine-way kidney transplant chains occurring in one city over a 36-hour period.
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Withholding Angiotensin Receptor Blockers After Surgery Increases Risk of Postoperative Death
Withholding angiotensin receptor blockers for longer than two days after surgery is associated with a significantly increased risk of postoperative death, according to a study of more than 30,000 patients.
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Fresh Vision for Fostering Mental Health Inspires $50 Million Gift to UCSF
A new UCSF center at Mission Bay, made possible by a $50 million gift, will offer a unique and powerful array of mental health services to Bay Area adults, children and families.
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Zinc In the Body May Contribute to Kidney Stones
New research on kidney stone formation reveals that zinc levels may contribute to kidney stone formation, a common urinary condition that can cause excruciating pain.
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Women with Dense Breasts May Not Need More Screening
A new study led by UCSF has found that women with dense breasts may need only routine mammograms unless they are at high risk.
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Microclinics Help Keep Kenyan HIV Patients in Care
A team led by researchers from UCSF, Organic Health Response and Microclinic International is reporting results of a study that showed significant benefits of microclinics – an innovative intervention that mobilized rural Kenyan HIV patients’ informal social networks to support their staying in care.
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UCSF-Led Study Explains How Early Childhood Vaccination Reduces Leukemia Risk
A team led by UCSF researchers has discovered how a commonly administered vaccine protects against acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common type of childhood cancer.
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Long-Term Depression May Double Stroke Risk for Middle-Aged Adults
Adults over 50 who have persistent symptoms of depression may have twice the risk of stroke as those who do not, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and UCSF.
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Team Proposes New Clinical Model to Improve Primary Care by Addressing Trauma
Recognizing that patients’ experiences of childhood and adult trauma are common and have a direct impact on their health, UCSF clinical researchers and Positive Women’s Network-USA have developed and are reporting a new primary care model.
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Scientists Identify Tissue-Degrading Enzyme in Bat-Killing Fungus
Scientists at UCSF and Brown University have figured out the likely way that white-nose syndrome breaks down tissue in bats, opening the door to potential treatments for a disease that poses a threat to the agricultural industry.
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Higher Tech and Higher Touch
Personalized digital media walls. Push-button, custom dinner orders. Robot deliveries. New technology at UCSF Medical Center is improving both patient comfort and care.
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Statin Use in Elderly Would Prevent Disease But Could Carry Considerable Side Effects
A new study by UCSF has found that statins can help prevent disease in older adults but must be weighed against potentially serious side effects.
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Some Atrial Fibrillation Patients Receive Unnecessary Blood Thinners
About a quarter of all atrial fibrillation patients at the lowest risk for stroke receive unnecessary blood thinners from cardiology specialists, according to UCSF researchers.
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Wachter Named Nation’s ‘Most Influential’ Physician Executive
UC San Francisco’s Robert Wachter, MD, a leading national expert on patient safety who helped pioneer hospital medicine, has landed at number one on Modern Healthcare magazine’s annual list of the most influential physician executives.
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Emergency Rooms Seeing Rising Rate of Patients with Chronic Conditions, Lower Rate of Injuries
The rate of emergency department visits in California for non-injuries has risen while the rate of visits for injuries has dropped, according to a new study led by UCSF.
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Lower Extremity Revascularization Not Effective in Majority of Nursing Home Residents
Only a few U.S. nursing home residents who undergo lower extremity revascularization procedures are alive and ambulatory a year after surgery, according to UCSF researchers, and most patients still alive gained little, if any, function.
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Blood Test Trumps Accuracy of Standard Screening in Detecting Down Syndrome in Early Pregnancy
A blood test undertaken between 10 to 14 weeks of pregnancy may be more effective in diagnosing Down syndrome and two other less common chromosomal abnormalities than standard non-invasive screening techniques.
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Robert Wachter Examines Highs and Lows of Digitizing Health Care in New Book
Robert Wachter chronicles the challenges of digitizing medicine and health care — and the potential technology holds — in his new book, 'The Digital Doctor.'
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Scientists Link Unexplained Childhood Paralysis to Enterovirus D68
A research team led by UCSF scientists has found the genetic signature of enterovirus D68 in half of the California and Colorado children diagnosed with acute flaccid myelitis – sudden, unexplained muscle weakness and paralysis – between 2012 and 2014.
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Medical Students Celebrate Match Day 2015
The School of Medicine Class of 2015 fourth-year medical students gathered on Friday to learn where they "matched," and the hospital or program where they will spend the next four or five years training as resident physicians.
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Carla Perissinotto: Keeping Seniors Healthy at Home
Carla Perissinotto, MD, MHS, is a Geriatrician who helps people live longer, more comfortable, more fulfilling lives. She works with elderly patients through UCSF Care at Home, which provides medical care to home bound older adults.
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Elisabeth Wilson: Teaching the Heart of Medicine
Elisabeth Wilson, MD, MPH, isn’t one of those people who wanted to be a doctor since she was a child. A family illness propelled her into the world of medicine after working in the arts for many years.
