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  • Pediatrician Describes New Vaccines for Children

    It's recommended that girls ages 11 and 12 get the new HPV, or human papillomavirus vaccine, to prevent cervical cancer, precancerous genital lesions and genital warts due to HPV.

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  • When Video Game Playing Becomes a Problem

    With the most recent edition of the hottest sports video game in the nation hitting store shelves in August, UCSF researcher Sonya Brady, PhD, knows that for some gamers, the release of <i>Madden NFL 07</i> for the Sony PlayStation 2 means more than just armchair blocking and rushing.

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  • "Sexes in the City: Where Are Women in the Gender Gap Game?"

    <i>City Visions</i> host Yumi Wilson interviews Dr. Louann Brizendine, MD, director and founder of the Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic at the University of California, San Francisco, about her book <i>The Female Brain</i>, in which Brizendine claims the foundation of the differences between men and women are biological.

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  • T-Cell Mystery Shackles Space Travel

    Even for outer space fanatics, reality must sometimes strike. From Buck Rogers to Battlestar Galactica, humans have shown the rather unearthly ability to race across the cosmos with little impact on their health other than the occasional phaser blast. What is an easily overlooked detail for screenwriters, however, can be a painful fact to real astronauts and shuttle pilots.

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  • "Selling Science: How Do We Keep Students Interested?"

    On Wednesday, August 23, Rebecca Smith, co-director of the Science and Health Education Partnership &mdash; a collaboration between the University of California, San Francisco and the San Francisco Unified School District &mdash; and Theresa O'Brien from the UCSF Graduate Students' Association spoke with <i>Your Call</i> host Rose Aguilar about science education in the Bay Area and the new science high school at UCSF's Mission Bay campus.

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  • What's in a University Ranking?

    The latest rankings rate UCSF ninth among universities worldwide &ndash; pretty impressive. Although the rankings &ndash; produced by <i>Newsweek International</i> &ndash; are among the first-ever international comparisons, there now are a rapidly growing number of groups across the globe that are developing university rankings &ndash; and the methods used often are criticized.

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  • UK Chief Medical Officer Urges Patient Safety Measures

    One of the world's most prominent health care leaders, Sir Liam Donaldson, MSc, MD, chief medical officer of the United Kingdom and founding chair of the World Health Organization's Alliance for Patient Safety, gave a talk on Monday, Aug. 28, about medical errors and approaches to hospital safety.

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  • Volunteer Mission to Gulf Coast Changes Nurses' Lives

    Part of a series marking the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, an article in Monday's <i>Vallejo Times-Herald </i>profiles some of those who participated in volunteer missions to aid hurricane victims.

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  • KQED Forum Explores the Stressed Heart

    On Wednesday, August 23, KQED-FM's <em>Forum</em> with Michael Krasny discussed new research into the effect of stress on heart attacks, particularly among women, with Brian Strunk, MD, chief of the cardiovascular division at Marin General Hospital and associate clinical professor at UCSF.

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  • On the Spot: Louann Brizendine, MD, Author of The Female Brain

    Our first volunteer is Louann Brizendine, MD. Brizendine completed her degree in Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, graduated from Yale School of Medicine, did graduate work in London at UCL in Philosophy of Mind and History of Science and Medicine, and completed a residency in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

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  • UCSF Unveils Faculty Mentoring Program

    UCSF is expanding its mentoring opportunities for junior and new faculty, including offering training for mentors and awards for excellence in mentoring.

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