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UCSF LIBRARY DISPLAYS PUBLIC, PRIVATE WORLDS OF ARTIST ISAMU NOGUCHI
The exhibition, "The Public and Private Worlds of Isamu Noguchi: A Selection of Works from The Isamu Noguchi Foundation, New York" is currently on display at the UCSF library.
NURSE SHORTAGE LOOMS IN CALIFORNIA AND NATIONWIDE ACCORDING TO UCSF STUDY
California faces a shortage of registered nurses and needs to increase the supply to keep pace with the rapid growth of the state's population, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and the Public Policy Institute of California.
Zebrafish's powerful heart gene could lead to transplant therapy
Researchers have discovered a gene in zebrafish so powerful it can be used to redirect the fate of cells in the developing embryo to become beating heart cells, suggesting that a similar gene in humans could be used to generate heart cells in culture for transplant in ailing people.
MRI ADDS TO ULTRASOUND FOR FETAL DIAGNOSIS, UCSF RESEARCHERS FIND
Thanks to ultra-fast magnetic resonance imaging techniques, MRI now can be used to provide more information when fetal abnormalities are suspected during a prenatal ultrasound exam...
Lung Cancer-Causing Mutation Strikes Women Smokers Three Times More Often than Men
Scientists at UC San Francisco and Harvard University tracking people after lung cancer surgery have discovered that those who bear a common cancer-causing mutation tend to have particularly aggressive tumors early on and are four times more likely to die of the disease.
MALE CIRCUMCISION COULD PREVENT MILLIONS OF HIV INFECTIONS
A simple, outpatient procedure could potentially save millions of men and their partners from becoming infected with HIV, but health professionals have been reluctant to provide the needed information and resources, say the authors of a Lancet editorial review.
NEW STUDY FINDS NO CLEAR EVIDENCE OF BENEFITS IN ONGOING DEBATE ABOUT NAME-REPORTING OF HIV INFECTI
In one of the largest studies to date, a team of AIDS researchers concludes that name-based reporting programs for HIV infection are not producing specific public health benefits in the effort to control the AIDS epidemic.
UCSF STUDY FINDS DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS CAN BE EFFECTIVE IN CHANGING HIGH-RISK BEHAVIOR FOR H
Drug users participating in a treatment program based on a "therapeutic community" model showed a decrease in HIV-related high risk behavior, according to a new study by University of California, San Francisco AIDS researchers.
SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY NEW PATHWAY OF ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTION
Scientists at UC San Francisco have discovered a new chemical pathway in the brain by which the most common antidepressants may alter mood.
UCSF RECEIVES GRANT TO FIGHT CERVICAL CANCER IN VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY
The UCSF Vietnamese Community Health Promotion Project, part of the UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine recently received a grant of more than ...
HIV PREVENTION PROGRAM TARGETS YOUNG GAY MEN THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PEER SUPPORT FOR SAFE SEX
An HIV prevention program that focuses on young gay men educating and supporting one another about safer sex has proved very effective in a major study in two West Coast communities.
Finding Suggests a Common Childhood Leukemia May Form in the Womb
Researchers led by a scientist who joined the UC San Francisco faculty last week are reporting that a genetic mutation implicated in a common form of childhood leukemia appears to occur in the womb.
NEW LASER TREATMENT FOR EXTREME DEGREES OF NEARSIGHTEDNESS AND ASTIGMATISM AVAILABLE AT UCSF
A new laser that treats the full range of nearsightedness and astigmatism, recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration, is available at the UCSF Vision Correction Center.
PHYSICIANS WHO COMPASSIONATELY ASK ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN ELICIT POSITIVE OUTCOMES, UCSF STUDY
Physicians who compassionately ask patients if they are being physically abused can provide the first step in helping battered victims get the help they need, according to a UC San Francisco study.