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Bioethics in the Trenches
The real-life ethical quandaries faced in clinics, classrooms, and labs.
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How Do We Make Medicine Moral?
Barbara Koenig, PhD, a leader in bioethics, weighs in on the questions raised by medicine’s ever-evolving technological prowess.
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Sugar’s Sick Secrets
The sugar industry has driven decades of biased research that shirk sugar's responsibility for chronic disease. UCSF researchers are uncovering thousands of industry documents to combat this misinformation, and steer Americans away from what is becoming a growing health crisis.
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Here’s How A Colorado Dentist Became Big Sugar’s Worst Nightmare
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Decoding the Mystery of the Super-Ager
A growing number of researchers at UCSF and elsewhere have turned their attention to questions around why and how some people who age thrive and are more resilient than others.
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4 Strategies for Aging Well
UCSF experts share their science-backed strategies for aging well.
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Hackathon Garners Innovative Ideas to Address Mosquito-Borne Diseases
More than two dozen scientists and researchers participated in the hackathon – a joint project of the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and UCSF’s Institute for Global Health Sciences.
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Pre-Deployment Insomnia Linked to Increased Risk of PTSD for Soldiers
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Mental Health Experts Discuss Importance of Early Intervention for Youth Amid Rising Suicide Rates
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Prostate Cancer Disparities Greatest in Low-Risk Disease
Study, led by UCSF, raises intriguing questions about whether the biology of low-risk prostate cancer in black men is distinct from that of other ethnicities.
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Benioffs give $15 million to UCSF Oakland hospital for children’s mental health
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2018: The Year in Review at UCSF
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Slideshow: 2018 Year in Review
2018 Year in Review See More of UCSF’s 2018 Year in Review New students, new leadership, new debates in neurosciences and new degree programs. The past year at UCSF was chock-full of new and
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Heart Surgery Won't Cause Brain Decline, New Study Says
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Most Popular Science Stories of 2018
From sensory processing disorder to how CRISPR is being explored to bring new treatments to patients, these are the stories that most engaged our readers in 2018.
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Slideshow: Seen Around Campus in 2018
Photos from across UCSF from 2018.
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Faculty Ideas Inspire Record-Breaking Year for UCSF’s Campaign
In the year since announcing an ambitious, $5 billion fundraising campaign, UCSF has seen record-breaking generosity from its supporters, inspired by faculty-led ideas to tackle some of the toughest problems in health and science.
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$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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Sex Chromosomes Hold the Secret to Female Longevity
UCSF scientists have zeroed in on a possible genetic mechanism for the reason behind women outliving men phenomenon.
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Addressing Violence as a National Disease
The only way to stop violent injury is to reframe it as a disease and a crisis of public health, say UCSF experts.
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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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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.
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UCSF Initiative Contributes to Major Global Report on Care for Vulnerable Newborns
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Drug Targets for Ebola, Dengue, and Zika Viruses Found in Lab Study
Scientists identified key ways Ebola, Dengue, and Zika viruses hijack the body’s cells, and they found at least one potential drug that can disrupt this process in human cells.
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Autism Risk-Factors Identified in ‘Dark Matter’ of Human Genome
A multi-institute research team discovered tens of thousands of rare mutations in noncoding DNA sequences and assessed if these contribute to autism spectrum disorder.
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CRISPR Joins Battle of the Bulge, Fights Obesity Without Edits to Genome
A weighty new study shows that CRISPR therapies can cut fat without cutting DNA.
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Joining a choir may help elders enjoy life
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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Named Among Nation’s Premier Hospitals in Annual Quality Survey
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland has been awarded a “2018 Top Hospitals” award by The Leapfrog Group, placing it among an elite group of hospitals that have achieved the highest levels of quality and safety.
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Cell Phones Without Annual Plans Offer Limited Help to Homeless People
Many older homeless adults have access to mobile phones, but they are usually basic phones, without annual contracts that let them keep stable numbers, and thus are only practical for one-way communication.
