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UC Offers Help to Stressed Employees
<p>UCSF employees who are feeling stressed out should know they can get free counseling through the UCSF Faculty and Staff Assistance Program.</p>
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Hormone Therapy Extends Life of Some Prostate Cancer Patients
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Samuel Barondes Book on Assessing Personalities
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UCSF Study Finds PTSD Takes a Physical Toll
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Brains of Vets with PTSD Can Change As They Age
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Lynn Ponton: First Novel, 'Metis,' Mines Ancestry
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Could 'Extreme' Low-Cal Diets Bring Longer, Healthier Life?
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UCSF Faculty Provide Health Expertise to People of Japan
<p>UCSF has produced a series of public service announcements to address mental health issues and other health-related issues in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami on March 11 and continuing crises at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.</p>
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A Drug Used for Maintenance Treatment of Bipolar Disorder Lacks Evidence, Scientists Contend
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Massive Clean Up is No Cure for Hoarding
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Lawrence H. Diller's New Book on Ritalin
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Why PTSD is Larger than Mental Health
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Doctor Focuses on the Minds of the Elderly
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Childhood Trauma and PTSD Shorten Lifespan
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Men's and Women's Immune Systems Respond Differently to PTSD
Men and women had starkly different immune system responses to chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, with men showing no response and women showing a strong response, in two studies by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
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How Meditation Might Ward Off the Effects of Ageing
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Adolescent Psychiatrist Discusses Inspiration Behind New Novel
<p>UCSF's Lynn Ponton, an expert in teen risk-taking and sexuality, has written a new novel, “Metis: Mixed Blood Stories,” which tells the coming-of-age stories of four generations of adolescents as they face different challenges during their 16th year.</p>
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Sarcastic or Serious? Missing Subtle Cues May Signal Dementia
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Failure to Detect Sarcasm or Lies: A Sign of a Rare Dementia
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UCSF Study Links Inflammation in Brain to Some Memory Decline
High levels of a protein associated with chronic, low-grade inflammation in the brain correlate with aspects of memory decline in otherwise cognitively normal older adults, according to a study led by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Study Links Heart Disease Risk Factors to Some Cognitive Decline
Older adults at risk for stroke have significantly increased risk for some types of cognitive decline, according to a multicenter study led by University of California scientists.
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UCSF Experts Aim to Provide Mental Health Services in Japan
<p>UCSF faculty are working on several fronts to address ongoing health concerns in response to the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.</p>
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Untreated Depression Linked to Chronic Illness
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Can Chronic Depression Increase Risk of Certain Illnesses?
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Study Finds Link Between Chronic Depression and Accelerated Immune Cell Aging
Certain cases of major depression are associated with premature aging of immune cells, which may make people more susceptible to other serious illness, according to findings from a new UCSF-led study.
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Exercise May Prevent Impact of Stress on Telomeres, A Measure of Cell Health
UCSF scientists are reporting several studies showing that psychological stress leads to shorter telomeres – the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes that are a measure of cell age and, thus, health. The findings also suggest that exercise may prevent this damage.
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Simple Rules for Better Sleep
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Estrogen Therapy's Link With Dementia Risk Depends on Age When Taken, Study Finds
A new study led by Kristine Jaffe at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF, finds different results with estrogen therapy and dementia, depending on when a woman takes the hormone.
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Can Bipartisan Seating Buddies Bond for Real?