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Thanks to a new kiosk at UCSF Medical Center, women with uncomplicated urinary tract infections can access an interactive computer instead of waiting to see a physician to get a prescription.
Aiming to improve drug safety and efficacy and to significantly boost the efficiency of drug development, the UCSF School of Pharmacy has reached across the country to add the Washington, DC-based Center for Drug Development Science to its research enterprise.
A new, permanent museum-quality exhibit has been entertaining and educating passersby at UCSF Mount Zion for the past month.
On Saturday, February 26, some 20 people will be honored guests in San Francisco at a very unusual reunion.
The J. David Gladstone Institutes is among the top 15 institutional work environments for life sciences postdoctoral fellows, according to <i>The Scientist's </i>annual "Best Places to Work for Postdocs" survey.
Often, the worst part about getting treatment for a urinary tract infection is the wait to get an appointment with a physician to receive an antibiotic prescription. But UCSF Medical Center has instituted a program so that women can get assessment - and relief - much more quickly.
A UCSF-led study has found that a novel immunologic therapy increases survival by nearly 18 percent in men with advanced prostate cancer that no longer responds to hormone therapy.
UCSF is again participating in a program designed to help people earning under $36,000 with tax preparation and securing tax refunds. A workshop will be held on Tuesday, March 1, noon to 1 p.m.
A technique for detecting prions in tissue, developed by UCSF scientists, is significantly more sensitive than the diagnostic procedures now used to detect the lethal particles in brain tissue, finds a new study.
School-based sex education and preventing social aggression in girls are only two of the topics that will be discussed when the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health co-hosts a symposium on Saturday, Feb. 26, at UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center.
UCSF Chancellor J. Michael Bishop, MD, was named by President George W. Bush as a recipient of the nation's highest honor for science and technology.
Faculty, staff and students who want to voice their opinions on how the UCSF Parnassus Heights campus evolves in design and function in the future are encouraged to fill out an <a href="http://128.218.116.49:80/wsurveys/s/118-ffge/" class="tealLink" target="_blank"> online survey.</a>
A technique for detecting prions in tissue, developed in recent years by UCSF scientists, is significantly more sensitive than the diagnostic procedures currently used to detect the lethal particles in samples of brain tissue from patients, according to a study performed by a UCSF team.
Carroll Estes, founding director of UCSF's Institute for Health and Aging, says privatizing Social Security could have dire consequences. She'll present compelling information on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 7 to 8:45 p.m. on the Parnassus campus.
Privatizing Social Security is akin to an organized run on the bank because the Social Security Trust Fund would be depleted by diverting payroll taxes into private accounts, according to Carroll Estes, PhD, UCSF professor of sociology, ...
The J. David Gladstone Institutes has selected award-winning scientist Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, an expert on the role that telomeres has on aging and carcinogenesis, as this year's distinguished lecturer.
The J. David Gladstone Institutes, a group of UCSF-affiliated medical research institutes, is among the top 15 institutional work environments for life sciences postdoctoral fellows, according to The Scientist's annual "Best Places to Work for Postdocs" survey
UCSF is hosting the 37th Annual Systemwide Academic Business Officers Group Conference, slated for Sunday through Wednesday, April 3-6, at the Renaissance Parc 55 in San Francisco.