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On the second Wednesday of each month, FYI…UCSF in the News includes an additional "Research Roundup" section that lists research papers authored by UCSF faculty and published in the journals Cell, Health Services Research, JAMA, Lancet, Nature, NEJM, Nursing Research, and Science.

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  • In Spinal Device Research, Questions on Conflicts (New York Times)
    The New York Times reports: "In a study of nearly 240 patients with lower back pain, the doctors said that the Prodisc, an artificial spinal disk, had worked much better than conventional surgery in which patients’ vertebrae were fused." --- Dr. Drummond Rennie, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, is quoted.
  • Modern medicine fails some epileptic children (Tri-Valley Herald)
    The Tri-Valley Herald reports: "Noah tried state-of-the-art medications to control his epilepsy without success. A low-tech approach transformed the boy's life -- a strict high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet that defies all good-nutrition recommendations." --- Dr. Joseph Sullivan, director of the pediatric epilepsy center at UC San Francisco, is quoted.
  • The pork stops here? Unlikely (Press & Sun-Bulletin)
    The Press & Sun mentions the Gallo Center at UCSF as part of the Bush administration's allocations: "$5.5 million in 2007 for The Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center at the University of California, San Francisco, which was "established to study basic neuroscience and the effects of alcohol and drug abuse on the brain." (This was slipped into the defense bill with no mention of any defense-related research.)"

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