FYI…UCSF in the News is a daily summary of news stories published worldwide that highlight UCSF, its affiliated programs, and issues that affect the University.  To read the full news story, click the individual headlines listed below.

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.

UCSF PRINT AND ONLINE COVERAGE

  • Cancer risks linger after halt in hormone use (Mercury News)
    Stanford researchers report in today's issue of JAMA that cancer risks continue years after quitting hormone therapy. Dr. Deborah Grady, director of the UC San Francisco/Mount Zion Women's Health Clinical Research Center, is quoted about the study. --- This story was also published in the Oakland Tribune.
  • Snuggly soiree (Nob Hill Gazette)
    The NH Gazette reports: "'Where else can you have a carnival in a mansion?' asks Pam Glogau, nurse, professor, wife of dermatologist Dr. Richard Glogau, and co-founder (with hubby Rick) of the Glogau Teddy Bear Rescue Fund (GTBRF). Pam’s referring to the 7th annual 'Snuggly Soiree' -- a lively circus of clowns, games, face-painting, and cookie-decorating, that benefits UCSF Children’s Hospital and takes place in the covered courtyard of Ann & Gordon Getty’s Broadway manor."
  • S.F. health agency ready to OK cuts (San Francisco Chronicle)
    The Chronicle reports: "Nurses won't be making home visits to their homebound patients anymore, and operating rooms at San Francisco General Hospital will be closed eight hours a day. Those are just two effects of the city Health Commission's Tuesday night budget slashing, described by the Department of Public Health as the deepest cuts officials have ever seen."
  • Seasonal Cook: Two-for-one vegetables are the bargain of the produce bin (San Francisco Chronicle)
    "Many root and even some cruciferous vegetables are really two vegetables in one. The leaves -- often seen as cumbersome and useless -- are actually treasures," reports the Chronicle. "And highly nutritious to boot." ... "These types of greens in general are especially high in vitamin A, vitamin C, folate, fiber and calcium -- so they're a good non-dairy source of calcium," says Patricia Booth, associate director for nutrition services at UCSF.

UCSF TELEVISION COVERAGE

  • San Francisco Health Commission approves budget cuts (ABC 7 Morning News - KGO-TV San Francisco)
    ABC 7 reports: “The San Francisco Health Commission approved cutting the budget for city health services to help lower the city's estimated $23 million deficit. The reductions include over $1 million, affecting services at San Francisco General Hospital. The controversial cuts come after Mayor Newsom's request that the health department lower the general fund budget. They have the largest general fund budget of any city agency at $1.2 billion." --- Air Time: Duration: [CC] 00:57:06

UCSF HEADLINES

  • UCSF message goes global (Advancing Health Worldwide -- UCSF.edu)
    Northern California readers of today's Wall Street Journal will find UCSF's promotional supplement in their home-delivered copies. The campus distribution has already begun.
  • Two Women Prepare for Empire State AIDS Ride in Memory of their Brothers (UCSF Today)
    Tracy Daugherty and Mary Harding, who lost their brothers, Bret and Peter, to AIDS in the mid-1990, are participating in the 560-mile Empire State AIDS Ride this August to support UCSF’s AIDS Research Institute’s Breakthrough Fund, and are looking for a few good folks to join them.
  • Foundation Touts UCSF Report on Health Differences (UCSF Today)
    A UCSF report, which among other findings revealed that college graduates outlive high school graduates by more than six years, has been released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to the foundation’s newly formed Commission to Build a Healthier America. The report, "Overcoming Obstacles to Health," looked specifically at how education, income and race play a role in Americans’ health.