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

  • Sex Diseases in Many Gay Men Go Unfound, Experts Say (New York Times)
    The New York Times reports: "Many cases of sexually transmitted diseases are escaping detection because gay men are not being tested each year as advised, federal health officials said Wednesday. And if the men do show up, the officials added, many doctors and clinics are not following screening recommendations." --- A study by Dr. Julius Schachter of the University of California, San Francisco, is mentioned.
  • Fitness Corner Hormonal weight gain and managing the midlife bloat (Northwest Voice, Bakersfield)
    According to the Women's Mood Hormone Clinic at the University of California, San Francisco, our brains are changing as you enter perimenopause.
  • Coalition sues to head off Medicaid cuts (San Francisco Chronicle)
    The Chronicle reports: "A coalition representing public hospitals in the Bay Area and the rest of the nation filed a federal suit Tuesday to stop the Bush administration from implementing a sweeping Medicaid regulation that would lead to $5 billion in funding cuts to "safety net" hospitals. ... Under the new rule that would take effect beginning in late May, San Francisco General Hospital could lose $24 million a year in Medicaid funds. 'This could undo us all and our ability to take care of the poor,' said Gene Marie O'Connell, chief executive of S.F. General. 'For me, it's the equivalent of having three units closed of in-patient services. These cuts are far beyond anything I can absorb. The impact locally would be devastating.'"
  • School of Public Health to honor its 'heroes' in annual ceremony (UC Berkeley News)
    David Kessler, a former FDA commissioner who served fours years as medical school dean and vice chancellor for medical affairs at UCSF, will receive a National Hero award from the School of Public Health (SPH), who will honor three individuals and one organization at its 12th annual Public Health Heroes Awards ceremony, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, on April 2.
  • Dental Erosion on Rise in U.S. (Washington Post - Online)
    Researchers from University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, UCSF and the University of Indiana report in the journal Dental Tribune that dental erosion is on the increase in the United States.

UCSF TELEVISION COVERAGE

  • Waking During Surgery: Monitors May Not Help (ABC News - National)
    ABC reports: "An estimated 20,000 to 40,000 Americans each year may feel as if they're awake despite being anesthesized for surgery. --- Mark Rosen, vice chairman of anesthesiology at the University of California, San Francisco Children's Hospital, tells ABC when he was 20-years-old, he underwent an emergency chest surgery and was conscious of the surgeon's cutting.
  • California Study Offers New Perspective on Relationship Between Staffing Ratios and Patient Safety (KRON-TV)
    KRON 4 reports: " study of the potential impact of state mandated nurse-to-patient staffing ratios in California hospitals revealed little impact on patient outcomes in two critical areas of patient care. The findings were published in the March 2008 issue of Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice... ." Nancy E. Donaldson, DNSC, RN, FAAN, Director, UCSF Center for Research and Innovation, is quoted. Air Time: 12 AM
  • Living longer: Physicians Health Study says exercise extends life (NBC Nightly News - National - Weekend Edition)
    Elizabeth Blackburn, from the University of CA San Francisco, is interviewed about a Physicians Health Study that says exercise extends life. Dr. Blackburn explains how exercise improves health at the cellular level, affecting structures at the end of chromosomes called telomeres. --- [This national broadcast is appearing on local affiliates nationwide.] Air Time: 6:30 PM, Duration: 00:28:27

UCSF RADIO COVERAGE

  • Medicaid cuts (KGO Morning News - KGO-AM San Francisco)
    KGO reported: "A group of hospitals in the Bay Area, including San Francisco General Hospital, has sued the Bush administration." Airt Time: 6 AM Duration: 00:31:59
  • Doctor Blogs Raise Concerns About Patient Privacy (NPR -- Morning Edition)
    Dr. Robert Wachter, hospitalist and professor at the University of California, San Francisco, leading expert on patient safety and author of a blog called "Wachter's World," talks to NPR about the importance of doctors' online discussion forums.

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