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

  • Bill Approved To Allow Greater Public Access To Government Contracts (California Chronicle)
    California Chronicle reports: "Following Sunshine Week, a national initiative focusing on the importance of open government and freedom of information, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation to allow greater public access to government contracts as well as audits and reviews of public agencies." --- UCSF is mentioned.
  • Nesting With a Vengeance (and a Deadline) (New York Times)
    The New York Times reports: "Obstetricians have long observed a deeply felt urge among pregnant women to focus on preparing the home for offspring. As with many behaviors associated with pregnancy, this one seems caused at least in part by hormones -- specifically, oxytocin, which is thought to be responsible for maternal attachment. (Without it, mammals do not bond with their young, or prepare nests for them.) 'Women are just dripping with this hormone in the last part of pregnancy,' said Dr. Louann Brizendine, a neuropsychiatrist and director of the Women’s Mood and Hormone Clinic at the University of California at San Francisco."
  • Pot belly at midlife -- Alzheimer's later? (San Francisco Chronicle)
    The Chronicle reports: "A pot belly in midlife indicates an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia decades later, even for people who are otherwise slim, according to a study of Northern California Kaiser Permanente patients. Visceral fat -- the fat that surrounds internal organs and is most often found in people with thick midsections -- has been tied to heart disease, stroke and diabetes." --- UCSF Neurologist Dr. Adam Boxer was interviewed for this story and mentioned in the print edition only, as follows: "As the Baby Boomers work their way through middle age, such long-term studies are becoming increasingly important, said Dr. Adam Boxer, a UCSF neurologist who runs clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease. He noted that the Kaiser study doesn't prove that visceral fat is causing dementia -- only that there is a relationship between the two. But even if belly fat doesn't cause dementia, knowing that it is related may help doctors target treatments to those who need it most, long before symptoms ever appear, Boxer said. Anything that we can identify early on, before someone has cognitive impairment, is going to be particularly powerful, Boxer said. That gives us a long window to intervene and change the course of dementia in these patients."

UCSF HEADLINES

  • Snapshot of APhA-ASP Serving our Community (UCSF Today)
    The American Pharmacist Association -- Academy of Student Pharmacists (APhA-ASP) exemplified UCSF’s vision of serving our community, as stated in the Strategic Plan at a health fair earlier this year. Students set up information booths and screening stations at the Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation (TNDC), located in San Francisco.