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
- More than your ordinary nurse (Daily Pennsylvanian, The)
The Pennsylvanian profiles Penn Nursing Dean Meleis, who spent 34 years spent working at the University of California, San Francisco before coming to Penn in 2002.
- World Week for Animals in Laboratories (WWAIL) April 20-26 (Indy Media - San Francisco)
Indy Media reports: "World Week for Animals in Laboratories (WWAIL) (http://www.WWAIL.org) is taking place April 20-26, and IDA will be kicking it off in the Bay Area with leafleting at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Please join us to help expose the plight of animals used in cruel and deadly experiments!"
- No one survives Alzheimer's disease. (Record)
The Stockton Record reports: "If left unchecked, Alzheimer's will destroy the health care system and bankrupt Medicare and Medi-Cal, according to the Alzheimer's Association, a national advocacy group that raises funds for research." --- The Institute for Health & Aging at UC San Francisco is mentioned.
- Stanford in study on new weight-loss therapy (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Chronicle reports: "Stanford researchers are participating in a national study to test a new weight-loss therapy that blocks the [vagal] nerves that tell people when they're hungry and control how the body stores fat. ... Doctors at UCSF have studied the effects of cutting the main vagus nerve, the main root of the vagal nerves, and found some success with weight loss, said Dr. Robert Lustig, an obesity expert."
UCSF HEADLINES
- Library Duo Bucks Database Censors; Parkinson's and Pesticides; Science Debate 2008; and Tejal Desai (Science Cafe)
OK, it’s a stretch. But in talking about science, how could I not publicize the exemplary behavioral science of UCSF Mount Zion librarians Gail Sorrough, director of the Fishbon Memorial Library, and Gloria Won? Last week, the two became blogging celebrities for notifying librarian colleagues that the Johns Hopkins University reproductive health information database, called Popline, had removed the word “abortion” from its search list.
- HIV Might Hitch a Ride Into the Brain on Immune Cells, Researchers Find (UCSF Today)
HIV might find its way from the circulatory system into the brain and central nervous system (CNS) by hitching a ride on immune system cells without infecting those cells, according to a paper by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
- Comedian Alec Mapa to Perform Live at UCSF (UCSF Today)
The campus community is invited to attend a free performance by Alec Mapa on Friday, April 25, 8 p.m. at Cole Hall on the UCSF Parnassus campus.
- UCSF to Share Strategic Plan Progress at Upcoming Town Hall Meetings (UCSF Today)
The campus community is invited to hear about progress made toward implementing the UCSF Strategic Plan at upcoming town hall meetings beginning on April 23.
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