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

  • Bay Area bids for stem cell bonanza (San Francisco Chronicle)
    The Chronicle reports: "The governing board of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine is expected to give final approval today to a package of grants that will prompt a construction boom at academic campuses throughout the state." --- Dr. Arnold Kriegstein, director of the UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine, is quoted.
  • Don't Kid Yourself About That Fruit Drink (U.S. News & World Report)
    Robert Lustig, director of the Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health Clinic at the University of California-San Francisco Children's Hospital, spoke to US News & World Report about the importance eatting the whole fruit instead of drinking juice to maintain a health diet and avoid obesity.

UCSF TELEVISION COVERAGE

  • Why Do Many More Men Than Women Go Bald? (CBS 5 Eyewitness News At 11 PM)
    CBS reports: "This hair-raising Good Question will have you checking back in your family tree. Butch Pierce in Petaluma wants to know: Why do many more men than women go bald? Vera Price [UCSF Hair and Nail Clinic] explains how hormones and genetic history contribute to baldness in men." --- Air Time: 6 and 11 PM
  • The Mind/Body Connection: Mindful eating may be more effective than dieting (NBC Nightly News -- National)
    NBC Nightly News reports: "We're back with our series of reports about THE MIND/BODY CONNECTION. Tonight, it's about the way we eat. Is it possible for the mind to have a better connection to what and how much we put into our own bodies? Here is our chief science correspondent Robert Bazell." --- Dr. Mary Dallman of the University of California San Francisco, tells NBC that emotions can control the kind of foods we eat. --- Air Time: 6:30 PM

UCSF HEADLINES

  • Common herbicide disrupts human hormone activity in cell studies (UCSF News Office)
    A common weedkiller in the U.S., already suspected of causing sexual abnormalities in frogs and fish, has now been found to alter hormonal signaling in human cells, scientists from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) report.
  • CVRI Celebrates 50th Birthday (UCSF Today)
    UCSF's Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI) celebrates 50 years on Wednesday, May 7, with a special science symposium and groundbreaking on the site of its new, 236,000-square-foot laboratory building in Mission Bay. The groundbreaking ceremony, hosted by UCSF Chancellor J. Michael Bishop, MD, will take place at 4 p.m.
  • UCSF to Host Earth Fest, Bike to Work Day on May 15 (UCSF Today)
    UCSF will host its Fourth Annual Earth Fest on Thursday, May 15, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Parnassus campus. The event will be held in the Millberry Union Gymnasium, where 60 nonprofit groups and environmentally responsible businesses will offer information and sell their goods and services. The event is free and open to the public.