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1998 Releases

22 December: VIEWS OF TAMOXIFEN AND SYNTHETIC ESTROGEN IN ACTION PROVIDE CLUES FOR DESIGNING BETTER DRUGS

21 December: UCSF SPORTS MEDICINE EXPERT GIVES TIPS FOR A SAFE WINTER SEASON ON THE SLOPES

17 December: UCSF TEAM IDENTIFIES TWO KEY MOLECULES IN ASTHMA; IMPORTANT FINDING FOR NEW THERAPIES THAT TREAT DISEASE AT CELL LEVEL

17 December: PATIENT PROFILE: FUNDS GENERATED AT "RAISING HOPE" SUPPORTS MUCH NEEDED CANCER RESEARCH

17 December: UCSF FACULTY, AT THE HELM OF AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY, SPEARHEAD HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE OUTREACH SEMINARS AT CURRENT MEETING

17 December: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO CANCER CENTER

16 December: UCSF CANCER CENTER TO LEAD FIRST STUDY OF ITS KIND; TESTING COPING SKILLS IN PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS

14 December: UCSF CHANCELLOR J. MICHAEL BISHOP AWARDED AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CELL BIOLOGY PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD, PRESENTED BY MAYOR BROWN

11 December: QUADRUPLETS BORN AT UCSF

08 December: BARTENDERS BREATHE EASIER AFTER ESTABLISHMENT OF SMOKE-FREE BARS AND TAVERNS

07 December: UCSF RESEARCHERS TO STUDY END-OF-LIFE CARE IN NURSING HOMES

07 December: CLINICAL TRIAL DEMONSTRATES EXPERIMENTAL GROWTH FACTOR INCREASES ELIGIBILITY FOR AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION

07 December: GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MICE EXHIBIT ANXIETY, OFFERING INSIGHT INTO ROLE OF SEROTONIN IN BRAIN

04 December: INTERVENTIONS TARGETING ASIAN DRUG USERS SHOULD FOCUS ON CULTURAL FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE AND PREVENT DRUG USE, ACCORDING TO UCSF STUDY

03 December: RESEARCHERS ALTER BASIC SOUND PROCESSING RATE IN RATS, OFFERING INSIGHTS INTO MECHANISMS OF DYSLEXIA, OTHER DISORDERS

02 December: NEW REPORT LOOKS AT CAUSES OF INJURY DEATH IN SAN FRANCISCO; COMPARES DATA WITH OTHER MAJOR CALIFORNIA CITIES

01 December: NOW IS THE TIME TO DESIGN BRAIN-SAVING DRUGS SPECIFICALLY FOR CHILDREN, UCSF NEUROLOGIST SAYS

01 December: SEVERE PAIN FOLLOWING SHINGLES SAFELY RELIEVED IN CLINICAL TRIAL OF ANTI-CONSVULSANT DRUG GABAPENTIN

01 December: UCSF AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE TO ANNOUNCE MAJOR NEW PROGRAMS IN HIV PREVENTION ON "WORLD AIDS DAY"

10 November: UCSF STUDY FINDS DHEA BENEFITS CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION

10 November: NEW MULTI-CENTER STUDY PROVES NON-SURGICAL TREATMENT REDUCES ANGINA

05 November: UCSF CANCER EXPERT HELPS PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS ACHIEVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF A CANCER DIAGNOSIS IN TWO NEW BOOKS

03 November: ULTRASOUND PROCEDURE DETECTS UTERINE CANCER AND DISEASE

02 November: UCSF PROFESSORS HONORED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF MEDICAL COLLEGES

28 October: LOWER MORTALITY FOUND AT CALIFORNIA ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS FOR COMPLEX SURGICAL PROCEDURE, ACCORDING TO ucsf STUDY

28 October: HORMONE THERAPY INCREASES SURVIVAL OF HIGH RISK PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS

27 October: NEW STUDY FINDS ANONYMOUS HIV TESTING LINKED TO EARLIER PARTICIPATION IN TESTING AND FOLLOW-UP MEDICAL CARE

26 October: BREAKTHROUGH IN UNDERSTANDING THE BIOLOGY OF FAT-- UCSF/GLADSTONE SCIENTISTS DISCOVER GENE FOR KEY ENZYME

26 October: ABUSED IMMIGRANT WOMEN SUFFER WHEN HEALTH PROFESSIONALS COMMUNICATE INDIRECTLY

20 October: RARE CASES OF DEMENTIA STIMULATE ARTISTIC JUICES, OFFERING UNEXPECTED WINDOW INTO THE ARTISTIC PROCESS

20 October: A NEW ERA FOR HIV POSITIVE CHILDREN MEANS THAT DOCTORS, CAREGIVERS MUST THINK ABOUT THE WHOLE CHILD AND HIS FUTURE

20 October: UCSF HELPS THE COMMUNITY DURING "WEEK OF CARING"

15 October: UCSF FINDING OFFERS INSIGHT INTO WAY GENES REGULATE AGING AND LIFE SPAN

13 October: POST-EXPOSURE PROGRAM UNVEILS INNOVATIVE ADS; NEW MESSAGES TARGET GAY MEN

07 October: NEW LASER TREATMENT REJUVENATES FACE, HEALS FASTER

29 September: BOTOX® TREATS EXCESSIVE SWEATING, ACCORDING TO UCSF STUDY

28 September: UCSF RESEARCHERS REPORT TEST THAT DETECTS PRION DISEASES, ILLUMINATES NOVEL FINDINGS ABOUT INFECTIOUS PRIONS

25 September: UCSF DENTAL SCHOOL LAUNCHES PILOT PROGRAM FOR PRE-DENTAL STUDENTS

24 September: MARY ANNE KODA-KIMBLE NAMED DEAN OF UCSF SCHOOL OF PHARMACY

23 September: NEW STUDY SHOWS EFFECTS OF PRESSURE ON THE CARPAL TUNNEL

23 September: UCSF STUDY IN RATS SUGGESTS SYNTHETIC DRUG MIMICKING MARIJUANA MIGHT BE USED TO TREAT PAIN

17 September: UCSF AIDS EXPERT WARNS AGAINST EARLY TREATMENT FOR HIV INFECTION

15 September: NEW UCSF STUDY SHOWS CALIFORNIA MOTORCYCLE HELMET LAW SAVES MONEY

15 September: GENE THERAPY ANIMAL STUDY OFFERS HOPE FOR SOME NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES

14 September: UCSF STUDY SHOWS FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT A DRUG MAY REDUCE RISK OF HIP FRACTURES BY MORE THAN HALF IN WOMEN WHO HAVE NEVER HAD A SPINE FRACTURE

14 September: NOVEL THERAPY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCES SPINAL FRACTURES IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH TWO YEARS OF THERAPY

11 September: Major accomplishments: research community of the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease

11 September: New Gladstone Institute aims to devise therapies for Alzheimer's and other debilitating brain diseases

11 September: MOUSE STUDY REVEALS EFFECTS OF APOE4 PROTEIN ON ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

11 September: FACT SHEET: J. DAVID GLADSTONE INSTITUTES

09 September: RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY HOW AIDS VIRUS KILLS CELLS IT DOESN’T INFECT

09 September: VERY LOW LEVELS OF ESTROGEN MAY EFFECTIVELY PREVENT FRACTURES IN WOMEN WITHOUT CAUSING NEGATIVE EFFECTS

01 September: UCSF STUDY FINDS TEENAGE ATHLETES MORE LIKELY TO QUIT USING SPIT TOBACCO WITH INTERVENTION

01 September: UCSF LAUNCHES TRIAL OF NEW NUTRITIONAL THERAPY FOR CHILDREN WITH CROHN'S DISEASE

31 August: GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MICE SHOW CHARACTERISTIC SIGNS OF ALZHEIMER’S, COULD BE IDEAL TOOL FOR TESTING NEW THERAPIES

26 August: UCSF EXPERT SAYS "IDEAL" TB VACCINE IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO HALT GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM

26 August: UCSF RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY MOLECULE INVOLVED IN EARLY STAGE OF ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN MICE

17 August: NEW CLASS OF PROTEASE INHIBITORS MAY BE EFFECTIVE IN TREATING ONE OF LATIN AMERICA’S MOST DEVASTATING DISEASES

14 August: NEW TREATMENT APPROACH SHOWS POSITIVE RESULTS FOR "DOUBLE VICTIMS" OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

12 August: NEWLY IDENTIFIED MOLECULAR MECHANISM COULD LEAD TO NEW APPROACHES FOR PREVENTING HEART ATTACK, STROKE

07 August: UCSF RESEARCHERS DEVELOP HIV RISK SCREENING INSTRUMENT

05 August: NON-SURGICAL TREATMENT LIFTS AGING EYEBROWS

31 July: DOCTORS ARE UNDERPRESCRIBING KEY BLOOD PRESSURE DRUG IN HEART ATTACK PATIENTS MOST LIKELY TO BENEFIT, STUDY SAYS

28 July: COMMON ANTI-VIRAL MEDICATION PREVENTS SEVERE EYE HERPES

24 July: MARINE SNAIL TOXIN TARGETED AT AFRICAN TOAD EGGS REVEALS NOVEL IMPACT ON THE REGULATION OF SEROTONIN

21 July: REENGINEERED POLIOVIRUS PROVES EFFECTIVE AS VECTOR FOR PROMPTING KEY IMMUNE RESPONSE IN A STUDY WITH MICE

10 July: TWO SFGH PATIENT PROGRAMS RECEIVE NATIONAL AWARDS

02 July: NAVAJOS TURN TO UCSF FOR BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS FOR CHILDREN WITH GENETIC IMMUNODEFICIENCY DISEASE

01 July: "SAGGING BRAIN" CASE DRAMATIZES IMPORTANCE OF EXHAUSTIVE NEUROLOGICAL EXAMS IN PATIENTS WITH PUZZLING CONDITIONS

29 June: UCSF CANCER CENTER

27 June: NEW STRATEGY DISCERNS EARLY STAGES OF HIV INFECTION, PAVING WAY FOR TARGETED STUDY AND THERAPY

26 June: RESEARCHERS DOCUMENT TRANSMISSION OF PROTEASE-RESISTANT HIV

24 June: IMPLANTS TO IMPROVE HEARING NOW AVAILABLE TO MORE PEOPLE

19 June: FEDERAL FUNDING NEEDED FOR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS, ACCORDING TO UCSF REPORT

18 June: UCSF STUDY FINDS POPULAR BLOOD THINNER DOES NOT WEAKEN BONES

16 June: UCSF RECEIVES $10 MILLION GIFT FOR NEW INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE CENTER

12 June: UCSF STUDY SUGGESTS HEAVY LIFTING KILLS YOUR BACK

11 June: DRUNKEN FRUIT FLIES REVEAL MOLECULAR PATHWAY REGULATING SENSITIVITY TO ALCOHOL

11 June: MORE BAD NEWS FOR FAST FOOD FANS

09 June: TOBACCO INDUSTRY CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS INFLUENCE STATE LEGISLATORS' VOTES

05 June: RESEARCHERS SUGGEST NEW DISEASE MODEL MAY SOME DAY LEAD TO EFFECTIVE DRUGS FIR HIV-ASSOCIATED DEMENTIA

03 June: HIV-INFECTED ADULTS IN UCSF STUDY SHOW EVIDENCE OF THYMUS ACTIVITY

01 June: NEW MODEL MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO PREDICT EMERGENCE OF ANTIVIRAL DRUG RESISTANCE

01 June: NEW STUDY ON "GHB" OVERDOSE CASES EXAMINES UNUSUAL SYMPTOMS AND URGES PHYSICIAN AWARENESS

01 June: MOUSE MODEL OF DOWN SYNDROME OFFERS GLIMPSE INTO ROLE OF SPECIFIC GENES IN THE DISORDER

29 May: PRODUCTS FOR WEIGHT LOSS OR INCREASED ENERGY CAN BE DEADLY, WARN POISON CONTROL EXPERTS

29 May: STROKE VICTIMS ARE NOT SEEKING HELP FAST ENOUGH TO IMPROVE SYMPTOMS

29 May: UCSF STROKE SERVICE OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE CARE

21 May: FIRST PATIENTS ENROLLED IN NIH CLINICAL TRIAL ON EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA IN HIV PATIENTS

19 May: UCSF STUDY SHOWS HOSPITALISTS MAY BE KEY TO SHORTER, LESS COSTLY HOSPITAL STAYS

19 May: UCSF TEAMS UP WITH SAPIENT HEALTH NETWORK TO PROVIDE FREE HEALTH INFORMATION AND SUPPORT ON THE INTERNET

19 May: NEW UCSF STUDY ASKS: DO PHYSICIANS & PATIENTS FARE BETTER UNDER PHYSICIAN-RUN MANAGED CARE GROUPS?

18 May: FOR PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCER, NEWLY EVALUATED DRUG MAY OFFER PAIN RELIEF AND MILD DELAY IN DISEASE PROGRESSION

18 May: CLINICAL TRIALS SHOW THAT BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT AND VITAMIN A DERIVATIVE BOTH IMPROVE SURVIVAL FROM NEUROBLASTOMA

11 May: UCSF LIBRARY PUBLISHES PREVIOUSLY SECRET "JOE CAMEL" DOCUMENTS ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB

08 May: DRUNKEN FRUIT FLIES HELP UCSF RESEARCHER EXPLORE THE GENETIC ORIGINS OF ALCOHOLISM

08 May: COCAINE AND HEROIN DISRUPT FUNCTION OF KEY PROTEIN IN NEURONS; FINDING MAY HELP EXPLAIN SOURCE OF SOME ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS, YALE SCIENTIST SAYS

08 May: UCSF RESEARCHERS WORK TO DEVELOP DRUGS TO PREVENT OR REVERSE THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOLISM

08 May: UCSF SCIENTISTS UNEARTH NEW CLUE TO HOW OPIATES ACT ON BRAIN CELL RECEPTORS; FINDING COULD LEAD TO NEW TREATMENT FOR ADDICTION

08 May: COST-EFFECTIVE TREATMENT POSSIBLE IN AFRICA FOR HIV-POSITIVE PREGNANT WOMEN IF DRUG PRICES LOWERED

08 May: BACKGROUND ON ADDICTION: THE DISEASE, THE COST TO SOCIETY AND THE SCIENCE

07 May: UCSF STUDY FINDS LENGTH OF TIME BETWEEN PREGNANCIES CAN AFFECT HEALTH OF THE SUBSEQUENT BABY

07 May: UCSF INAUGURATES NEW CENTER FOR THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF ADDICTION, ONE OF FIRST RESEARCH ENTERPRISES OF ITS KIND IN THE COUNTRY

04 May: HORMONE ACTIVATORS STIMULATE SKIN GROWTH IN FETAL RATS SUGGESTING POSSIBLE SKIN TREATMENT FOR PREMATURE INFANTS

04 May: UCSF'S LANGLEY PORTER INSTITUTE LAUNCHES GROUP THERAPY PROGRAMS

02 May: UCSF RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY MUTATIONS IN GENE CAUSING HEREDITARY FORM OF CHILDHOOD RICKETS

01 May: ACTOR CARROLL O’CONNOR AND HIS WIFE, NANCY O’CONNOR, TO TAKE PART IN ADDICTION SYMPOSIUM

30 April: IMPROVED MRI IMAGING LEADS TO BETTER BREAST CANCER TREATMENT

30 April: SHARED DECISION-MAKING AMONG PHYSICIANS AND BREAST CANCER PATIENTS FOSTERS BETTER OUTCOMES, RESEARCHER REPORTS

30 April: LEADING BREAST CANCER CLINICIAN AND RESEARCHER USES GEOMETRY TO EXTRACT VALUABLE TREATMENT CLUES VIA DNA ANALYSIS

24 April: UCSF BREAST ONCOLOGY PROGRAM IS A MODEL FOR CANCER CENTER DEVELOPMENT

24 April: DHEA STIMULATES GROWTH OF BRAIN CELLS, UCSF RESEARCHERS CONCLUDE

18 February: LONG-STANDING PUZZLE OF IMMUNE SYSTEM IS SOLVED BY UCSF RESEARCHERS

06 February: NEW CHANCELLOR NAMED FOR UC SAN FRANCISCO

05 February: LOW-INCOME PREGNANT WOMEN WHO GET SUPPORT SERVICES HAVE BETTER BIRTH OUTCOMES, ACCORDING TO A UCSF STUDY

02 February: DRAMATIC DECLINE IN SEVERAL HIV OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS REPORTED AT SFGH; DECREASE MAY BE TIRED TO PROTEASE INHIBITORS

31 January: UCSF STUDY DISPUTES RECENT REPORTS THAT ALCOHOL-ABSTAINERS ARE AT GREATER RISK OF MORTALITY

30 January: GENETICALLY SET FOR PERFECT PITCH YOU MIGHT BE, BUT WITHOUT EARLY TRAINING DON'T EXPECT TO DISCERN C

29 January: UCSF RESEARCHERS REPORT INCIDENCE OF ASSISTED DYING IN TERMINALLY ILL AIDS PATIENTS

27 January: IMAGING MAY ALLOW EARLY AND ACCURATE ALZHEIMER’S DIAGNOSIS

27 January: NEW DRUG SHOWS PROMISE AS IDEAL HORMONE THERAPY FOR SOME POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN; STUDY COMPARES EFFECTS ON DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS

26 January: UCSF STUDY REVEALS FACTORS MOTIVATING AND DETERRING PATIENTS FROM MULTI-DRUG HIV TREATMENT

26 January: NEW GENE DISCOVERIES MARK RAPID ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING NERVE CIRCUITS, RAISE HOPE FOR EVENTUAL SPINAL CORD REPAIR

16 January: GLADSTONE INSTITUTE RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NEW STRATEGY FOR CONTROLLING CELL PROCESSES

15 January: NEW DRUG USES MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES TO TARGET SPECIFIC CELLS, REDUCING REJECTION OF TRANSPLANTED KIDNEYS BY MORE THAN A THIRD

14 January: MEDAL OF FREEDOM RECIPIENT IS KEYNOTE SPEAKER FOR UCSF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. COMMEMORATION WEEK

09 January: RUTHERFORD NAMED DIRECTOR OF UCSF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM

08 January: NEW TOBACCO INDUSTRY STRATEGY IS TO APPEAR ANTI-TOBACCO, STUDY BY UCSF HEALTH POLICY RESEARCHERS CONCLUDES

08 January: UCSF-FRESNO ASSOCIATE DEAN BLOSSOM TO TACKLE NEW CHALLENGES

05 January: WITH A MOLECULAR SWISH OF THE HIPS, Growth factor inhibits key regulator of immune system's T- cell response

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