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1999 Releases

28 December: SAN FRANCISCO DENTIST DONATES EARNINGS TO UC SAN FRANCISCO

28 December: SAN JOSE DENTIST DONATES PROCEEDS TO UC SAN FRANCISCO

28 December: RENO DENTIST DONATES PROCEEDS TO UC SAN FRANCISCO

23 December: Scientists find protein can protect new blood vessels from leaking --- promising complement to growth stimulant VEGF

21 December: NEW DRUG SHOWS ANTIVIRAL BENEFIT AGAINST HIV BUT PRODUCES RENAL SIDE EFFECTS

20 December: DATA ESTABLISHES LINK BETWEEN "MAD COW" DISEASE, HUMAN BRAIN DISORDER

20 December: MOUSE EMBRYO HINTS AT HOW MAMMALIAN BODY FORMS

20 December: OMEGA BOYS CLUB THANKS UCSF DENTIST FOR BEING A FRIEND

17 December: UCSF LIBRARY DISPLAYS PUBLIC, PRIVATE WORLDS OF ARTIST ISAMU NOGUCHI

08 December: NURSE SHORTAGE LOOMS IN CALIFORNIA AND NATIONWIDE ACCORDING TO UCSF STUDY

07 December: Zebrafish's powerful heart gene could lead to transplant therapy

01 December: MRI ADDS TO ULTRASOUND FOR FETAL DIAGNOSIS, UCSF RESEARCHERS FIND

30 November: LUNG CANCER-CAUSING MUTATION STRIKES WOMEN SMOKERS THREE TIMES MORE OFTEN THAN MEN

18 November: MALE CIRCUMCISION COULD PREVENT MILLIONS OF HIV INFECTIONS

15 November: NEW STUDY FINDS NO CLEAR EVIDENCE OF BENEFITS IN ONGOING DEBATE ABOUT NAME-REPORTING OF HIV INFECTION

09 November: UCSF STUDY FINDS DRUG ABUSE TREATMENT PROGRAMS CAN BE EFFECTIVE IN CHANGING HIGH-RISK BEHAVIOR FOR HIV

08 November: UCSF MINI MEDICAL SCHOOL—WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 400 “STUDENTS” LOOK AT INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND THE HEART

08 November: SCIENTISTS IDENTIFY NEW PATHWAY OF ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTION

03 November: UCSF RECEIVES GRANT TO FIGHT CERVICAL CANCER IN VIETNAMESE COMMUNITY

03 November: UCSF receives $5 million from the Hellman family to support promising junior faculty

02 November: HIV PREVENTION PROGRAM TARGETS YOUNG GAY MEN THROUGH SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PEER SUPPORT FOR SAFE SEX

02 November: FINDING SUGGESTS A COMMON CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA MAY FORM IN THE WOMB

27 October: NAUSEA FROM ANESTHESIA PLUMMETS WITH EXTRA OXYGEN

19 October: NEW LASER TREATMENT FOR EXTREME DEGREES OF NEARSIGHTEDNESS AND ASTIGMATISM AVAILABLE AT UCSF

19 October: ABSTEMIOUS MICE OFFER HINT AT MOLECULAR TARGET FOR TREATING ALCOHOLISM

18 October: PHYSICIANS WHO COMPASSIONATELY ASK ABOUT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CAN ELICIT POSITIVE OUTCOMES, UCSF STUDY SHOWS

13 October: RACIAL DISPARITY IN LUNG CANCER TREATMENT MUST BE OVERCOME, UCSF SPECIALISTS ASSERT

13 October: NATIONWIDE PHASE III CLINICAL TRIAL DEMONSTRATES THAT BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT FOLLOWED BY VITAMIN A-DERIVATIVE TREATMENT IMPROVES SURVIVAL FROM A MAJOR CHILDHO

12 October: TOBACCO INDUSTRY INFLUENCE AND INCOME ON DECLINE IN CALIFORNIA

12 October: OSTEOPOROSIS DRUG RAPIDLY REDUCES RISK OF BONE FRACTURES: ONE YEAR OF TREATMENT SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASES OCCURRENCE OF SPINAL FRACTURES

11 October: NEW DATABASE ON HIV/AIDS TO FOCUS ON REAL-WORLD TREATMENT OUTCOMES

11 October: SCIENTISTS SHOW HOW VIRUSES CO-OPT CELL DEFENSES TO CAUSE CHRONIC INFECTIONS LIKE THOSE FROM HIV AND HEPATITIS B AND C

04 October: UCSF RESEARCHERS UNRAVEL MYSTERY OF TB INFECTION; FINDINGS SIGNIFICANT FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF VACCINE

04 October: SCIENTISTS UNCOVER POSSIBLE CAUSE OF COLITIS

27 September: EVEN IN ERA OF HAART DRUGS, HIV PATIENTS ARE VULNERABLE TO OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS

26 September: FAILURES FOLLOWING HIV POST-EXPOSURE PREVENTION PROVIDE VALUABLE LESSONS FOR WARDING OFF FUTURE INFECTIONS

23 September: UCSF FINDING COULD LEAD TO NEW CLASS OF PAIN RELIEVING DRUGS

22 September: STUDY SUGGESTS SOME UNRUPTURED ANEURYSMS DO NOT NEED TREATMENT

21 September: PHYSICIANS WHO ACKNOWLEDGE ABUSE AND CONFIRM PATIENT'S WORTH ARE MOST HELPFUL TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS

20 September: RECENT RESEARCH SUGGESTS NEW STRATEGY FOR TREATING DEPRESSION

13 September: HARD LIQUOR, NOT BEER OR WINE, MAY EXPLAIN TRENDS IN CIRRHOSIS MORTALITY

07 September: POOR HEALTH IS A MAJOR FACTOR FOR EARLY RETIREMENT, ACCORDING TO UCSF RESEARCHERS

01 September: CHOLESTEROL GUIDELINES CAN REDUCE RECURRENT HEART PROBLEMS

01 September: FIRST GENE DEFECT IDENTIFIED FOR PRECURSOR TO ADULT DIABETES

30 August: INFLAMMATORY PAIN MAY HELP DETER INFLAMMATORY DISEASES LIKE ARTHRITIS

26 August: UNPROTECTED ANAL SEX INCREASING IN SAN FRANCISCO

19 August: A LEADING CAUSE OF PREVENTABLE BLINDNESS MAY BE CONTROLLED BY SIMPLE COURSE OF ORAL ANTIBIOTIC

15 August: PAIN, ITSELF, ELICITS PAIN RELIEF, AND DOES SO THROUGH "REWARD" PATHWAY

12 August: UCSF RESEARCHERS REPORT NEW RISK FACTORS FOR NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA

07 August: HEALTH PLAYS A CRUCIAL ROLE IN CALIFORNIA LABOR MARKET, ACCORDING TO UCSF RESEARCHERS

03 August: SCREENING AND INTERVENTION FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE LAGS BEHIND NEED

02 August: ONE IN SEVEN ADOLESCENTS STILL DOESN'T HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE

30 July: SURGICAL PAIN INCREASES RISK OF INFECTION, STUDY SHOWS

26 July: HOSPITALISTS SHOULD WORK WITH PATIENTS’ PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS, ACCORDING TO UCSF RESEARCHERS

20 July: PRIMARY CARE HIGHLY VALUED, BUT DIFFICULTY ACCESSING SPECIALISTS UNDERMINES PATIENT TRUST, UCSF STUDY FINDS

14 July: HORMONE INVOLVED IN REPRODUCTION MAY HAVE ROLE IN THE MAINTENANCE OF RELATIONSHIPS

14 July: DRUG USERS, NATIVE AMERICANS SUSCEPTIBLE TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES

13 July: CHANGES IN ALLIED AND AUXILIARY HEALTH CARE WORKERS’ TRAINING NEEDED FOR QUALITY OF PATIENT CARE, ACCORDING TO UCSF REPORT

30 June: HEALTH PROFESSSIONS ACCREDITATION SYSTEM “OBSOLETE” AND NEEDS TO BE CHANGED, ACCORDING TO TASK FORCE REPORT

22 June: MANY PATIENTS NOT TREATED FOR EASILY CORRECTED LIFE-THREATENING CONDITION, NEW STUDY SHOWS

22 June: VITAMIN C LEVELS LINKED TO AMOUNT OF LEAD IN BLOOD

21 June: PROTEIN ESSENTIAL FOR MAKING STEROIDS TURNS OUT TO BE A “MOLTEN GLOBULE”

21 June: GLADSTONE/UCSF TEAM DISCOVERS INTERACTION OF TWO BRAIN PROTEINS MAY BE KEY FACTOR IN DEVELOPMENT OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

18 June: SFVAMC-UCSF SCIENTISTS SOLVE A KEY PROTEIN STRUCTURE

15 June: EW STUDY FINDS LINK BETWEEN DECLINE IN CITY’S TB RATES AND INTENSIFIED CONTROL PROGRAMS

15 June: UCSF STUDY FINDS THAT AN OSTEOPOROSIS PREVENTION DRUG REDUCES THE RISK OF BREAST CANCER BY 76 PERCENT IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN

15 June: FULL BONE MASS RESTORED TO MOST POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH OSTEOPOROSIS IN TWO-YEAR TRIAL OF NEW TREATMENT

13 June: UCSF TEAM IDENTIFIES GENE CRUCIAL TO BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION

08 June: SCIENTISTS EXPLAIN A DRUG’S PARADOXICAL ACTION: DISCOVERY MAY LEAD TO NEW THERAPIES FOR BREAST CANCER, EARLY PUBERTY

01 June: ANGINA SUFFERERS FIND SIGNIFICANT RELIEF WITH NONINVASIVE TECHNIQUE

28 May: RESEARCHERS PROPOSE A REVOLUTIONARY NEW THEORY ABOUT THE WAY CELLS COMMUNICATE

26 May: SCIENTISTS DETERMINE ATOMIC STRUCTURE OF LEGO-LIKE MOLECULE THAT SELF-ASSEMBLES INTO CELL’S CARGO CAPSULE

26 May: REPRODUCTIVE SIGNALS AFFECT LIFESPAN IN ROUNDWORM C. ELEGANS, OFFERING POSSIBLE INSIGHT INTO HUMAN AGING PROCESS

25 May: WITH MOTIVATION AND TRAINING, SOME PROFESSIONALS CAN CATCH A LIAR

25 May: SMOKE-FREE RESTAURANT LAWS HAVE NOT HURT TOURISM, NEW STUDY FINDS

24 May: UCSF-LED TEAM OFFERS NEW INSIGHT INTO NEUROLOGICAL BASIS OF DYSLEXIA

19 May: REPORT OFFERSSTRATEGIES TO REMEDY CHRONIC SHORTAGE OF MEDICAL CARE

18 May: ANAL CANCER SCREENING FOR HIV-POSITIVE GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WOULD SAVE LIVES AND BE COST EFFECTIVE, NEW STUDY SHOWS

18 May: UCSF STUDY SHOWS THAT AN HERBAL THERAPY REDUCES PSA LEVELS BY HALF IN MEN WITH ADVANCED PROSTATE CANCER

15 May: MELANOMA PATIENTS’ SENTINEL LYMPH NODES (SLNS) PLAY A STRONG ROLE IN DISEASE PROGNOSIS, UCSF STUDY REPORTS

13 May: HEART DRUG FINDS NEW USE IN PATIENTS WITH WOLFF-PARKINSON-WHITE SYNDROME

13 May: "DUAL CONTROL" STRATEGY ASSURES ACCURATE CELLULAR MARCHING ORDERS, BUT A PATHOGENIC MICROBE CAN HIJACK THE SYSTEM

10 May: UCSF CARDIOLOGISTS ARE REVOLUTIONIZING TREATMENT FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION

04 May: NEW TYPE OF ARTIFICIAL SURFACTANT SHOWS PROMISE IN TREATING LUNG DISEASE

03 May: ADOLESCENTS AND RISK-TAKING: A “VERY LIKELY” DANGER MAY NOT MEAN THE SAME TO A TEEN AS TO AN ADULT

03 May: UCSF STUDY FINDS LATINA WOMEN HAVE GREATER RISK OF PREMATURE BIRTH WITH SHORT INTERPREGNANCY INTERVAL

02 May: STUDIES OF A GENE FOR A RARE FORM OF RICKETS SHED LIGHT ON VITAMIN D DEFICIENCIES

02 May: UCSF SCIENTISTS REPORT ON A TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR THAT COULD STIMULATE HEART CELLS TO REPAIR DAMAGE CAUSED BY HEART ATTACKS OR BIRTH DEFECTS

29 April: UCSF-HARVARD TEAM REPORTS ENCOURAGING RESULTS IN DRUG STUDY OF MICE WITH CANCER

29 April: RESEARCHERS DISCOVER MECHANISM OF CLEFT PALATE DEVELOPMENT

26 April: RESEARCHERS DISCOVER A COMMON PROTEIN’s DEADLY ROLE IN BREAST CANCER

26 April: RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY MECHANISM THAT MAY REGULATE PROTEIN INVOLVED IN SEX DIFFERENTIATION, STRESS, HUNGER

26 April: NEW MODEL SHOWS HOW TO ERADICATE WORLD’S LEADING INFECTIOUS CAUSE OF BLINDNESS

20 April: PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS AND THE WAY PATIENTS ARE TREATED HAVE IMPACT ON HOSPITAL COSTS OF LIVER TRANSPLANTS

14 April: UCSF STUDY SHOWS NOVEL "STRESS-SHARING" PROSTHETIC DEVICE TO SAVE LEGS WITH CANCER STIMULATES BONE DEVELOPMENT

14 April: UCSF lab makes observation that could explain ability of modified cold virus to kill cancer cells

13 April: NON-LASER VISION CORRECTION PROCEDURE FOR NEARSIGHTEDNESS NOW AVAILABLE AT UCSF

13 April: STUDY FINDS COMBINING EXERCISE WITH MALE HORMONE THERAPY BENEFITS MEN WITH HIV-WASTING DISEASE

13 April: ANABOLIC STEROIDS MAY HELP DIALYSIS PATIENTS FIGHT FATIGUE AND GAIN LEAN BODY MASS

06 April: U.S. IN THE MIDST OF A HEROIN EPIDEMIC, BUT MANY OVERDOSE DEATHS CAN BE PREVENTED

06 April: PATIENTS MAY NOT BE RECEIVING THE HIGHEST QUALITY OF CARE

06 April: STUDY indicateS adolescent smokers are MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO LONG-TERM DNA DAMAGE from smoking than adults smokers

02 April: FINDING REVEALS BROADER ROLE OF TELOMERASE ENZYME, SUGGESTING NEW TARGET FOR EXTENDING LIFE SPAN OF CELL

02 April: FOOT AND ANKLE INJURIES COMMON IN SPRING SPORTS; UCSF EXPERT OFFERS PREVENTION TIPS

31 March: CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS ON TOBACCO INDUSTRY STRATEGIES IN CALIFORNIA RELEASED ON THE INTERNET

31 March: SCIENTISTS DISCOVER PROTEIN IN MAMMALS TUNED TO RESPOND TO WHAT MAY BE HOTTEST TEMPERATURE OUR NERVES CAN DETECT

30 March: ROLE OF PROTEIN LINKED TO COLON CANCER IDENTIFIED, OFFERING POTENTIAL TARGET FOR THERAPY

30 March: MANDATORY REPORTING OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES TO POLICE HAS MIXED SUPPORT FROM CALIFORNIA PHYSICIANS

29 March: RESEARCHERS DEVELOP FIRST WAY TO IMMUNIZE AGAINST a DEADLY baCTERIUM

19 March: UCSF SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE PROGRAMS RANKED AMONG THE BEST IN THE NATION BY US NEWS & WORLD REPORT

18 March: LOW-TECH TREATMENT PROVES A LIFE-SAVER IN RESEARCH BREAKTHROUGH

15 March: SCIENTISTS DISCOVER MOLECULAR TRIGGER OF MUCUS PRODUCTION, SUGGESTING FIRST TREATMENT FOR DEADLY BRONCHITIS, OTHER DISEASES

11 March: DEPRESSED OLDER WOMEN AT GREATER RISK FOR FRACTURES

24 February: CERTAIN HEART ATTACK PATIENTS ARE UNDER-TREATED

18 February: BACKGROUND ON THE CALIFORNIA POISON CONTROL SYSTEM

17 February: SURVEY SHOWS HIV-INFECTED PATIENTS RECEIVE DIFFERING QUALITIES OF CARE DEPENDING ON THE EXPERIENCE OF THEIR PROVIDER

16 February: URINE TESTS WILL DO BETTER THAN PERVIC EXAMS TO SAVE TEENS FROM SERIOUS EFFECTS OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, UCSF ANALYSIS SHOWS

16 February: RECENT HISTORY SHOWS ONLY AGGRESSIVE ANTI-SMOKING AD CAMPAIGNS BACKED BY PUBLIC HEALTH ADVBOCATES SUCCEED

08 February: BONE CEMENT USED IN TOTAL HIP REPLACEMENTS SLOWLY DEGRADES IN BODY OVER TIME, ACCORDING TO UCSF STUDY

05 February: UCSF RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY KEY GENES IN BONE HEALING PROCESS THAT COULD LEAD TO NEW, MOLECULAR-BASED TREATMENTS

04 February: RESEARCHERS IDENTIFY MOLECULAR SITE THAT IS KEY TO HIV'S ABILITY TO INFECT CELLS OF BRAIN, COLON

04 February: AIDS VIRUS MAY EVOLVE DIFFERENTLY IN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID COMPARED WITH BLOOD IN SOME PATIENTS, UCSF/GLADSTONE RESEARCH FINDS

04 February: UCSF RESEARCHERS PINPOINT MOLECULE THAT TRIGGERS DEADLY PROGRESS OF PULMONARY FIBROSIS

02 February: NATIONWIDE STUDY FINDS HIV-POSITIVE WOMEN ARE AT HIGH RISK FOR CERVICAL HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION

01 February: SEARCH FOR IRON TRANSPORT MECHANISM LEADS TO "HEPHAESTUS," GOD OF METAL WORKING, WHO OFFERS INSIGHT INTO IRON-DEFICIENCY ANEMIA

24 January: GENETICIST SAYS MEDIA PRESENTS GOOD INFORMATION ON GENETICS, BUT SAYS IT HAS ALSO INFLAMED FEARS

22 January: NEW MODELS OF AIDS AND TB EPIDEMICS FORECAST GRIM UPSURGE OF RESISTANT STRAINS UNLESS TREATMENT STRATEGIES CHANGE

20 January: STUDY INDICATES AUTO-ANTIBODIES CONTRIBUTE TO DESTRUCTION OF NERVE FIBERS’ MYELIN SHEATH, THE HALLMARK OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

04 January: DESPITE PROGRESS, MORE ACTION NEEDED TO PROTECT MEDICAL STUDENTS FROM EXPOSURE TO DISEASE THROUGH ACCIDENTAL NEEDLESTICKS, UCSF STUDY FINDS

04 January: MAJOR CLINICAL FINDINGS BY CALIFORNIA AIDS TEAM: HIV DOES MORE THAN KILL OFF T CELLS

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