Report highlights how integrative medicine is used in the U.S. A just-released Bravewell Collaborative survey involving 29 integrative medicine centers, including Stanford, is shedding light on how this type of medicine is being practiced in the U.S. Among the findings in the report (.pdf): Chronic pain, gastrointestinal problems, depression, stress and cancer are the conditions for which complementary interventions appear most […]

Hyman to lead Broad research center Former provost named director of Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research Steven Hyman, neuroscientist, former Harvard University provost, and former head of NIMH, has been named the new director of the Broad Institute’s Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research. Steven E. Hyman, a Harvard-trained neuroscientist, University provost for a decade, and the former […]

UCSF to Establish Chancellor’s First-Year Graduate Fellowship Program UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, is providing new funding this fall to enable the University to provide innovative and cutting-edge training for the next generation of academic science students. UCSF will offer new funding this fall to provide innovative and cutting-edge training for the next generation […]

Affordable Care Act extended free preventive services to 54 million Americans with private health insurance in 2011 Free preventive care also provided to 32.5 million in Medicare  Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the Affordable Care Act provided approximately 54 million Americans with at least one new free preventive service in […]

Building Brown, Building Futures Building Futures, Building Buildings Marc Nixon earned his GED and a place in Laborers Local 271 through the Building Futures program. He’s been working on construction downtown and at Brown, including the new aquatics and fitness center. Credit: Frank Mullin/Brown University Marc Nixon, a construction laborer working on Brown’s new aquatics and fitness center, […]

Improved Emergency Treatment for Prolonged Seizures SFGH and UCSF Coordinate San Francisco-wide Participation in Nationwide Study that Finds New Method Safe and Effective When a person is experiencing a prolonged convulsive seizure, quick medical intervention is critical. With every passing minute, the seizure becomes harder to stop, and can place the patient at risk of […]

Elizabeth Boyd Named UCSF Research Integrity Officer Elizabeth Boyd, UCSF’s associate vice chancellor, Ethics and Compliance, has been named the UCSF Research Integrity Officer (RIO). Elizabeth Boyd Sally Marshall, PhD, vice provost of Academic Affairs, has served as the RIO for the last seven years. UCSF must follow procedures that comply with federal regulations. The RIO […]

Study suggests smoking may cause the body to turn against its own helpful bacteria Add this to your list of reasons to kick your cigarette habit: Recent research shows smoking may cause the body to turn against helpful bacteria leaving people who smoke more vulnerable to disease. In the small study (subscription required), Ohio State University researchers […]

National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Week Events February 26-March 3, 2012 More than a half-dozen events will take place in the Rochester area in recognition of  National Eating Disorders Awareness (NEDA) Week, February 26-March 3, 2012, with sponsorship from the Western New York Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders and Golisano Children’s Hospital Department of Pediatrics. The national theme […]

For prolonged seizures, a quick shot often does the trick, study finds For treating prolonged seizures outside a hospital setting, a quick intramuscular shot of anti-convulsant medication with an auto-injector, a kind of spring-loaded syringe, is as effective — if not more effective — than starting an intravenous line to administer the medicine directly to […]