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UCSF Shares $25-Million Grant To Find Epilepsy Genes UCSF-Led Study to Sequence DNA Rrom 4,000 People with Epilepsy To probe the genetic secrets of one of the most common neurological diseases, more than 4,000 people with various forms of epilepsy will have their DNA decoded over the next five years in a study led by […]
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A winter wellness workout. Program gives undergrads tools for fit, healthy living. The Optimal Health program held over Wintersession brought Elizabeth Frates ’90, the director of medical student education at Boston’s Institute of Lifestyle Medicine, to the Fong Auditorium. Frates had students fill out a wellness wheel and rank on a scale of 1 to […]
Team Finds New Way to Image Brain Tumors and Predict Recurrence UCSF Team Develops Methods That May Help Predict Tumor Progression and Improve Treatment Follow-up After people with low-grade glioma, a type of brain cancer, undergo neurosurgery to remove the tumors, they face variable odds of survival — depending largely on how rapidly the cancer […]
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Big Tobacco led throat doctors to blow smoke Tobacco companies conducted a carefully crafted, decades-long campaign to manipulate throat doctors into helping to calm concerns among an increasingly worried public that smoking might be bad for their health, according to a new study by researchers at the School of Medicine. Beginning in the 1920s, this campaign […]
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Body Produces “Industrial” Lubricant for Metal Hip Implants A lubricating layer made of graphitic carbon naturally forms in the joints of metal-on-metal hip implants, a new study shows. This solid layer, produced within the body, is more like an industrial lubricant than joint fluid. The finding may help researchers design longer-lasting metal-on-metal hips for treating […]
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Researchers Find Cause of Rare Immune Disease NIH scientists have identified a genetic mutation that causes cold temperatures to trigger allergic reactions—a condition called cold urticaria. In addition to pointing the way toward a potential cure, this finding will help shed light on how the immune system functions. Cold urticaria in an allergic disease in […]
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New Insights Into Old Anti-Fungal Drug For more than 50 years, doctors have used the drug Amphotericin B (AmB) to treat systemic fungal infections. In a new study, researchers revealed a novel mode of action for the drug. Their findings could lead to safer and more effective anti-fungal medications. For people with compromised immune systems—such […]
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New Epidemiology Chair at HSPH Hopes to Continue Department’s Legacy of Discovery and Training Scientists to Change the World Michelle Williams Michelle Williams, SM ’88, ScD ’91, began as Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Stephen B. Kay Family Professor of Public Health at Harvard School of Public Health in August 2011. Previously a […]
A statement by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius In August 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services issued an interim final rule that will require most health insurance plans to cover preventive services for women including recommended contraceptive services without charging a co-pay, co-insurance or a deductible. The rule […]
Biochip measures glucose in saliva, not blood Engineers at Brown University have designed a biological device that can measure glucose concentrations in human saliva. The technique could eliminate the need for diabetics to draw blood to check their glucose levels. The biochip uses plasmonic interferometers and could be used to measure a range of biological […]
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