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Estrogen linked with lower dementia risk when taken in middle age, higher risk later in life - UCSF News Office
news.ucsf.edu — “Estrogen therapy taken around the time of menopause was associated with a lowered risk of dementia in old age, but when taken in late life was linked with an increased dementia risk, according to a study led by a physician at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.” View full resource at news.ucsf.edu
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Estrogen Linked with Lower Dementia Risk when Taken in Middle Age, Higher Risk When Taken in Late Life, Study Says http://bit.ly/f6BEj6
Songbird’s strategy for changing its tune could inform rehab efforts - UCSF News Office
news.ucsf.edu — “It takes songbirds and baseball pitchers thousands of repetitions – a choreography of many muscle movements -- to develop an irresistible trill or a killer slider.” View full resource at news.ucsf.edu
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Songbird’s strategy for changing its tune could inform rehab efforts http://bit.ly/fETQPq #neuroscience #research
UCSF receives second major gift from Dolbys for stem cell building - UCSF News Office
news.ucsf.edu — “Ray and Dagmar Dolby this week donated $20 million to the University of California, San Francisco to provide funding for a stem cell building on the Parnassus Campus. In honor of their generosity, the building will be named the Ray and Dagmar Dolby Regeneration Medicine Building.” View full resource at news.ucsf.edu
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UCSF receives second major gift from Dolbys for stem cell building http://bit.ly/gqfOXl #stemcells #philanthropy
UCSF sets first-year hiring goal of 20 percent for new hospital project at Mission Bay - UCSF News Office
news.ucsf.edu — “UCSF is voluntarily committing to an ambitious goal for its new medical center at Mission Bay to hire a workforce averaging at least 20 percent San Francisco residents during the first year of the project, with a higher rate each subsequent year.” View full resource at news.ucsf.edu
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UCSF sets first-year hiring goal of 20 percent for new hospital project at Mission Bay http://bit.ly/i6bt9t
Legal restrictions compromise effectiveness of advance directives - UCSF News Office
news.ucsf.edu — “Current legal restrictions significantly compromise the clinical effectiveness of advance directives, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.” View full resource at news.ucsf.edu
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Legal restrictions compromise effectiveness of advance directives http://bit.ly/gSYAvE #palliativecare #endoflifeplanning #healthcare
Blood test predicts cognitive decline - UCSF News Office
news.ucsf.edu — “Low blood levels of beta-amyloid 42, a protein-like substance, were associated with the risk of significant cognitive decline within nine years in a group of elders, in a study led by Kristine Yaffe, MD, chief of geriatric psychiatry at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.” View full resource at news.ucsf.edu
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Blood test predicts cognitive decline http://bit.ly/fXm24d #Alzheimers #Neurology #Psych
UCSF team views genome as it turns on and off inside cells - UCSF News Office
news.ucsf.edu — “UCSF researchers have developed a new approach to decoding the vast information embedded in an organism’s genome, while shedding light on exactly how cells interpret their genetic material to create RNA messages and launch new processes in the cell.” View full resource at news.ucsf.edu
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UCSF team views genome as it turns on and off inside cells http://bit.ly/f1Cf9a #genetics #science #genomics #RNA
UCSF study identifies chemicals in pregnant women - UCSF News Office
news.ucsf.edu — “The bodies of virtually all U.S. pregnant women carry multiple chemicals, including some banned since the 1970s and others used in common products such as non-stick cookware, processed foods and personal care products, according to a new study from UCSF.” View full resource at news.ucsf.edu
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UCSF study identifies chemicals in pregnant women http://bit.ly/eyUAz1 #BPA #pregnancy #toxins #publichealth
Training improves cognitive functioning for patients with brain injury - UCSF News Office
news.ucsf.edu — “In a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco, a new cognitive training method significantly improved the ability of patients with chronic brain injury to maintain attention on goals and execute tasks – skills that these patients often lack as a result of their injuries.” View full resource at news.ucsf.edu
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Training improves cognitive functioning for patients with brain injury http://bit.ly/fS7SN1
FDA-approved drug shows promise as alcoholism treatment - UCSF News Office
news.ucsf.edu — “A medication commonly prescribed as a muscle relaxant shows promise as a potential treatment for alcoholism, based on a study in rats by researchers at the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center and the University of California, San Francisco.” View full resource at news.ucsf.edu
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FDA-approved drug shows promise as alcoholism treatment http://t.co/GlZDgFM #alcoholism #ucsf
Study on IVF Costs Covered by Reuters, Fox News - UCSF News Office
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Study on IVF Costs Covered by @Reuters, @FoxNews - UCSF News Office http://t.co/P3y2T5K #healthcare
New imaging advance illuminates immune response in breathing lung - UCSF News Office
news.ucsf.edu — “In a recent UCSF-led study in mice, researchers developed a method to stabilize living lung tissue for imaging without disrupting the normal function of the organ. The method allowed the team to observe, for the first time, both the live interaction of living cells in the context of their environment and the unfolding of events in the immune response to lung injury.” View full resource at news.ucsf.edu
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New imaging advance illuminates immune response in breathing lung http://bit.ly/hgdEJ6 #research #science #cellfunction #Immunology
UCSF team finds new source of immune cells during pregnancy - UCSF News Office
news.ucsf.edu — “UCSF researchers have shown for the first time that the human fetal immune system arises from an entirely different source than the adult immune system, and is more likely to tolerate than fight foreign substances in its environment.” View full resource at news.ucsf.edu
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UCSF team finds new source of immune cells during pregnancy http://bit.ly/elcbm8 #immunology #infants #allergies #HIV #vaccines
Study links increased BPA exposure to reduced egg quality in women - UCSF News Office
news.ucsf.edu — “A small-scale University of California, San Francisco-led study has identified the first evidence in humans that exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) may compromise the quality of a woman’s eggs retrieved for in vitro fertilization (IVF).” View full resource at news.ucsf.edu
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Study links increased BPA exposure to reduced egg quality in women http://bit.ly/e3dv54 #IVF #fertilityandsterility #bpa #science
Cell of origin for brain tumors may predict response to therapy - UCSF News Office
news.ucsf.edu — “For patients with glioma, the most common primary brain tumor, new findings may explain why current therapies fail to eradicate the cancer. A UCSF-led team of scientists has identified for the first time that progenitor rather than neural stem cells underly a type of glioma called oligodendroglioma.” View full resource at news.ucsf.edu
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Cell of origin for brain tumors may predict response to therapy http://bit.ly/hqG2nL #braintumor #cancer
