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TV Series Highlighting 'Unsung Heroes' of Medical Field

By EIN News on January 05, 2022
Dr. Alan Wu, lauded professor of laboratory medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, sought-after speaker, and lab director at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, is adapting the stories from his six books into a TV series.

Trauma surgeon M. Margaret Knudson, MD, FACS, honored for inspiring women in surgery

By Mirage News on November 20, 2021
CHICAGO (October 24, 2021): This evening M. Margaret Knudson, MD, FACS, San Francisco, California, received the 2021 American College of Surgeons (ACS) Dr. Mary Edwards Walker Inspiring Women in Surgery Award during the virtual Convocation ceremony that is a highlight of the College’s Clinical...

Urgent Need for Addiction Treatments in Emergency Departments

By UCSF News on November 08, 2021
An increasing percentage of emergency visits and hospitalizations in the United States before the pandemic involved patients with alcohol and other substance use disorders, according to a study by UC San Francisco researchers. The authors say hospitals need to develop better ways to identify and...

UCSF Leads Effort to Improve Racial Equity in Kidney Medicine

By UCSF News on October 15, 2021
As medical institutions around the country intensify efforts to eliminate structural racism from their systems and practices, UC San Francisco faculty have been at the forefront of this pursuit in kidney medicine.

Mission District Mural Highlights COVID's Impact

By KTVU Fox 2 on October 15, 2021
A new mural in San Francisco's Mission neighborhood is a gift from health care workers to the community they serve. The artwork highlights how people's lives were impacted by the pandemic. The mural is a collaboration between artists and health care workers. It's on a building on York Street off...

Lab Director and Author to Create TV Series Highlighting 'Unsung Heroes' of the Medical Field

By EIN Presswire on October 13, 2021
Dr. Alan Wu, lauded professor of laboratory medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, sought-after speaker, and lab director at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, is adapting the stories from his six books into a TV series.

Hospitals Face Urgent Need for Addiction Treatment in Emergency Departments

By UCSF News on October 13, 2021
An increasing percentage of emergency visits and hospitalizations in the United States before the pandemic involved patients with alcohol and other substance use disorders, according to a study by UC San Francisco researchers. The authors say hospitals need to develop better ways to identify and...

This Molecule could be the key to understanding why Concussions have such Long-Term Effects

By Smithsonian Magazine on October 13, 2021
Imagine you fall down the stairs in your house and bang your head. Or perhaps you hit your noggin during a car accident. Or maybe you are football player who has just taken yet another blow to the head. You are diagnosed with a mild or a severe concussion, and you end up in a hospital and even an...

A do-it-yourself IUD removal trend is either macabre or empowering depending on who you ask

By Salon on October 13, 2021
Aviral TikTok video of a woman allegedly showing users a "do-it-yourself IUD removal" — claiming she removed her own intra-uterine device herself, at home — is prompting others who want to remove their own IUDs to try it themselves.

Faster Test Results Mean Better Outcomes For HIV Patients

By UCSF News on October 12, 2021
Over the last 15 years, many African nations have made major strides towards enabling millions of HIV-positive people to access HIV antiretroviral therapy. This has helped to treat individual patients and maximize their health, as well as help lower the risk for transmission of HIV to others. But...

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