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Clinical study in rural Uganda shows high demand for antiretroviral drugs
An ongoing clinical study in rural Uganda, begun in 2011, suggests that many people infected with HIV/AIDS would take antiretroviral drugs if they were available to them—even before they developed symptoms from the disease.
HIV & AIDS
Jul 22, 2012 |
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Hair samples from infants show exposure to anti-HIV drugs in the womb and during breast-feeding
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Makerere University in Uganda have used hair and blood samples from three-month old infants born to HIV-positive mothers to measure the ...
HIV & AIDS
Jul 21, 2012 |
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Deadly liver cancer may be triggered by cells changing identity, study shows
A rare type of cancer thought to derive from cells in the bile ducts of the liver may actually develop when one type of liver cell morphs into a totally different type, a process scientists used to consider all but impossible. ...
Cancer
Jul 16, 2012 |
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HIV research: A long view on a small virus
(Medical Xpress) -- Halfway down a long corridor in the middle of UCSF Medical Center, a white-coated Jay Levy, MD, paused recently to reflect on HIV — a disease that has defined a generation, continues ...
HIV & AIDS
Jul 12, 2012 |
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Support for cancer patients is just phone call away
Cancer patients across the country have a new way to navigate through difficult treatment decisions and communicate better with their doctors. “Open to Options,’’ which recently launched nationally, ...
Cancer
Jul 11, 2012 |
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Blood-brain barrier less permeable in newborns than adults after acute stroke
The ability for substances to pass through the blood-brain barrier is increased after adult stroke, but not after neonatal stroke, according to a new study the UCSF that will be published July 11 in the Journal of Neuroscience.
Neuroscience
Jul 10, 2012 |
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Changing environment affects stress level in mice
(Medical Xpress) -- The negative impact of stress on health is widely documented. So is the importance of reducing stress in one’s life. But a new animal study is the first to model stress reduction and ...
Medical research
Jul 09, 2012 |
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New drug prospect offers hope against hookworm infections
A drug candidate that is nearing clinical trials against a Latin American parasite is showing additional promise as a cure for hookworm, one of the most widespread and insidious parasites afflicting developing nations, according ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jul 03, 2012 |
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Cigarettes made from tobacco with less nicotine may help smokers quit
(Medical Xpress) -- Smokers can begin loosening the tight grip of nicotine addiction by smoking low-nicotine cigarettes, without lighting up any more than they usually do, according to recent research.
Health
Jul 03, 2012 |
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Secrets of lung cancer drug resistance revealed
People with lung cancer who are treated with the drug Tarceva face a daunting uncertainty: although their tumors may initially shrink, it's not a question of whether their cancer will return—it's a question ...
Genetics
Jul 02, 2012 |
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Bacterial vaginosis is associated with higher risk of female-to-male transmission of HIV
An investigation led by UCSF has found that the risk of female-to-male HIV transmission is increased three fold for women with bacterial vaginosis, a common disorder in which the normal balance of bacteria in the vagina is ...
HIV & AIDS
Jun 26, 2012 |
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Preventing or better managing diabetes may prevent cognitive decline, study says
Preventing diabetes or delaying its onset has been thought to stave off cognitive decline -- a connection strongly supported by the results of a 9-year study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco ...
Diabetes
Jun 21, 2012 |
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Hepatitis B and liver cancer among Asian Americans
(Medical Xpress) -- Liver cancer is expected to become more common in the United States in coming years. “It’s deadly and it’s preventable,” says UCSF physician and researcher Tung ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 21, 2012 |
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Inexpensive approach to preventing type 2 diabetes shows promise in new study
(Medical Xpress) -- A simple, inexpensive method for preventing type 2 diabetes that relies on calling people and educating them on the sort of lifestyle changes they could make to avoid developing the disease ...
Diabetes
Jun 18, 2012 |
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Cancer's next magic bullet may be magic shotgun
A new approach to drug design, pioneered by a group of researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Mt. Sinai, New York, promises to help identify future drugs to fight cancer and other diseases that ...
Cancer
Jun 15, 2012 |
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