Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of adult death worldwide. In many cases, quantifying left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF)—or how much blood the left ventricle pumps out with each contraction—is critical ...
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People who contract COVID-19 but never develop symptoms—the so-called super dodgers—may have a genetic ace up their sleeve. They're more than twice as likely as those who become symptomatic to carry a specific gene variation ...
Jul 19, 2023
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Deaths among older adults with dementia fell starkly in nursing homes and long-term care centers after COVID-19 vaccinations became available, yet remained high for those living at home, according to a new study led by UC ...
Jul 17, 2023
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With yet a third new Alzheimer's drug expected to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the field is beginning to show progress in the fight to slow the disease.
Jul 17, 2023
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If taken within 72 hours of condomless sex, the common antibiotic doxycycline drastically reduces the risk of gonorrhea, syphilis and chlamydia among transwomen and gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, a recent ...
Jul 14, 2023
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For decades, doctors have noticed a rare burst of visual creativity that occurs among a small number of patients with dementia, echoing the same strange phenomenon among patients who have had a stroke or other brain injury. ...
Jul 13, 2023
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When Daniel Gibbs, M.D., enrolled in an Alzheimer's study at UC San Francisco almost a decade ago, researchers needed access to a secure government facility just to confirm that he had the disease. They summoned Gibbs to ...
Jun 30, 2023
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Explaining why wait times can be so lengthy in the emergency room, a new study by UC San Francisco reports that emergency department capacity hasn't kept up with patient demand in California over the last decade.
Jun 22, 2023
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Within months of COVID-19's discovery, UCSF Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) and a group of international scientists charted the first roadmap to possible future treatments based on existing medications. Now, QBI ...
Jun 15, 2023
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Despite some of the most successful international vaccination campaigns in history, the poliovirus continues to circulate around the world, posing a threat of neurological damage and even paralysis to anyone who is not vaccinated.
Jun 14, 2023
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