Psychology & Psychiatry
Psoriasis patients who meditate may ease symptoms, improve quality of life
Meditation may help patients manage psoriasis, according to a review published online Sept. 14 in Dermatology and Therapy.
Oct 21, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Newsom signs mental health care overhaul. Will it make a dent in homelessness crisis?
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Wednesday to push some Californians with severe mental illness into treatment, kicking off what's sure to be a long and challenging process to get the unprecedented new framework up and ...
Sep 15, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Navajo researcher's work highlights his community's resilience during pandemic
"I was raised in the traditional Navajo way of living and I grew up learning how to be a sheep herder and a farmer. But now I'm a cell and molecular biologist," said San Francisco State University Associate Professor of Biology ...
Sep 15, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
'Here we go again': Amid HIV/AIDS connection, fear of racial disparities for monkeypox grows
Shawn Griffin remembers his first—and subsequently last—attempt to ask his doctor to prescribe him PrEP.
Sep 8, 2022
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Vaccination
California won't expand teen vaccines without parental OK
California won't allow teens age 15 and up to be vaccinated against the coronavirus without their parents' consent.
Aug 31, 2022
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Addiction
Understanding supervised safe injection sites
This week, California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have allowed supervised injection sites in the state. The legislation would have allowed supervised injection sites to operate in Los Angeles, San Francisco ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Portable cancer testing expands in sub-Saharan Africa
A portable diagnostic device designed by researchers at Cornell Engineering and Weill Cornell Medicine has been deployed in clinical tests in Uganda to identify cases of Kaposi sarcoma, a common yet difficult-to-detect cancer ...
Aug 12, 2022
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Other
Pfizer in talks on $5 billion acquisition: media
American drugmaker Pfizer is close to a deal to purchase Global Blood Therapeutics, which manufactures a recently approved drug against sickle-cell anemia, for $5 billion, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
Aug 7, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US to declare health emergency over monkeypox outbreak
The U.S. will declare a public health emergency to bolster the federal response to the monkeypoxoutbreak that has infected more than 6,600 Americans, two people familiar with the matter said Thursday.
Aug 4, 2022
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Gastroenterology
Study provides insight into how the intestine repairs damaged tissue
Investigators at Cedars-Sinai and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have identified a component in the intestine that plays a critical role in repairing damaged tissue.
Aug 4, 2022
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