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SF ghost-pepper burger yields 1-inch esophagus tear

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 19 Oct 2016
The ordeal, while rare, was documented by UCSF physicians in a case study published recently in the Journal of Emergency Medicine that highlights the potential danger of extreme eating ... The man was released from the hospital 23 days later with a gastric tube, UCSF said, after undergoing extensive surgery to repair his throat....

Don't Look Now! How Your Devices Hurt Your Productivity

Edit National Public Radio 19 Oct 2016
Enlarge this image. Nick Shepherd/Ikon Images/Getty Images. Nick Shepherd/Ikon Images/Getty Images. I'll admit it. I even take my phone with me when I head to the restroom, to fire off a few texts. Or I'll scroll through my email when I leave the office for lunch ... How the digital age zaps productivity. I visited Gazzaley in his UCSF laboratory to learn more about the science ... •Set expectations ... ....

Armored Gunman's Assault Rifle Jams, Saving Police

Edit Opposing Views 18 Oct 2016
A man in "police-style" body armor pointed an assault rifle at two police officers in a California Starbucks on October 17, but was shot and detained after the weapon malfunctioned ... The boy was sent to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, after what police described as an "accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound" to the neck ... "He's a really good man ... "I assume he possibly thought his son was dead and was just distracted ... She added ... ....

Medidata Unveils AppConnect Partner Program

Edit Stockhouse 18 Oct 2016
Medidata Unveils AppConnect Partner Program. Program Brings Together Medidata’s Cloud Technology and Digital Health Experts to Develop Mobile Tools for Patient Engagement in Clinical Research ... THREAD pioneered remote patient research and care with 4 of the first 8 ResearchKit studies including EpiWatch for Johns Hopkins University, The PRIDE Study for UCSF and contributions to mPower for Sage Bionetworks and Mole Mapper for OHSU ... or....

Medidata Unveils AppConnect Partner Program (Medidata Solutions Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Oct 2016
(Source. Medidata Solutions Inc). Program Brings Together Medidata's Cloud Technology and Digital Health Experts to Develop Mobile Tools for Patient Engagement in Clinical Research ... About THREAD ... THREAD pioneered remote patient research and care with 4 of the first 8 ResearchKit studies including EpiWatch for Johns Hopkins University, The PRIDE Study for UCSF and contributions to mPower for Sage Bionetworks and Mole Mapper for OHSU ... or....

National Academy of Medicine Elects 79 New Members (J Craig Venter Institute)

Edit Public Technologies 18 Oct 2016
(Source. J Craig Venter Institute). The National Academy of Medicine announced today the election of 70 regular members and 9 international members during its annual meeting ... 'These newly elected members are outstanding professionals who care deeply about advancing health and health care in the U.S ... Dzau ... Bonnie L ... and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor in Neurology and director, UCSF Memory and Aging Center, UC San Francisco ... J....

Single home visit significantly improves adherence, reduces exacerbations in patients with severe asthma and COPD

Edit Nasdaq Globe Newswire 17 Oct 2016
LOS ANGELES, Oct ... As part of the Integrated Disease Management Program of UCSF Fresno Center for Medical Education and Research, a single home visit was provided to 60 patients who were noncompliant to office visits as well as patients with uncontrolled symptoms ... However, the intervention did not appear to reduce the number of hospital admissions ... Vipul Jain, medical director for the chronic lung disease program at UCSF-Fresno ... CONTACT....

National Academy of Medicine Elects 79 New Members (National Academy of Sciences)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016
(Source. National Academy of Sciences). Oct. 17, 2016. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. National Academy of Medicine Elects 79 New Members. WASHINGTON - The National Academy of Medicine announced today the election of 70 regular members and 9 international members during its annual meeting ... Dzau ... Bonnie L ... L.D ... K ... T ... and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor in Neurology and director, UCSF Memory and Aging Center, UC San Francisco, San Francisco....

AcelRx Pharmaceuticals hopes to change pain relief in medical settings

Edit Upstart 16 Oct 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — Before she started AcelRx Pharmaceuticals, before she conducted basic research around pain transmission at UCSF and before she was a medical director at the UCSF’s Pain Management Center, Dr. Pamela Palmer had an epiphany. While on an internship at defense contractor Hughes Aircraft, the electrical engineering major realized that many of the projects were designed to kill people ... ....

Equality California Endorses Five LGBT Candidates in Local Races (EQCA - Equality California)

Edit Public Technologies 14 Oct 2016
(Source. EQCA - Equality California) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. October 13, 2016. CONTACT. Jason Howe, Equality California ... Shanell currently is a community engagement specialist for the Preterm Birth Initiative at UCSF and spent eight years working and organizing for numerous nonprofit agencies and labor organizations, including the Center for Young Women's Development, Youth Leadership Institute, UNITE HERE Local 2, and other organizations....

When it comes to abortion, trust that women know what they want.

Edit Grist 13 Oct 2016
A new study from Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health at UCSF indicates that women who choose to get abortions are actually quite certain in their decision. In fact, they report having less doubt than with other medical decisions, such as getting a mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer ... ....

Filament BioSolutions Announces Exclusive License Agreement with Leading Academic Institutions for Beverage to Prevent Kidney Stones

Edit Nasdaq Globe Newswire 13 Oct 2016
... University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) ... Goldfarb M.D., Clinical Chief of Nephrology at NYU Langone Medical Center, Marshall Stoller, M.D., Professor and Vice Chair of Urology at UCSF, and Brian Eisner, M.D., Co-Director of the Kidney Stone Program at Massachusetts General Hospital and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School....

OncoSec Announces Acceptance of Late Breaking Abstract at Upcoming Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Annual Meeting 2016 (OncoSec Medical Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 13 Oct 2016
ONCS), a company developing DNA-based intratumoral cancer immunotherapies, today announced that new clinical data from the Phase II Investigator Sponsored Trial led by the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to assess the combination of OncoSec's ... Alain Algazi, MD, Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), UCSF....
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