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UCSF Denies Dying Immigrant Kidney Transplant Despite Donor And Insurance

Aaron Sankin | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Denied Kidney Transplant, Kidney Transplant, UC San Francisco, Ucsf Kidney Transplant, Organ Transplant, Jesus Navarro, Prop 187, Illegal Immigrant, Ucsf, Undocumented Immigrant, San Francisco News

Jesus Navarro had everything he needed to get a kidney transplant in the United States--private insurance and a willing donor, his wife, with a compat...

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Save Lives, Tax Soda

Wendy Gordon | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Ucsf, Hungary, Soda Tax, Cdc, Diabetes, Obesity, Denmark, Fat Tax, Health Care Costs, Politics News

Let's make 2012 the year we get smart about taxes, and tax less of those things we want more of, like jobs and income, and more of the things we want less of, like health damaging sugars. You can have your cake, just pay for it.

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Marijuana, Narcotics Help Patients Reduce Chronic Pain, Study Finds

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Donald Abrams, Opiates, Marijuana, Aids, Chronic Pain, Medical Marijuana, Marijuana Medical Study, Ucsf, Cancer, Narcotics, Pot Pain Relief, California-Crackdown, San Francisco News

WASHINGTON -- A new study out of UC San Francisco has found that medical marijuana, combined with certain opiates, appears to be a safe and effective ...

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Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference

Jim Fruchterman | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Ucsf, Arab Spring, Human Rights, Internet Freedom, Bloggers, Silicon Valley, Rightscon, Technology and Human Rights, Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference, Technology News

The event helped create an extended dialog between participants of the Arab Spring and the developers of technology tools that activists have used to circumvent government censorship.

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Leonardo Was A Transhumanist

Ann Reynolds | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pbs, Park City, Leonardo Da Vinci, Connected, Paul Sapin, Temple Grandin, Silicon Valley, Ucsf, Mri, Sundance, Leonardos Dream Machines, Technology News

Now that Da Vinci has graduated from the receivership of art historians to scientists, technologists, and physicians, it's a runaway train with no wreck in sight.

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UC Not Obligated To Raise Pensions, Officials Say

sfgate.com | Nanette Asimov, Chronicle Staff Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mark Yudof, University of California, Uc Pensions, Ucla, Pensions, Ucsf, UC Berkeley, Russ Gould, College News

The University of California is under no legal obligation to raise the pensions of its highest-paid executives, and it's too expensive to do so, UC Pr...

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Could Thalidomide Be Resurrected as the Fountain of Youth?

Arlene Weintraub | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lenalidomide, Ucsf, University of California at San Francisco, Thalidomide, Home News

A team of researchers is now working on designing tests of lenalidomide in actual people, with the goal of defining whether the drug actually helps them fight diseases, and if so, how.

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Celebs, Silicon Valley Giants Reinvent New Media Fundraising

The Huffington Post | Nicole Hardesty | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gigaom, Ucsf, Marc Beioff, salesforce.com, Ron Conway, causes.com, Cindy Lima, Ashton Kutcher, Om Malik, Video, Impact News

ED NOTE: The contest is fundraising for the construction of the entire children's hospital, not just the wing that will be named after the contest win...

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"Is Campus Censorship the New Normal?" in Free Inquiry Magazine

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Free Inquiry, Academic Freedom, Atheists, Censorship, Free Speech, Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Wendy Kaminer, Greg Lukianoff, Will Creeley, Ucsf, Tufts University, Religion, Ucsb, Middle East, Yale University, Porn, Fire, College News

We need to be teaching students to not only to tolerate speech they don't like, but also to jump into debates and encourage discussion of different points of view.

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Aging is Old Hat

Gerit Quealy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Anti-Aging, University of Texas, Cellular Biology, To Age or Not to Age, Resveratrol, Life Extension, Ucsf, Caloric Restriction, Dr. Leonardo Dicaprio, Alzheimer?S, Dr. Cynthia Kenyon, Aubrey DeGrey, Dr. Stephen Austad, Gordon Lithgow Ph.D., Barshop Institute, Gerontology, Dr. Leonard Guarante, Daf-2, Entertainment News

Summer movies usually mean blockbusters. But the new film To Age or Not to Age belongs more in the realm of myth busters.

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Snakes 'See' Heat With Same Gene That Lets Us Taste Spicy Mustard

WIRED | Brandon Keim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Snakes Heat, Snakes See Heat, Humans Mustard, Humans Taste, Ucsf, Animals, Humans Heat, Heat Gene, Trpa1, Green News

Genes that make mustard hot and spicy on human tongues also let snakes "see" heat, explaining the remarkable ability of some species to strike prey in...

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Why You'll Need A Personal Brain Trainer

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Senior-Living, Nih, Brain-Health, Brain-Games, Parkinsons, Schizophrenia, Drug Development, Neurological, Cognitive-Science, Allstate, Adults, Technology, Medicine, Efficiency, Games, Therapy, Telemedicine, Safer Driving, Neurocognitive, Myelination, Brain-Fitness-Training, Ucsf, Neuroplasticity, Posit-Science, Internet, Brain-Trainers, Brain-Assessments, Psychiatric, Aaa, Working-Memory-Training, Brain-Fitness, Brain-Training-Software, MATRICS. Neurocognitive Assessment, Neurodegenerative, Mental-Health, State-Farm, Innovation, Embedded Assessments, Alzheimers, Public-Libraries, Cochlear-Implant, Institute-of-Medicine, Fda, Brain-Training, Fitness, Memory, Brain-Functioning, Neuropsych, Cogmed, Coaches, Automated, Scalability, Home Health, Brain-Gym, National-Academy-of-Sciences, Seniors, Speed-of-Processing, Keck Center, Novavision, Insurers, Scientific-Learning, Teens, Integrative Neuroscience, Piano Teachers, Neuropsych Assessments, Personal Brain Trainers, Michael-Merzenich, Scil, Nih-Toolbox, Mci, The Balanced Life, Health, Healthy Living News

Substantial gains could be achieved by organizing everyday activities that grow neurological abilities and sustain brain health. If the ordinary citizen is to achieve brain fitness, they'll need to work at it.

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Video: Treatment Options For Uterine Fibroids

Kathy Plesser, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Uterine Fibroids, Alison Jacoby, Md, Ucsf, Fibroids, Health, Video, Healthy Living News

Dr. Jacoby describes the symptoms and indications for hysterectomy and also about uterine artery emobolization, a method of shrinking fibroids in women who have completed childbearing.

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