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COVID-19 Masks: Expert Tips for What You Should (and Shouldn’t) …
Aug 13, 2024 · Chin-Hong: Medical N95, KN95 and KF94 masks all filter out lots of particles from the air and are the best at protecting against COVID-19. Avoid masks with valves, which allow a wearer’s breath to pass out unfiltered, spreading germs. Disposable surgical masks are less effective but still reduce your COVID-19 risk especially if well fitting.
Long-Term Prognosis for Some Patients With Severe Brain Injury …
Jul 20, 2021 · New research adds to a body of evidence indicating decisions about withdrawing life-sustaining treatment for patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) should not be made in the early days following injury.
I’m a Microplastics Researcher. Here’s How To Limit Their Dangers
Feb 27, 2024 · An invisible invasion by land, air and sea: Microscopic plastic pieces are in the food we eat, the air we breathe and the water we drink – bottled or not. For more than three decades, UC San Francisco Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH, has researched how the toxic chemicals that ...
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Why Do Teens Have Sex Early? Family, Neighborhood Are Big …
Jun 4, 2024 · About 23% of U.S. children have sex by 10th grade, with early sexual debut more common among males and Black and Latinx youth. Having sex at a young age is associated with a higher risk of contracting sexually transmitted illnesses, including HIV infections, having unplanned pregnancies and becoming depressed, research shows.
Can a New Drug Candidate Cure Pancreatic Cancer?
Mar 5, 2024 · UC San Francisco researchers have designed a candidate drug that could help make pancreatic cancer, which is almost always fatal, a treatable, perhaps even curable, condition. The new drug candidate permanently modifies a wily cancer-causing mutation, called K-Ras G12D, that is responsible for nearly half of all pancreatic cancer cases and ...
UCSF Medical Center Ranks 1st Nationwide in Neuro, Among Top …
Jul 26, 2021 · Neurosurgeon Edward Chang, MD, performs brain surgery at UCSF. The 2021-22 Best Hospitals survey by U.S. News & World Report ranked the UCSF Medical Center as the nation’s best hospital for neurology and neurosurgery, which are part of the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences. Photo by Barbara Ries. UCSF Medical Center has been recognized as the nation’s best hospital for neurology and ...
40 Years of AIDS: A Timeline of the Epidemic | UC San Francisco
Jun 4, 2021 · By Lisa Cisneros. Over the past four decades, UCSF has led the way in its heroic and committed response to the AIDS epidemic, both locally and globally. This timeline covers some of the highlights over the past 40 years at UCSF, in the nation and around the world after a mysterious outbreak affecting gay men was first reported on June 5, 1981.
Pricey Protocol Not Proven to Prevent or Reverse Alzheimer’s, Says …
May 13, 2020 · A protocol comprising dietary supplements and lifestyle changes that claims to prevent or reverse Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline has drawn media fanfare and critical acclaim from health gurus and even physicians. But endorsement of these claims is frequently based on three published papers – all of which share the hallmarks of second-rate science, according to a cognitive ...