FYI…UCSF in the News is a daily summary of news stories published worldwide that highlight UCSF, its affiliated programs, and issues that affect the University.  To read the full news story, click the individual headlines listed below.

On the second Wednesday of each month, FYI…UCSF in the News includes an additional "Research Roundup" section that lists research papers authored by UCSF faculty and published in the journals Cell, Health Services Research, JAMA, Lancet, Nature, NEJM, Nursing Research, and Science.

UCSF PRINT AND ONLINE COVERAGE

  • Heart Attack Diagnosis an Hour Faster With Ambulance Cell Phone (Bloomberg News)
    Barbara Drew, nursing professor at the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues reported at the Heart Rhythm Society's annual conference in San Francisco on May 15, that "ambulance workers using cell phones to send data to hospitals shaved an hour from heart attack victims' diagnosis time and got them on the operating table almost 40 minutes faster," said Bloomberg News.
  • DR. RICHARD A. SINNOTT (Rossmoor News)
    The Rossmoor News reports: "Dr. Richard 'Dick' A. Sinnott died May 3 at home with his family by his side after a 13-year battle with Parkinson's. Dr. Sinnott was a vascular surgeon at Eden Hospital in Castro Valley and an associate professor of medicine at UCSF."
  • A promising MS drug has her walkin' (Sacramento Bee)
    Vicki Finlayson relys on off-label use of a drug called Low Dose Naltrexone or LDN to treat her MS, and lobbies to make the drug available.
  • The economics of niche (San Francisco Business Times)
    The Business Times reports: "As residential work has dropped off with the credit crisis, San Francisco designers rely on diversification to thrive. ... Yet for all the national doom and gloom, many of San Francisco's most prominent firms are already diversified and are reporting respectable growth. San Francisco-based Studios Architecture was recently named architect for the new 180,000-square-foot AIA headquarters in Washington, D.C. It has four University of California projects on the drawing boards, including a police station at UCLA, a neuroscience building at UCSF and a health and science complex at Berkeley."
  • Cancer Society's Relay for Life to honor Thomsen (Sonoma West Times & News)
    Healdsburg resident Laurie Thomsen is being treated at UCSF for a brain tumor, and has "undeniable optimism and an upbeat outlook," said the Sonoma West Times.

UCSF TELEVISION COVERAGE

  • Medical mysteries: MS (NBC Nightly News)
    NBC Nightly News interviews Dr. Lindsey Criswell, Dr. Ari Green, and Dr. Stephen Hauser, from the University of California, San Francisco, about autoimmune diseases, and specifically, why multiple sclerosis more common in women. --- Air Time: 6:30

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