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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.

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  • The Most Curious Thing (New York Times)
    Errol Morris consulted with psychology professor Paul Ekman at the University of California, San Francisco, in analyzing photographs from Abu Ghraib for his documentary film "Standard Operating Procedure," released in April 2008. Morris discusses his research on this NYT blog.
  • Off at camp - indoors (Sacramento Bee)
    The Sacramento Bee reports: "A rare skin disorder can make sunlight deadly. Thanks to a Sacramento mom's foundation, kids with xeroderma pigmentosum [XP] are experiencing the joys of summer." --- James Cleaver of the University of California, San Francisco, one of the world's foremost experts on XP, is quoted.
  • Preeclampsia Linked to Cardiovascular Problems After Pregnancy (U.S. News & World Report)
    HealthDay reports: "Preeclampsia may change the way arteries respond to insulin, thereby increasing the risk of cardiovascular problems years after the dangerous pregnancy complication occurs, Scandinavian researchers report." --- Dr. Byron Lee, an associate professor of cardiology at University of California, San Francisco, is quoted.
  • Defibrillators Can Save Lives -- When You Have One on Hand (Wall Street Journal)
    The Wall Street Journal reports: "There's no telling whether faster use of a defibrillator might have saved NBC News host Tim Russert, who died of a heart attack June 13. His doctor said co-workers were about to use the office automatic external defibrillator (AED) when paramedics arrived. They shocked his heart several times in vain. Still, experts say his death underscores that cardiac arrest can strike unexpectedly, and that every workplace should have an AED -- ideally less than three minutes' walk from anyone. --- Jeffrey Olgin, chief of Cardiac Electrophysiology at the University of California, San Francisco, is interviewed.

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