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Using AI to Improve Detection of Rare Diseases

To improve diagnosis of the rare genetic disease acute hepatic porphyria (AHP), researchers from UC San Francisco and UCLA invented a predictive algorithm to analyze health care records and identify suspected porphyria patients. The algorithm...
18-Jul-2024 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Improving Measurement of Parkinson’s Disease Severity with AI

To provide more personalized treatment for Parkinson's Disease based on individuals’ disease state and progression, researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) developed a video-based analysis system enabled by machine...
9-Jul-2024 7:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Algorithm Improves Blood Sugar Control in Hospitalized Patients

Hospitalized patients with complex dietary restrictions often develop hyperglycemia (high blood sugar), leading to serious complications particularly in those with preexisting diabetes. UCSF endocrinologist Robert J. Rushakoff, MD, and his team...
22-Jun-2024 1:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites

UCSF Health Achieves Robotic Surgery Milestone as First UC Medical Center to Reach 15,000 Procedures

Gastrointestinal cancer surgeons at the UC San Francisco have performed the health system’s 15,000th robotically assisted minimally invasive surgery, making it the first University of California health center to reach this milestone.
13-Jun-2024 2:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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UCSF Health Reaches 15,000 Robotic Surgeries

Gastrointestinal cancer surgeons at the UC San Francisco have performed the health system’s 15,000th robotically assisted minimally invasive surgery, making it the first University of California health center to reach this milestone. UCSF Health...
11-Jun-2024 2:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Signs of Multiple Sclerosis Show Up in Blood Years Before Symptoms

In a discovery that could hasten treatment for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), UC San Francisco scientists have discovered a harbinger in the blood of some people who later went on to develop the disease. 
19-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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UCSF Neurologist to Receive Prestigious Scientific Award

Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MSC, MAS, MBA, MLS, FAAN, UC San Francisco Professor of Neurology and Associate Dean of the San Francisco VA Healthcare System, has been chosen by the American Brain Foundation (ABF) to receive its annual Scientific Breakthrough...
13-Feb-2024 8:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

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New President to Lead Growth of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals

UCSF Health has named Nicholas Holmes, MD, MBA, as the new president of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and senior vice president of UCSF Health Children’s Services.
31-Jan-2024 8:00 AM EST Add to Favorites


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UCSF Surgical Oncologists Improve Treatment Options for Patients with Metastatic Gastrointestinal Cancers

UCSF Health’s surgical oncology team is a Bay Area leader in an innovative chemotherapy infusion pump used to treat patients with widely metastatic colorectal and bile duct cancers that have spread to the liver and are no longer considered...
26-Apr-2023 9:00 AM EDT

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