The New York Times 9:00 am on June 21, 2022
Tags: audio-neutral-informative ( 370 ), Chronic Condition (Health) ( 84 ), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) ( 13,475 ), long COVID ( 22 ), University of California, San Francisco

What We Do — and, Frustratingly, Don’t — Know About Long Covid

Dr. Lekshmi Santhosh parses what research has illuminated about long Covid, and what questions remain.

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The New York Times 3:00 pm on October 4, 2021
Tags: Brain ( 148 ), Depression (Mental) ( 203 ), Implants ( 12 ), Mental Health and Disorders ( 526 ), Nature Medicine (Journal) ( 18 ), Research ( 1,206 ), Therapy and Rehabilitation ( 140 ), University of California, San Francisco, your-feed-healthcare ( 467 ), your-feed-science ( 1,401 )

A ‘Pacemaker for the Brain’: No Treatment Helped Her Depression — Until This

It’s the first study of individualized brain stimulation to treat severe depression. Sarah’s case raises the possibility the method may help people who don’t respond to other therapies.

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The New York Times 11:54 am on July 15, 2021
Tags: Brain ( 148 ), Chang, Edward F ( 2 ), Computers and the Internet ( 1,758 ), Implants ( 12 ), Liu, Jessie R, Metzger, Sean L, Moses, David A, New England Journal of Medicine ( 47 ), Paralysis ( 16 ), Research ( 1,206 ), University of California, San Francisco, Voice and Speech ( 30 ), your-feed-science ( 1,401 )

Tapping Into the Brain to Help a Paralyzed Man Speak

In a once unimagined accomplishment, electrodes implanted in the man’s brain transmit signals to a computer that displays his words.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on June 3, 2021
Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) ( 13,475 ), Disease Rates ( 757 ), Epidemics ( 489 ), Research ( 1,206 ), University of California, San Francisco

The Disease Detective

Joe DeRisi invented a way to find pathogens that scientists didn’t even know to look for. Can it help prevent the next pandemic?

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The New York Times 7:08 pm on December 16, 2020
Tags: california ( 1,419 ), Cancer ( 136 ), Clinical Trials ( 368 ), Food and Drug Administration ( 473 ), Prostate Cancer ( 9 ), Prostate Gland ( 4 ), Radiation ( 35 ), Tests (Medical) ( 643 ), University of California, Los Angeles ( 35 ), University of California, San Francisco

New Scan Finds Prostate Cancer Cells Hiding in the Body

The test seems likely to improve the diagnosis and treatment of a disease that kills 33,000 American men each year.

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The New York Times 11:26 pm on October 15, 2020
Tags: Abbott Laboratories ( 30 ), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) ( 13,475 ), Disease Rates ( 757 ), Food and Drug Administration ( 473 ), Hispanic-Americans ( 274 ), Mission District (San Francisco, Calif), San Francisco (Calif) ( 163 ), Tests (Medical) ( 643 ), United States ( 3,811 ), University of California, San Francisco, your-feed-science ( 1,401 )

A Rapid Test Offers Hope for Community Screening

In a small study in San Francisco, Abbott’s BinaxNOW identified infectious people nearly as accurately as a P.C.R. test.

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The New York Times 4:59 pm on October 8, 2020
Tags: Animal Behavior ( 196 ), Brain ( 148 ), Epilepsy ( 5 ), Fish and Other Marine Life ( 135 ), Mammals ( 17 ), Sea Lions ( 6 ), Seizures (Medical) ( 14 ), Six Flags Great Adventure, Surgery and Surgeons ( 79 ), University of California, San Francisco, your-feed-animals ( 237 ), your-feed-science ( 1,401 )

Novel Brain Surgery Seeks to Reverse Epilepsy in Sea Lion

Cronutt, like a growing number of ocean mammals, developed seizures because of toxins in the water. Scientists hope the pioneering procedure he underwent this week could help.

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The New York Times 4:55 pm on August 13, 2020
Tags: Art ( 1,367 ), Black People ( 2,782 ), Mason, Biddy, Murals ( 42 ), San Francisco (Calif) ( 163 ), University of California, San Francisco, Zakheim, Bernard (1898-1985)

A Black Nurse Saved Lives. Today She May Save Art.

Once a slave, Biddy Mason went on to a life of extraordinary accomplishments. The fact that she figures in W.P.A. murals in San Francisco may save them from destruction.

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The New York Times 5:21 pm on July 28, 2020
Tags: Alzheimer's Assn ( 9 ), Alzheimer's Disease ( 82 ), Clinical Trials ( 368 ), Dementia ( 61 ), Eli Lilly and Company ( 28 ), Frontotemporal Dementia ( 6 ), Journal of the American Medical Assn ( 24 ), Lund University ( 2 ), Research ( 1,206 ), Tests (Medical) ( 643 ), University of California, San Francisco, your-feed-science ( 1,401 )

‘Amazing, Isn’t It?’ Long Sought Blood Test for Alzheimer’s in Reach

Scientists say such tests could be available in a few years, speeding research for treatments and providing a diagnosis for dementia patients who want to know if they have Alzheimer’s disease.

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The New York Times 9:01 am on July 22, 2020
Tags: Beijing (China) ( 111 ), China ( 2,187 ), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) ( 13,475 ), Deaths (Fatalities) ( 1,196 ), Life-Sustaining Support Systems, Withdrawal Of ( 8 ), Nanchang (China), Politics and Government ( 4,254 ), San Francisco (Calif) ( 163 ), San Francisco General Hospital, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) ( 55 ), taiwan ( 190 ), United States ( 3,811 ), University of California, San Francisco, Wuhan (China) ( 80 )

My Uncle Died of Covid-19 in America. In China, Would He Have Lived?

My father, a Chinese pulmonologist, believes his brother could have been saved.

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The New York Times 1:52 pm on July 7, 2020
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Patient Is Reported Free of H.I.V., but Scientists Urge Caution

Brazilian scientists say the man no longer shows signs of the infection after taking a powerful drug cocktail. But the preliminary results require confirmation.

#acquired-immune-deficiency-syndrome, #brazil, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #tests-medical, #university-of-california-san-francisco, #your-feed-science