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MLK Hospital to reopen Keeping California healthy UC San Diego Medical Center names CEO UC Health goes global Medical school dean appointments UC still trying to get H1N1 vaccine Doctors Academy turns 10 Healing the wounds of war
 
MLK Hospital to reopen

MLK Hospital to reopen

UC Regents unanimously voted today (Nov. 19) to approve entering into a partnership agreement with Los Angeles County to create a private, nonprofit corporation that will reopen and run MLK Hospital.

MLK Hospital to reopen
Keeping California healthy

Keeping California healthy

UC medical student enrollment has risen for the first time in more than 30 years, thanks to PRIME programs -- a highlight of UC Health's annual report.

Keeping California healthy
UC San Diego Medical Center names CEO

UC San Diego Medical Center names CEO

Thomas Jackiewicz joined UC San Diego Health Sciences in 2001, most recently serving as associate vice chancellor and chief financial officer.

UC San Diego Medical Center names CEO
UC Health goes global

UC Health goes global

UC launches a systemwide Global Health Institute with three multicampus centers to lead education programs, develop research projects and implement solutions for health issues.

UC Health goes global
Medical school dean appointments

Medical school dean appointments

UCLA proposes that A. Eugene Washington be approved as dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine; UC Riverside names G. Richard Olds founding dean of the medical school at UC Riverside.

Medical school dean appointments
UC still trying to get H1N1 vaccine

UC still trying to get H1N1 vaccine

The national H1N1 flu vaccine shortage is hitting the University of California, where campuses and medical centers have scant supplies.

UC still trying to get H1N1 vaccine
Doctors Academy turns 10

Doctors Academy turns 10

UCSF Fresno-sponsored program prepares disadvantaged students for college and for health science careers - and gives their dreams a needed boost.

Doctors Academy turns 10
Healing the wounds of war

Healing the wounds of war

Navy secretary thanks the UCLA team behind Operation Mend, which offers reconstructive surgery to servicemen and women wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Healing the wounds of war
Q&A: Dr. John Stobo

Q&A: Dr. John Stobo

October 19, 2009

Six questions for UC's senior vice president for health sciences and services

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In the media

In the media

November 20, 2009

UC regents approve partnership with L.A. County to reopen King Hospital ... Hans Keirstead can make mice walk again (and humans, too?)

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Education & telemed center

November 20, 2009

A groundbreaking ceremony and reception was held today (Nov. 20) for the new UC San Diego Medical Education and Telemedicine Center

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Tissue tension & tumors

November 20, 2009

UCSF scientists have shown for the first time that the rigidity of a tissue can induce cancer

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Specialists join pediatrics

November 20, 2009

Two new physician-researchers have joined the UC San Diego School of Medicine's department of pediatrics

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Davis sues for unpaid claims

November 19, 2009

UC Davis sues Sacramento County for more than $100 million in unpaid claims and to protect rights of indigent residents

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The mummy’s curse

November 19, 2009

A UC discovery suggests that the condition causing heart attacks and strokes isn't just a modern malady -- hardening of the arteries has been detected in Egyptian mummies as old as 3,500 years

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Schizophrenia gene

November 19, 2009

UCSF scientists studying fruit flies have uncovered a new function for a gene whose human equivalent may play a critical role in schizophrenia

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Bone implant offers hope

November 19, 2009

A synthetic bone matrix offers hope for babies born with craniosynostosis, a condition that causes the plates in the skull to fuse too soon

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Risks of excess folic acid

November 19, 2009

A new UC Davis study found that elevated levels of folic acid may aggravate metabolic complications associated with vitamin B-12 deficiency — a serious health concern that can lead to anemia and neurological damage

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Brain’s ability to reorganize

November 18, 2009

UCLA scientists have confirmed that blindness causes structural changes in the brain, indicating that the brain may reorganize itself functionally in order to adapt to a loss in sensory input

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Health reform & innovation

November 18, 2009

Health reform must include push to speed innovation, UCSF's chancellor says (with video)

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