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National Academy of Engineering elects 10 University of California researchers
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What cuts to NIH funding mean for cancer patients and their families
UC Santa Barbara |
Can you trust that app?
That smartphone download might give a hacker access to your data. In response, computer scientists are set to receive $1 million to study smartphone security issues.
California Magazine |
Paleontologist entices diverse students to dig her field
We love to see giant dinosaur fossils in museums, but microfossils are everywhere, geoscientist Lisa White tells school kids. An African-American woman in one of the least diverse scientific fields, White directs education and public programs at the Museum of…
UC Davis |
Prenatal exposure to DDT linked to obesity, diabetes
Exposure to the once-common pesticide before birth slowed the metabolism of female mice and lowered their tolerance of cold temperature. This increased their likelihood of developing metabolic syndrome and its host of related conditions.
UC Santa Cruz |
Tidal forces gave moon its shape
Most of the moon's overall shape can be explained by taking into account tidal effects acting early in the moon's history.
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Expanding access to specialty care
Electronic consultation program between primary care physicians and specialists aims to reduce unnecessary in-person appointments, improve patient outcomes and lower costs.
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Providing a medical home for HIV patients
At UC San Diego Health System, a multidisciplinary approach to HIV care management is improving outcomes for patients. This approach could be a model for chronic care management for others.
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Creating a pathway to practice for international medical graduates
A UCLA program helps doctors trained in Latin American countries and legally residing in the U.S. to become licensed family physicians here and work with underserved communities.
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Preventing dangerous blood clots
UC Irvine Health clinicians have developed novel strategies to prevent the condition, which is a leading cause of preventable deaths.
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A pathway to improving care
From improving medication management to providing a medical home for HIV patients, the University of California has taken steps to enhance care across its medical centers through a first-of-its-kind program.
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Improving medication management
UC Davis Medical Center has enhanced its medication management to reduce medication errors and improve patient care.
UC Berkeley |
Vision-correcting display makes reading glasses so yesterday
Researchers are developing screen displays that can compensate for a viewer's visual impairments to create sharp images without the need for corrective lenses.
UC San Francisco |
Healthy lifestyle may buffer against stress-related cell aging
A new study is the first to show that while the impact of life’s stressors accumulate over time and accelerate cellular aging, these negative effects may be reduced by maintaining a healthy diet, exercising and sleeping well.