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What Causes Shoulder Osteoarthritis? This Study Hopes to Find Out

The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine (AOSSM) and the Arthritis Foundation have awarded a $500,000 multicenter research grant to UCSF Health’s Michael Davies, MD, and co-principal ...
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Some Breast Tumors Tunnel Into Fat to Fuel Up. Can We Stop Them?

A UCSF team discover how breast cancer tumors tunnel into neighboring fat cells to trigger fat breakdown in order to feed on ...
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From Chronic Pain to Parkinson’s, 4 Ways DBS is Changing Care

UCSF looks back on four ways it pioneered deep brain stimulation with the help of federal funding, helping patients with ...
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This Protein Slows the Aging Brain, and We Know How to Counter It

Scientists discover a protein that gets concentrated in the brain during aging, leading brain connections to wither and ...
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New Device Reduces Heart Failure Symptoms

The vascular surgery team at UCSF Health recently became the first among University of California medical centers to implant a Barostim device to treat heart failure. The team implanted the device in ...