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July 25, 2008

UCSF Print and Online Coverage

  • UCSF pharmacy chokes on bitter budget pills (San Francisco Business Times)
    The SF Business Times reports: "University of California, San Francisco's nationally ranked School of Pharmacy lacks the money to make all the changes it has been told are required to keep its accreditation, according to Dean Mary Anne Koda-Kimble."
  • Snuff out tobacco sales in S.F. pharmacies (San Francisco Business Times)
    Lisa Bero, UCSF professor of clinical pharmacy and health policy, with Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, dean of the UCSF School of Pharmacy, and UCSF professors Robin Corelli, Karen S. Hudmon and Lisa Kroon, are co-authors of an op-ed in the San Francisco Business Times today that supports a proposed ordinance that will ban the sale of tobacco in San Francisco pharmacies.
  • Stem cell funds face roadblock (San Francisco Business Times)
    The SF Business Times reports: "With a $3 billion pot of stem cell research cash in the balance, California legislators want to shift money away from politically explosive human embryonic stem cells to emerging forms of stem cells. --- UCSF and the J. David Gladstone Institutes are mentioned."

UCSF Television Coverage

  • World's first test tube baby turns 30 (ABC 7)
    ABC 7 reports: "The woman whose birth touched off a revolution in the science of fertility is turning 30 years old. Louise Brown, known as the world's first test tube baby, is actually a mother herself now. But the scientific impact of her own birth continues to spark new research and discovery, especially in the Bay Area. Dr. Shehua Shen, director of the Embryology Lab at the UCSF Center for Reproductive Health and pioneer in invitro fertilization, is interviewed. --- Air Time: 6 PM
  • Safety Concerns Raised About Some Generic Drugs (KTVU Channel 2 News)
    KTVU reports: "When a patent expires on a brand-name prescription drug, manufacturers rush to make a generic. Patients and insurance companies like them because they're almost always less expensive. However, some critics are asking if generic options are equally safe." --- UC San Francisco Professor Paul Lofholm is interviewed. --- Air Time: 10 PM

UCSF Radio Coverage

  • Need Some Botox With That Flu Shot? (NPR -- Day to Day)
    NPR reports: "A growing number of general practitioners are adding cosmetic procedures to their offerings as a way to bring in more money." --- Dr. Thomas Bodenheimer, professor of family medicine at the University of California at San Francisco, is interviewed. --- Air Time: 1 PM

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