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Hematuria and Other Common Urinary Concerns: A Guide for PCPs

Blood in urine is common – and stressful for patients, who want an immediate diagnosis.

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High Risk for Breast Cancer: Methods and Schedules to Ensure Optimal Screening

Hematologist-oncologist Elham Vosoughi, MD, starts with an update on breast cancer stats, noting that incidence in the United States is increasing by 1% every year – with an even sharper rise for women under 50.

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UCSF Cancer Grand Round Series: 2024 Best of the Year

UCSF Health and John Muir Health specialists in treatments for numerous cancers – including breast, lung, bladder and colon cancer – unpack last year's influential trials, several of which established new standards of care for specific patient populations.

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Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: A Common Cause of Spinal Pain

This practical presentation from physical and pain medicine specialist Peter I-Kung Wu, MD, PhD, MPH, takes a deep dive into diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), a problem that particularly affects men over 50, bringing stiffness ...

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Keeping a Luster in the Golden Years: What Geriatricians Bring to Aging Patients

The complex and broad-ranging needs of older adults can be difficult to meet in the primary care setting – or by specialists seeing them for a single disorder

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High Blood Pressure Not Responding to Meds? This Might Help

UCSF Health interventional cardiologists deliver radiofrequency energy to treat overactive nerves contributing to hypertension.

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UCSF Awarded $12M Research Grant to Improve Cancer Outcomes

SPORE Grant from National Cancer Institute provides resources for translational research into genomic, biochemical, and environmental drivers of cancers outcomes.