KQED Louise Aronson UCSF physician and author Louise Aronson joins Michael Krasny in the studio to talk about her new story collection, "A History of the Present Illness." Set in San Francisco, the stories draw on her experience working with the sick and elderly in the city's hospitals and nursing homes.
	Partnership with Peking Union Medical College Hospital UCSF DOM and Peking Union Medical College Hospital have established a partnership to pursue shared goals of scholarly interaction, cultural interchange, and cooperative research toward an overall positive public health impact in both China as well as the U.S.
	Advancing Treatment and Finding Cures The Rheumatology Research Foundation highlights faculty in the Division of Rheumatology in their video on Advancing Treatment and Finding Cures.
	CVP's Website Launches The Center for Vulnerable Populations has a new website, featuring their Precita Eyes mural and twitter feed.
	DNA Project Aims to Make Public a Company’s Data on Cancer Genes Robert L. Nussbaum, MD, leads the Sharing Clinical Reports Project which aims to publicize genetic variant information, specifically in regards to breast cancer data held by Myriad Genetics.
	Sodium, Hiding in Plain Sight Drs. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo and Pam Coxson quoted in the NY Times on their work on high sodium diets in the US.
	Genes and Health: Moving Beyond Race Esteban G. Burchard, MD, MPH, and the Center for Genes, Environments & Health lead research in how ancestry can be leveraged to identify genetic risk factors for disease and disease severity as well as response to therapies.
	Health eHeart Study to Use Technology to Gather Data in Real Time Co-principal investigator of the Health eHeart Study, Jeffrey Olgin, MD, said the technology "is going to change dramatically the way we deliver health care."
	NYTimes: For the Elderly, Medical Procedures to Avoid Eighteen new lists of “Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question” were released last week, and they include the recommendations from geriatricians and palliative care specialists.
	Department of Medicine, AIDS and Geriatrics Ranked as Top Programs U.S. News & World Report ranked UCSF the top school for research in AIDS (#1), Internal Medicine (#2) and Geriatrics (#6).
	Top 10 Patient Safety Strategies Outlined in New Report The new report “illustrates that we have made substantial progress in certain areas ... but that we still have a long way to go before we can declare victory in the battle to keep patients safe," said principal investigator Robert M. Wachter, MD.
	Survey Shows Electronic Communications Unavailable to Lower-Income Patients “Electronic communication is becoming the standard of care, and should be supported in resource-poor settings,” said senior author Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH.
	Weighing the End of Life Louise Aronson, MD, published an Op-Ed in the New York Times which explored the complex issues both animals and humans face at the ends of their lives. The article reached number five on the Times’ most emailed list.
	Study Shows Reducing Sodium Would Save Thousands “No matter how we look at it, the story is the same – there will be huge benefits in reducing sodium,” said lead author Pam Coxson, PhD.
	Fall 2012 Strategic Planning Retreat DOM held its third annual strategic planning retreat in September 2012 to discuss the department’s ability to continue to be a leader in improving value in healthcare.
	Redefining Medicine With Apps and iPads Apps and Web-based information has given clinicians new ways to diagnose symptoms and treat patients and to obtain information - as experienced by Alvin Rajkomar, MD.
	Gastroenterology's New Website Launches Gastroenterology's website launches with the new Department template.
	Geriatrics New Website Launches Geriatrics' website launches with the new Department template.
	OEM's Website Launches Occupational & Environmental Medicine's website launches with the new Department template.
	SFGH It Gets Better Video SFGH, known for being on the forefront of compassion for gays and lesbians since pioneering care for AIDS patients more than 30 years ago, debuts the first It Gets Better video from a hospital anywhere in the Bay Area.
	Diane Havlir to chair the XIX International AIDS Conference "We have the tools right now in our hands to curb the HIV epidemic and to begin to end it," said Diane Havlir, MD, who will chair the XIX International AIDS Conference.
	UCSF and Pfizer to Offer Grant Opportunities for Smoking Cessation The UCSF Smoking Cessation Leadership Center and the Pfizer Medical Education Group announced a new collaboration to offer grant opportunities focused on smoking cessation.
	Beginning of the End of the AIDS Epidemic Paul A. Volberding, MD, Diane V. Havlir, MD and Steven G. Deeks, MD, interviewed to discuss upcoming US AIDS conference and significant advancements in AIDS research, saying it's the "beginning of the end of the AIDS epidemic."
	HIV Patients Four Times the Risk of Suddent Heart Attack “Most cardiologists and HIV specialists are not really aware of this,” said Priscilla Y. Hsue, MD. “We should be screening for coronary disease, treating blood pressure and cholesterol.”
	Loneliness Lethal for Seniors, Study Says "Feeling lonely always hurts, but when it comes to the elderly, it may actually contribute to failing health or an early death," UCSF study, with lead Carla Perissinotto, MD, says.
	Prostate Cancer Drug So Effective Trial Stopped "The hormone treatment when added to a standard steroid therapy doubled the time it takes for the disease to progress in patients," said the lead researcher, Charles Ryan, MD.
	Louis Ptacek, MD Elected to National Academy of Sciences Louis Ptacek, MD has been elected to the prestigious National Academy of Sciences (NAS) for his research on the biology and genetics of several human diseases and disorders.
	Study Shows Connection Between Cardiac Death and HIV/AIDS Researchers, with first author, Zian H. Tseng, MD, discovered patients with HIV/AIDS suffered sudden cardiac death at a rate four times higher than the general population.
	Frontiers of Medicine Spring 2012 The Spring 2012 Frontiers of Medicine issue is now online, featuring stories about colorectal and mammogram screening, the Interstitial Lung Disease Program and more.
	Internal Medicine Ranks Third in US UCSF School of Medicine's Internal Medicine program ranked third in the US News and World Report for 2012.