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Osher Center NewsNovember 3, 2009 "We all know the feeling of desperately needing to unwind. But sometimes real relaxation requires a creative approach." —Stress expert Elissa Epel, PhD, an associate professor in the department of psychiatry and Osher Center affiliate faculty at the University of California at San Francisco, is quoted. Read more. October 15, 2009 A doctor's perspective on mindfulness in the workplace features the September 2009 article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Read more. October 15, 2009 UCSF School of Medicine Dean Sam Hawgood, MBBS, has announced the appointment of Margaret A. Chesney, PhD, as the new director of the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine. Read more. October 5, 2009 Symbolizing a major triumph for UCSF, the University of California and the scientific community at large, molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, on Monday became UCSF’s fourth scientist to be tapped to receive the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD is an active Co-Investigator of the UCSF Osher Center's two largest studies, SHINE and Staying Well. Read more. October 5, 2009 KTSF is a local station that serves the San Francisco Bay Area Asian community and is committed to providing quality news, information and entertainment programming in over 12 different languages. Listen to the KTSF two-part series about integrative medicine including quotes by UCSF Osher Center practitioner Joseph Acquah, LAC, OMD: Note: The interviews with Joseph Acquah, in English, are embedded within the Chinese-language program. October 2009 Consumer Reports has published hospital ratings based on survey responses from more than 1 million patients. In the final results, patients rated UCSF Medical Center as the highest rated hospital in San Francisco with an overall score of 77 percent. UCSF was ranked the 29th best hospital in the state and was also the highest ranked UC Medical Center. In the hospital surveys, conducted by the Consumer Reports National Research Center, subscribers told Consumer Reports about their own or a loved one's most recent hospital stay and nurses reported on their most recent week at work. Hospitals were rated on criteria such as: doctor communication, nurse communication, room cleanliness and discharge instructions. Read the entire survey at the Consumer Reports website. Paid registration required. September 23, 2009 This article just published in JAMA suggests that mindfulness can reduce physician burnout. Read the article. September 21, 2009 This episode of Green Think is dedicated to increasing positivity in your life, featuring Judy Moskowitz, PhD, MPH. Listen to the radio show. September 2009 One of the most promising applications of mindfulness today is in grade-school classrooms, where the rise of bullying and other forms of antisocial behavior has alarmed parents, teachers, and government leaders. Download the PDF from the September 2009 Shambhala Sun. August 24, 2009 President Barack Obama expressed his openness to including complementary and alternative modalities (CAM) in a U.S. health care system during his April 29 Town Hall meeting in Arnold, Missouri. Read more. August 12, 2009 Dr. Andrew Weil, Director of Integrative Medicine at University of Arizona, American Physician and several best selling books on health and healing, highly recommends laughter Yoga. Read the article on laughteryoga.org. August 10, 2009 Researchers have found experimental evidence that a touch can be worth a thousand words, that fleeting physical contact can express specific emotions — silently, subtly and unmistakably. Read the article on NYTimes.com. August 5, 2009 UCSF’s Osher Center for Integrative Medicine is currently registering participants for a daylong conference on stress and coping. Read the article on UCSF Today. July 30, 2009 Complementary and alternative medicine such as acupuncture, herbal supplements and meditation are big business in the United States, totaling nearly $34 billion in out-of-pocket spending, according to a government report released on Thursday. Read the article on Reuters.com. July 22, 2009 You hear the pitch in drug ads all the time: "Ask your doctor if this medication is right for you." Trouble is, in many cases the only way your doctor can answer the question is by having you try the drug. Read the article on MSNBC.com. July 20, 2009 July 16, 2009 Donald Abrams, MD, an integrative oncologist at UCSF, is interviewed by KTVU News about the unregulated herbal remedy industry. July 16, 2009 UCSF Medical Center ranks among the nation's top 10 premier hospitals and is the best in the Bay Area, according to the 2009 "Americas Best Hospitals" survey conducted by U.S. News & World Report. Read more. July 14, 2009 Few things in medicine get simpler the more you investigate them, and the use of vitamins, minerals, and herbal and botanical supplements to prevent or treat cancer is no exception. The article quotes Donald Abrams, MD, director of the integrative oncology research program at UCSF and an integrative medicine physician at the UCSF Osher Center. Read more. July 13, 2009 Elders who maintained or increased their level of physical activity showed significantly less cognitive decline over seven years than those who were not active or whose activity levels declined during that time, according to a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco. Read more. July 10, 2009 Dr. Abrams introduces himself and describes how the estrogen in soy compares to a woman's natural estrogen. Watch the video. June 25, 2009 The rise of obesity is usually blamed on too much eating and not enough exercising, but Robert Lustig, MD, a UCSF pediatric neuroendocrinologist, asks us to look beyond the obvious. Read more. June 22, 2009 We've long known that a healthy diet promotes weight loss and overall well-being, but there's new evidence that shows it may actually slow the aging process. Read more. June 17, 2009 Two Tibetan Buddhist monks, Khenchen Rinpoche and Thupten Tendar, performed a foundation blessing ceremony on the construction site of the UCSF Osher Center's future home. Read more.
June 15, 2009 Red yeast rice -- it's been a staple of some Asian countries for more than 1,000 years. As food coloring, it gives Peking Duck its signature red glow. And as herbal medicine, it lowers cholesterol levels. Read more. June 1, 2009 This nationwide recession isn't just bad for the job market, retirement plans and home sales - it's also wreaking havoc on the country's mental health. The article quotes Judy Moskowitz, PhD, MPH, a researcher at the UCSF Osher Center. Read more. May 27, 2009 Tens of millions of pounds are being wasted by the NHS on useless treatments for back pain, money that should be diverted to alternative therapies such as acupuncture and spinal manipulation, a health service watchdog says today. Read more. May 2009 On Feb. 23, 2009, concurrent with the Institute of Medicine's Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public, two acupuncturists from the Tai Sophia Institute, in Laurel, Md., were able to testify before the Senate Committee on Heath, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) to share their recommendations for policy changes to help put the American health care system on the path to wellness. Read more. April 7, 2009
The UCSF Osher Center recently hosted a group of Shaolin monks from China who were interested in learning how the center integrates traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and meditation into modern medical practice. Read more. April 1, 2009 The NBC Today Show presented an integrative medicine feature. March 16, 2009 KPIX-TV (CBS channel 5) evening news interviewed the UCSF Osher Center's Judy Moskowitz, PhD for a story on the health benefits of expressing gratitude. March 6, 2009 Almost half of women who have discontinued hormone therapy for menopause but still have symptoms turn to complementary and alternative medicine, commonly referred to as CAM. Read more. March 4, 2009 KPIX-TV (CBS channel 5) evening news interviewed the UCSF Osher Center's Judy Moskowitz, PhD for a story on the health benefits of positive emotion. Watch the video clip. The segment begins at the 45-second mark. January 27, 2009 The UCSF Osher Center for Integrative medicine has been chosen by Bay Area Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) parents and families as an LGBTQ family friendly business to be featured in Our Family Coalition's Best of the Gay Bay LGBTQ Resource Guide. The Osher Center offers an LGBTQ and family friendly environment through Nancy Bardacke, CNM, MA's Mind in Labor and Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting classes. Our Family Coalition promotes the civil rights and well being of Bay Area lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) families with children and prospective parents through education, advocacy, and social networking and grassroots community organizing. January 20, 2009 According to research, presidents typically experience accelerated aging— "two years older for every year they're in office." UCSF researchers Elissa Epel, PhD and Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD explain the role of telemeres in aging and their current exploration of whether stress-reduction techniques such as meditation and mindfulness can potentially slow or reverse immune cell aging. January 9, 2009 Read the article examining integrative medicine as cost-effective and medically effective by Deepack Chopra et. al. January 1, 2009 An extract from grape seeds forces laboratory leukemia cells to commit cell suicide, according to researchers from the University of Kentucky. Read more. October 20, 2008 Dr. Donald Abrams, Clinical Director at the UCSF Osher Center, will be on the panel for KALW's radio program City Visions for their show "As Record Numbers of Americans Turn to Integrative Medicine: How Best to Evaluate Treatment Efficacy?" The show will air live on 91.7 FM (San Francisco) on Monday, October 20th from 7:00 to 8:00 pm and people can call in with questions. For more information or to listen live, visit www.cityvisionsradio.com. October 20, 2008 Medical advances sometimes happen in strange ways. Someone finds a fungus in dirty lab dishes and — eureka! — penicillin is born. Now a premier Manhattan hospital is turning a cancer-treatment floor over to a world-famous fashion designer in the hope that serendipity, science and intuition will strike again. Read more. September 30, 2008 Four integrative medicine physicians- including Dr. Kevin Barrows, UCSF Osher Center's director of group programs- share advice on how they prevent and treat the common cold and flu. View the article here, or access the print version. September 15, 2008 Thanks to the generous support of the Bernard Osher Foundation, ground was broken on September 10th for The UCSF Osher Building, our new home at 1545 Divisadero Street in San Francisco. The 5-story, 48,000 square foot building will also house the Division of General Internal Medicine. The Osher Center’s space will occupy the top 3 floors, allowing all three programs: research, education and clinical care to be housed under one roof. The building will also include the ‘Tomoye Takahashi Healing Garden’ --a space of calm and tranquility for patients, families and practitioners. Move-in is expected in Spring, 2010. Read the SF Business Times Article August 8, 2008 Greater Good Magazine explores the effects of applying mindfulness meditation to childbirth and parenting and features Nancy Bardacke, CNM, MA who leads the Mindfulness-Based Childbirth and Parenting (MBCP) classes and The Mind in Labor one-day workshops at the UCSF Osher Center. Read article July 29, 2008 UCSF Today highlights the Staying Well Study at the UCSF Osher Center, which is currently seeking participants. The study is looking for HIV-positive people who are not on medications to determine whether Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) programs slow the progression of HIV. For more information, please visit www.stayingwellstudy.org. July 10, 2008 UCSF Medical Center ranks among the nation's top 10 premier hospitals and is the best in the Bay Area, according to the new 2008 "America's Best Hospitals" survey conducted by U.S. News & World Report. This year, UCSF retains its place as the seventh best hospital in the country, earning a spot on the survey's "honor roll," which recognizes a breadth of excellence across specialties. The magazine calls this honor roll the "best of the best." This is the eighth consecutive year UCSF has earned a top 10 ranking and honor roll status. July 8, 2008 Body Language is a new public radio show which focuses on integrative medicine. Dr. Donald Abrams, Director of Clinical Programs at the Osher Center, is featured in the first show entitled “Attitude”, along with his patient Erika. It highlights how a collaborative doctor-patient attitude can drive the healing process. Details on the premiere: Body Language will premiere on July 8, 2008, on National Public Radio affiliate 91.7 KALW in San Francisco. The show will air at 8 PM Tuesday evenings, July 8, 15, 22 and 29; and at 7 PM Monday evenings, August 4 and 11. The show will also be streamed online at www.kalw.org. June 29, 2008 Dr. Daphne Miller-a former Bravewell fellow with the UCSF Osher Center- discusses why what we eat is important, and how we can take advantage of the same diets from around the world that have helped populations live longer lives and have low rates of diseases such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes. June 9, 2008 An educational film, created by award-winning production company Open Eye Pictures, about family caregiving for loved ones with an aggressive form of brain cancer. The film follows patients and families as they struggle through an unmapped course within complex medical systems. The film is meant to raise awareness of the array of challenges faced as loved ones take on the role of care providers.
June 5, 2008 Reporter Deborah Kotz examines current research on mindfulness and its stress-reducing qualities, including studies being done by UCSF researcher Dr. Elissa Epel and her colleagues. January 9, 2008 Reporter Avery Comarow explores how top hospitals in the nation such as UCSF, are implementing/offering complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) into their treatments with their patients.
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