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		<title>Microchips that &#8220;see&#8221; like eyes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Gault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kwabena Boahen, associate professor in Stanford University&#8217;s department of bioengineering, leads a research group that is trying to mimic the functions of the brain’s complex neural system using silicon chips. He hopes his research will lead to neuromorphic processors, small computers that could replace damaged neural tissue or silicon retinas that restore vision. &#8220;What we&#8217;re [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=162060&amp;post=30&amp;subd=mdnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Local Hospitals Create Home-like Environments</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Gault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to growing evidence that healing is linked to home-like environments, Bay Area medical centers are wooing patients with a host of new amenities. Kaiser Permanente&#39;s $750 million medical center in Santa Clara is one of the more dramatic illustrations of this trend, with sheer glass walls, carpeted floors and a variety of creature [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=162060&amp;post=21&amp;subd=mdnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>UCSF To hold &#8220;Mini Medical School&#8221; for the Public</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2006 04:16:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Gault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beginning in May, UCSF professors will give a series of classes&#160;to the general public, under the banner Bringing Science to Life: The Promise of Modern Medicine. The lectures&#160;are designed to give the layman a window onto what goes on in university classrooms and research labs. Scheduled lectures include: Risky Business: Reporting on Research in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=162060&amp;post=18&amp;subd=mdnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gladstone Institutes: Best Place for Postdocs to Work</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Gault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life sciences journal The Scientist ranks San Francisco-based J. David Gladstone Institutes as the best place to do postdoctoral studies, jumping from 12th place in 2005. The Institutes’ recent move across the street from UCSF&#8217;s Mission Bay campus has strengthened their affiliation with the university, where postdocs and faculty hold joint appointments. Primary research efforts at the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=162060&amp;post=23&amp;subd=mdnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mission Bay Life Science Campus</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 11:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Gault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alexandria Real Estate Equities has just secured the first tenant for the 2.1 million square foot Mission Bay life science campus the firm plans to complete by 2013. Sirna Therapeutics is moving its headquarters to 1700 Owens St., the first building Alexandria is constructing. The 155,000-square-foot building is expected to be completed later this year, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=162060&amp;post=10&amp;subd=mdnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Electronic Records Transform Healthcare</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Mar 2006 22:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Gault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Electronic health records and health-information technology are poised to transform healthcare, forecasts Jo Ellen H. Ross, CEO of San Francisco-based consulting firm Lumetra. Specifically: Pay for Performance.&#160;Effective treatment and preventative care&#160;will be measured, and doctors will be rewarded for achieving patient satisfaction and&#160;making effective use&#160;of computer technology. Local IT firms Cisco Systems, Intel and Oracle [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=162060&amp;post=13&amp;subd=mdnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Outlawing Private Health Insurance in California</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2006 21:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Gault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Proposed state legislation calling for the establishment of a state-run single payer system for health care is still under consideration. If enacted, private health insurance would be abolished in California. The legislation is modeling on the Canadian system of socialized medicine which, until a recent court ruling in the province Quebec, made all private health [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=162060&amp;post=16&amp;subd=mdnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Doctor Guides Google Charity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Feb 2006 11:21:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Gault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google has tapped Dr. Larry Brilliant, a man with deep roots both in technology and altruism, to serve as executive director Google.org, the company&#8217;s philanthropic arm, which has an initial war chest of $1 billion. Dr. Brilliant&#8217;s r&#233;sum&#233; shows that he spent as much time in nonprofit public health services as he has directing technology [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=162060&amp;post=11&amp;subd=mdnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>HSAs for Small Business Owners</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2006 01:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alex Gault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bay Area small businesses are constantly challenged to provide affordable healthcare insurance to employees (as are employees often for themselves). Some are considering Health Savings Accounts (HSAs). Here&#8217;s a useful outline of HSA benefits: 1. You can cover your insurance deductible and other medical expenses with funds from the HSA. 2. If funds remain in the account at [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=162060&amp;post=5&amp;subd=mdnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Local Surgeon Wins Award for Doing Surgery For Free</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 03:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Medical Association has granted the 2006 Pride in the Profession Award to William Schecter for his work providing free low-risk outpatient operations to the uninsured in the San Francisco Bay Area. Schecter is a professor of clinical surgery at UCSF, and co-founder of Operation Access, a nonprofit organization that provides donated ambulatory surgery [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mdnews.wordpress.com&amp;blog=162060&amp;post=17&amp;subd=mdnews&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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