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  • Why is advanced prostate cancer on the rise in California?

    Why is advanced prostate cancer on the rise in California?
    2025/02/18
    KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health, presents As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. One type of cancer is on the rise in California. Experts at UCSF are finding higher rates of advanced prostate cancer in California, which could be linked to a lack of routine screenings. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Bred Burkhart spoke with Erin Van Blarigan, UCSF health expert, and the study's lead author.
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    8 分
  • Rises in rates of throat cancer potentially linked to HPV

    Rises in rates of throat cancer potentially linked to HPV
    2025/02/11
    KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. HPV is a sexually transmitted virus that is now causing new concern. There's been a rise in throat cancer cases caused by the virus. For more KCBS Radio news anchor Bret Burkhart spoke with Dr. Ilya Likhterov, head and neck surgeon at UCSF Health’s cancer center in Berkeley.
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    8 分
  • How does the Cal-MAP mental health portal support kids?

    How does the Cal-MAP mental health portal support kids?
    2025/02/04
    KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health, presents As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. The pandemic revealed a lot about health care disparities in the U.S., and one of those includes kids and young adults. For more on how UCSF Health is providing a safety net for kids, KCBS Radio anchor Bret Burkhart spoke with Dr. Petra Steinbucal, Medical Director of Mental Health and Child Development at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland, and the director of Cal-Map.org.
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    9 分
  • How do doctors approach treating chronic pain?

    How do doctors approach treating chronic pain?
    2025/01/28
    KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. Chronic pain impacts some 1 in 5 Americans. It's source is often difficult to determine, but new treatments are offering hope. For more, KCBS' anchor Patti Reising spoke with Dr. Chris Abrecht, Medical Director for the Center for Pain Medicine at UCSF Health.
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    9 分
  • Paxlovid found to help ease symptoms of Long COVID

    Paxlovid found to help ease symptoms of Long COVID
    2025/01/21
    KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. Today we are talking about long COVID and the drug Paxlovid. A new study from UCSF has found it can help some people who are suffering from long COVID, contradicting previous research that found that it didn't have any effect. KCBS Radio anchor Patti Reising spoke with Dr. Alison Cohen, epidemiologist and researcher at UCSF Health.
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    9 分
  • Alcohol labels might soon contain cancer warnings

    Alcohol labels might soon contain cancer warnings
    2025/01/14
    KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. Alcohol warning labels are not new. For years, they have warned about the dangers for pregnant women and those who operate heavy machinery. But, the US Surgeon General is now calling for cancer warnings on those alcohol labels. For more, KCBS' Bret Burkhart spoke with Dr. Robert Hiatt, UCSF Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and the Associate Director for Population Sciences at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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    8 分
  • Norovirus is circulating around the country

    Norovirus is circulating around the country
    2025/01/07
    KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. Severe outbreaks are leading to surging cases of the Norovirus in the United States and the Bay Area. The highly contagious illness has reached significant levels for the first time in over a decade. For more, KCBS' Patti Reising spoke with Dr. Peter Chin Hong, Infectious disease physician with UCSF Health.
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    8 分
  • UCSF's new clinic: The Neurology Complex Diagnosis Clinic

    UCSF's new clinic: The Neurology Complex Diagnosis Clinic
    2024/12/31
    KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health, presents As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. Diagnosing a neurological condition can be difficult, putting patients through a range of mental and physical difficulties. A new clinic at UCSF is hoping to make it easier for patients to navigate the system. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Bret Burkhart spoke with Dr. Maggie Waung, Neurologist and director of the Neurology Complex Diagnosis Clinic at UCSF Health.
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    9 分