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Aging and the Carbon Imaginary

Consider aging as three overlapping progressions: the accumulation of risk, aging as deterioration, and aging as renewal. Aging disrupts life/non-life distinctions, what Povinelli calls geontology, in that aging is a property of non-living matter, but which extends to living matter through...
May 27, 2025
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New lenses allow colorblind to see brilliant color

January 6, 2015
Alex Greer
Red/green colorblindness is a genetic, X-linked trait that affects upward of 7 percent of the male population in the U.S...
Health

UCaSeFiles: Street Drugs: There’s Nothing Sweet About Them

January 6, 2015
Theresa Poulos
A young man with a known history of recreational drug use was found unresponsive and brought in by ambulance to...
Health

Why Walgreens orthotics are just as good as customized orthotics, and other secrets

January 6, 2015
Ilka Felsen
There are a few jewels I’ve come upon at my time here as a physical therapy student. Keep reading for...
Health

EM Everywhere: 2nd Annual NorCal Emergency Medicine Student Symposium Hosted by EMIG

January 6, 2015
Lauren Fryling
It has been only 35 years since emergency medicine was officially recognized as a specialty, and yet in that time...
Health

Do You Have a Sugar Belly? UCSF’s SugarScience Educates the Public on the Truth behind Added Sugar

December 21, 2014
Hanna Starobinets
SugarScience is a website developed by UCSF to act as an authoritative source for the scientific evidence about the effects...
Health

Social Histories: Physicians share stories of mortality in medicine

December 7, 2014
Angela Broad
“Can stories teach us how to let go?” Dr. Joseph Pace queried the standing-room-only audience at “Social Histories,” an event...
Health

6 Things Your Knees Will Thank You For

November 19, 2014
Ilka Felsen
Knee pain is extremely common and annoying! Approximately 25 percent of adults have knee pain, and even scarier, the rate...
Health

UCaSeFiles: Aching Joints: Make Rheum for Treatment

November 19, 2014
Theresa Poulos
Welcome to UCaSeFiles, a column presenting short case vignettes based on the stories of real patients seen on the wards...
Health

Healthy Holidays at UCSF: “Maintain, Don't Gain!” and “Step It Up!” Challenges

November 19, 2014
Theresa Poulos
Pumpkin pie, turkey with gravy, holiday cocktail parties and family gatherings: This time of year is fraught with challenges that...
Health
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