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UCSF Reaches $300K Settlement Over Disability Accommodation Dispute
What does UCSF do? Train medical professionals. So imagine what kind of medical professional a systemically ableist institution trains.
"The complaint, originally filed in 2022, alleged that UCSF repeatedly failed to meaningfully engage with the employee regarding requests to work remotely despite documentation from a doctor supporting the accommodation.
According to CRD, the employee was at one point involuntarily placed on medical leave and required to continue commuting to work in pain for an extended period.
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The complaint further alleged that the employee could have continued performing the job remotely because the department was already operating virtually at the time"https://davisvanguard.org/2026/05/ucfsf-remote-work-disability/
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UCSF Reaches $300K Settlement Over Disability Accommodation Dispute
What does UCSF do? Train medical professionals. So imagine what kind of medical professional a systemically ableist institution trains.
"The complaint, originally filed in 2022, alleged that UCSF repeatedly failed to meaningfully engage with the employee regarding requests to work remotely despite documentation from a doctor supporting the accommodation.
According to CRD, the employee was at one point involuntarily placed on medical leave and required to continue commuting to work in pain for an extended period.
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The complaint further alleged that the employee could have continued performing the job remotely because the department was already operating virtually at the time"https://davisvanguard.org/2026/05/ucfsf-remote-work-disability/
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UCSF Reaches $300K Settlement Over Disability Accommodation Dispute
What does UCSF do? Train medical professionals. So imagine what kind of medical professional a systemically ableist institution trains.
"The complaint, originally filed in 2022, alleged that UCSF repeatedly failed to meaningfully engage with the employee regarding requests to work remotely despite documentation from a doctor supporting the accommodation.
According to CRD, the employee was at one point involuntarily placed on medical leave and required to continue commuting to work in pain for an extended period.
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The complaint further alleged that the employee could have continued performing the job remotely because the department was already operating virtually at the time"https://davisvanguard.org/2026/05/ucfsf-remote-work-disability/
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UCSF Reaches $300K Settlement Over Disability Accommodation Dispute
What does UCSF do? Train medical professionals. So imagine what kind of medical professional a systemically ableist institution trains.
"The complaint, originally filed in 2022, alleged that UCSF repeatedly failed to meaningfully engage with the employee regarding requests to work remotely despite documentation from a doctor supporting the accommodation.
According to CRD, the employee was at one point involuntarily placed on medical leave and required to continue commuting to work in pain for an extended period.
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The complaint further alleged that the employee could have continued performing the job remotely because the department was already operating virtually at the time"https://davisvanguard.org/2026/05/ucfsf-remote-work-disability/
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UCSF Reaches $300K Settlement Over Disability Accommodation Dispute
What does UCSF do? Train medical professionals. So imagine what kind of medical professional a systemically ableist institution trains.
"The complaint, originally filed in 2022, alleged that UCSF repeatedly failed to meaningfully engage with the employee regarding requests to work remotely despite documentation from a doctor supporting the accommodation.
According to CRD, the employee was at one point involuntarily placed on medical leave and required to continue commuting to work in pain for an extended period.
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The complaint further alleged that the employee could have continued performing the job remotely because the department was already operating virtually at the time"https://davisvanguard.org/2026/05/ucfsf-remote-work-disability/
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@digyoursoul Having trained in surgery at #UCSF 1988-1993 When #HIV was omnipresent and universally fatal I am thrilled that such drugs are available. Since vaccines have not yet been developed, this is the best chance to stop the #HIV epidemic, and end the awful suffering and death it causes.
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Need help navigating the IDL website? At our virtual office hour, you can ask the IDL archivists your burning questions about how to best use the archive search and research tools.
Register for IDL's February 24 Office Hours at https://tiny.ucsf.edu/c8JXyw (accessibility info in link)
Monday, May 4 from 1 - 2 p.m. PDT
On Zoom • live Q&A • not recorded
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SHEROES Study: LA-based Peer-driven Health Intervention for Black, Latinx and Indigenous Women of Color Engaged in Sex Work.
Last cohort is being launched.
Care to help spread the word? 💖🌐 https://swoplosangeles.org/sheroesstudy/
📄ℹ Details PDF (2nd image): https://swoplosangeles.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Shero-Intervention-Implementation-v7-B.pdfℹ️📞 For more information, please contact:
The TransLatin@ Coalition: (833) 847-2331, ext 238
Unique Woman's Coalition: (323) 499-1193#Research #USA #LosAngeles #SexWork #Trans #Black #Latinx #Indigenous #HealthIntervention #SWOPLA #UCLA #UCSF #UWC #UniqueWomansCoalition #TLC #TransLatinCoalition #SexWorkers #Latina
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Thank you to the #Penn Memory Center for hosting #AgeofAging & this episode on ambiguous loss. We discussed the experiences of my father's early-onset #Alzheimer's & my attempt to put into words my love & #grief for what he was going through. W/gratitude to the #PennMemoryCenter and, as always, to #neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller of #UCSF's #MemoryandAgingCenter for writing w/me our dual #memoir, Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, & the# Brain.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ambiguous-loss/id1757439424?i=1000756950309
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Scientists at UCSF and Biohub have developed a seaweed-derived material that helps miniature lab-grown organs form more consistently. By blending alginate microparticles into Matrigel, they created a gel that holds printed cells in position while allowing organoids to grow and organize themselves. The discovery could advance disease research and move medicine closer to manufacturing replacement human tissue. https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/ucsf-and-biohub-scientists-develop-new-material-to-grow-more-consistent-lab-organs-250183/ #3Dprint #3Dprinting #UCSF #Biohub #organoid
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The AI Con authors Emily M. Bender (Professor of Linguistics, University of Washington) and Alex Hanna (Director of Research, Distributed AI Research Institute) break down a #NYT opinion piece that exemplifies hype laundering: how AI industry narratives get legitimized through respected voices in prestigious outlets.
The article is "Stop Worrying, and Let A.I. Help Save Your Life" by Dr. Robert Wachter, chair of the Department of Medicine at #UCSF, published in the New York Times on January 19, 2026.
Dr. Wachter admits he's replacing professional medical consultations with colleagues—what physicians call "curbside consults"- with ChatGPT queries. He claims AI's input is "virtually always useful," though he admits it's sometimes "just plain wrong." Emily responds: "People who really should know better have fallen for this." Alex notes the absurdity: "This seems like really a weird kind of approach to medical practice... Maybe someone who is concerned about their different medical conditions and had no place to turn, but someone at UCSF. I've been to UCSF. That's very alarming."
Wachter provides zero peer-reviewed studies, no outcome data, no comparative metrics. Just personal anecdotes claiming the tools work. Emily points out he's demonstrating "no evidence-based practice of checking like how well does this work and also how does it impact the work of physicians when they're using it."
The accountability problem is central. Alex observes that with a human colleague, "you would actually know it's coming from them and there's some accountability if they give you some just wild advice." With LLMs? No one is responsible when the answer is wrong. Emily: "The point isn't that the answers are unreliable. Is that there's no accountability for the answers."
She also raises automation bias concerns: "If you review the output, are you also reviewing the things that you didn't get to because it didn't come out as output?" The system's omissions may be as dangerous as its errors.
Wachter is against "overly restrict[ing] A.I. tools" by "setting an impossibly high bar." Classic regulatory capture language. Emily: "I want all medical devices to be tightly regulated."
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2687163982 (just the video stream https://d2vi6trrdongqn.cloudfront.net/bc9948ab01f26c79a170_dair_institute_317110603102_1770049612/720p60/index-dvr.m3u8)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/opinion/ai-health-medical-care.html
#ChatGPT (#OpenAI) is #Trump's biggest donor, and #ICE uses ChatGPT. It's time to quit. http://quitgpt.org/
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I just returned from a transformational week with the #UCSF #GBHI cohort at the #MAC. Here is a photo of the group after the Salon on Fairness, a wonderful presentation about how we might think about justice in relation to brain health. It was inspiring being among #neurologists, #psychiatrists, and #writers all committed to bringing about a world where brain health is a human right.
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#3Goodthings (Global Brain Health Institute @ #UCSF)
1. Bruce Miller, UCSF #neurologist, & I read from our memoir, took ?s from #GBHI fellows, & signed copies.
2. Met w/#GBHI fellows, all focused on brain health. Heard about extraordinary work training primary care #physicians in #Ghana to recognize #MCI; more efficient #MCI screening in #Uganda; connect #psychiatrists & neurologists in #Guatemala.
3. Talked w/the GBHI fellows about science & the #humanities. Better together!
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Tomorrow (1.27) from 4:30 to 6:30 pm, #UCSF #neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller & I will be discussing the #memoir we wrote together in honor of my father, Jerry, who died of early-onset #Alzheimer's. We will be taking questions & sharing/signing our #book, Finding the Right Words: A Story of #Literature, #Grief, & the #Brain. Please come to the Sandler Auditorium at #UCSF if you are in the area.
https://calendar.ucsf.edu/event/author-talk-and-book-signing
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#3GoodThings (outreach for people w/#dementia and those who love them)
1. Helped someone in the support group I lead.
2. Did a podcast w/Dr. Dani Cabral about my #memoir.
3. Going to #UCSF for an author signing, a talk to fellows in the neurology program (I'm an alumna), & office hours about writing.
I ask what my father, Jerry, who died of early-onset #Alzheimer's, would have wanted me to do. He tells me to help others however I can. His love & profound generosity guide me.
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A week from today, January 27th at 4:30 pm (PT), Dr. Bruce Miller of #UCSF & I will be reading from the dual #memoir we wrote in honor of my father, Jerry, who died of early-onset #Alzheimer's disease. The event will take place in the Sandler auditorium. Please come, listen, & ask questions if you have them. We will be signing & giving away our #book, Finding the Right Words: A Story of #Literature, #Grief, and the #Brain.
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On January 27th from 4:30 to 6:00 pm, Dr. Bruce Miller and I will be discussing the #memoir we wrote together in honor of my father, Jerry, who died of early-onset #Alzheimer's. We will be taking questions & sharing/signing our #book, Finding the Right Words: A Story of #Literature, #Grief, & the #Brain. Please come to the Sandler Auditorium at #UCSF if you are in the area.
https://calendar.ucsf.edu/event/author-talk-and-book-signing
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🔬🧠 Ah, yes! The brilliant minds at #UCSF have discovered the gob-smacking revelation that maybe—just maybe—if we starve cells, they might... starve. 🥱 Truly groundbreaking stuff, folks. Next, they'll be telling us that drinking water could somehow quench thirst! 💧🙄
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/01/429411/how-hungry-fat-cells-could-someday-starve-cancer-death #Discovery #CellStarvation #GroundbreakingResearch #ScienceHumor #HackerNews #ngated -
I'm honored to be doing this event w/Dr. Bruce Miller, a brilliant #neurologist & dear friend. He took a chance on writing a #memoir w/me in honor of my father, who died of early-onset #Alzheimers. I will be grateful to Bruce forever.
We'll be reading from the #book on January 27, 2026 from 4:30 to 6 pm at #UCSF, answering questions, sharing knowledge (Bruce is an expert in #dementia, particularly #FTD) & experiences. If you are in the area & can come, please do.
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I'm honored to be doing this event w/Dr. Bruce Miller, a brilliant #neurologist & dear friend. He took a chance on writing a #memoir w/me in honor of my father, who died of early-onset #Alzheimers. I will be grateful to Bruce forever.
We'll be reading from the #book on January 27, 2026 from 4:30 to 6 pm at #UCSF, answering questions, sharing knowledge (Bruce is an expert in #dementia, particularly #FTD) & experiences. If you are in the area & can come, please do.
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I'm honored to be doing this event w/Dr. Bruce Miller, a brilliant #neurologist & dear friend. He took a chance on writing a #memoir w/me in honor of my father, who died of early-onset #Alzheimers. I will be grateful to Bruce forever.
We'll be reading from the #book on January 27, 2026 from 4:30 to 6 pm at #UCSF, answering questions, sharing knowledge (Bruce is an expert in #dementia, particularly #FTD) & experiences. If you are in the area & can come, please do.
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I'm honored to be doing this event w/Dr. Bruce Miller, a brilliant #neurologist & dear friend. He took a chance on writing a #memoir w/me in honor of my father, who died of early-onset #Alzheimers. I will be grateful to Bruce forever.
We'll be reading from the #book on January 27, 2026 from 4:30 to 6 pm at #UCSF, answering questions, sharing knowledge (Bruce is an expert in #dementia, particularly #FTD) & experiences. If you are in the area & can come, please do.
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I'm thrilled to be doing this event w/Dr. Bruce Miller, a brilliant #neurologist & dear friend. He took a chance on writing a #memoir w/me in honor of my father, who died of early-onset #Alzheimers. I will be grateful to Bruce forever.
We'll be reading from the #book on January 27, 2026 from 4:30 to 6 pm at #UCSF, answering questions, sharing knowledge (Bruce is an expert in #dementia, particularly #FTD) & experiences. If you are in the area & can come, please do.
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS: #Sunbeds make you old! Who needs #science to tell us that turning into a human raisin isn't good for you? 🧓 Thanks, #UCSF, for the hot take!🌞🔬
https://www.ucsf.edu/news/2025/12/431206/indoor-tanning-makes-youthful-skin-much-older-genetic-level #Aging #Health #News #HackerNews #ngated -
@jeridansky Sorry no. My current PCP at #UCSF is being an a$$hole &, if they don't reassign me a new one there I'm going to start looking for a new one in another medical group starting in January. I'm a Blue Shield PPO member.
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As 2025 wraps up, we’re looking back at a big year for the #UCSF Industry Documents Library.
Here’s our 2025 Year in Review - highlighting the milestones, growth, and impact across the IDL this year. #YearInReview
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"A federal judge refused to step aside in an ADA Bias Lawsuit filed by a former law student who says the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, denied him required accommodations for Tourette syndrome. As a result, the case remains with U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen in the Northern District of California."
https://www.jdjournal.com/2025/12/09/recusal-denied-in-former-students-ada-bias-lawsuit/ #Disability #Law #UCAccessNow #UCSF
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Johns Hopkins UP is discounting all books by 50%. Purchases over $50 get free shipping. Use discount code HCYB25.
Here is a link to the preface of my #memoir, written w/the brilliant #UCSF #neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller, Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain. His explanations of how the #brain works (or w/#dementia, why it doesn't) are beautifully written & incredibly helpful to those who struggle to understand.
https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12605/finding-right-words
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Today we are celebrating World Digital Preservation Day! Why do we preserve? The UCSF Industry Documents Library is made up of millions of documents that are considered an endangered digital species. Check out the Digital Preservation Coalition's Global 'Bit List' of Endangered Digital Species.
#WDPD2025 #digitalpreservation #archives #digitalarchives #ucsf -
How is a brain like a mountain? Read "Brain Cartography: Mapping a place that everyone knows, but (almost) no one has ever been" here: https://stamen.com/brain-cartography-mapping-a-place-that-everyone-knows-but-almost-no-one-has-ever-been/
#design #cartography #ScienceCommunication #UCSF #BrainScience #NeuroSci
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I just read (thank you @rwg) that Bookshop.org is having an anti-prime sale. 20% off and free shipping today and tomorrow. Local bookstores get the benefit and not the person whose billions are wreaking havoc.
Here's a link to my #memoir, written with #UCSF #neurologist, Dr. Bruce Miller.
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Scientists Found a Major Problem With Vitamin B12 Guidelines, and Your Brain Might Be at Risk
Low-normal B12 in older adults was tied to slower processing, cognitive decline, and brain damage. Scientists warn that current requirements may be too low. Cre…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Nutrition #BRAIN #Cognition #dementia #neuroscience #nutrition #UCSF #Vitamins
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2310201/scientists-found-a-major-problem-with-vitamin-b12-guidelines-and-your-brain-might-be-at-risk/ -
Scientists Found a Major Problem With Vitamin B12 Guidelines, and Your Brain Might Be at Risk https://www.diningandcooking.com/2310201/scientists-found-a-major-problem-with-vitamin-b12-guidelines-and-your-brain-might-be-at-risk/ #BRAIN #Cognition #dementia #neuroscience #nutrition #UCSF #Vitamins
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Today is my #memoir's 4th birthday. It wasn't until I wrote the preface that I realized writing the #book was my way of sitting #shiva & saying #kaddish for my father who died of early-onset #Alzheimer's. Dr. Bruce Miller, #neurologist @ #UCSF, sat shiva w/me. I will be eternally grateful.
Acknowledging that I'll never recover from how my father died has strangely liberated me to remember him (w/ and w/o the disease- I had forgotten the latter) & help others.
https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/12605/finding-right-words
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My #memoir about my beloved dad, Jerry, turns 4 this week. Please consider buying it from #JohnsHopkinsUP or Bookshop.org. Here is my website with links to both. #UCSF #neurologist, dear friend, and co-author Dr. Bruce Miller explains what happens to the brain when #dementia strikes. The #book has a lot to say about #grief, #neurology, and #literature, especially #MobyDick. Readers have said they have found it helpful. If you read it, I hope you do, too.
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As invited, someone indeed came to our booth to see his own lipase #protein #structure project in #HoloDeck - fantastic! We prepared the file within a few minutes using #UCSF #ChimeraX and presented it in #AugmentedReality.
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #bioinformatics #CompChem #AR #education #STEM #MINT @tiltfive -
🎉 Our team won the Silver Award in Design at #UCTech2025 for our work redesigning the #UCSF Industry Documents Library! Our new website launches on August 18th - Stay tuned!
#TechAwards #DesignTeam #DigitalLibraries #HigherEdTech #library #archives
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🎉 Our team won the Silver Award in Design at #UCTech2025 for our work redesigning the #UCSF Industry Documents Library! Our new website launches on August 18th - Stay tuned!
#TechAwards #DesignTeam #DigitalLibraries #HigherEdTech #library #archives
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#MedicalInsurance #Medicare #MedicarePlus
Just received noticed from #BlueShield that #UCSF, my medical provider for the last 15 years, is leaving the #BlueShieldOfCA #PPO medical network as of 7/10/2025. ☹️
Just started doing some research on which groups are available where I can find a new PCP & all of the "reviews" for all of the medical groups in my area & beyond are dismal. 🤦♂️
That said, I've found that as long as I get a PCP that I get along with & who is responsive to my needs/requests, I'm happy even if the reviews for the group are poor.
So, I may need to try a couple in various groups before I find the PCP that I like.
As the member of a PPO, I don't have to worry all about getting referrals for specialized care but the day-to-day medical care -- labs & prescriptions -- is all I generally need & I just need to find another PCP who is on the same page with me for those things.
Wish me luck! 😉
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The Doctor's Bookshelf (a blog of books every doctor should read, courtesy of Dr. Ibrahim Imam) lists Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and The Brain, written by me and #UCSF #Neurologist Dr. Bruce Miller, as one of the Ten Incredibly Moving Patient #Memoirs about the Brain.
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The memoir I wrote with #UCSF #neurologist, Dr. Bruce Miller, Finding the Right Words: A Story of Literature, Grief, and the Brain is now available through the HFC website. Please check out the bookshop and see the other books on #caregiving and #brain health. Thank you to #LaurenMillerRogen and #SethRogen for your advocacy and profound generosity.
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NO ROOM FOR EMERGENCY
San Francisco’s Biggest Hospital System: “ Don’t Talk About Palestine “
https://theintercept.com/2024/11/19/ucsf-medical-palestine-speech/Healthcare workers of San Francisco Jan. 14, 2024, at the March for Gaza.
A “watermelon” Palestine Solidarity badge.
A die in at the Town Hall#healthworkers #nurses #midwives #UCSF #SanFrancisco #Palestine #Solidarity
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⚠️ New #UCSF #FindCOVID / #LIINC paper in #NatureComms showing covid19 burden in first 3 weeks of a COVID 🦠infection predicts future #LongCovid
In addition to Long Covid treatment trials, we need investment in studies to prevent Long Covid!
Zero US-based trials on prevention so far.
https://www.
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A study of more than 22,000 people with multiple sclerosis (MS) has discovered the first genetic variant associated with faster disease progression, which ca...
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#Dr.BruceMiller of #UCSF with words of wisdom about #dementia. Like difficulties with sleep and hearing, mood changes, such as #depression, can be a #prodromal indicator of a #brain struggling with# dementia. This slide appears in the podcast I did with All Home Care Matters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_S5KXdLXZ8
#EndAlz -
#Dr.BruceMiller of #UCSF with words of wisdom about #dementia. Like difficulties with sleep and hearing, mood changes, such as #depression, can be a #prodromal indicator of a #brain struggling with# dementia. This slide appears in the podcast I did with All Home Care Matters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_S5KXdLXZ8
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Heading to #Boston for #AAN2023 (#AAN #AANAM)! We are excited about two posters from the lab being presented by awesome #UCSF med students:
Poster Session 6, Monday 4/24 5:30-6:30. Abraham Dada presenting P6.9-002 Factors mediating public perceptions of therapeutic closed-loop #BrainImplants for epilepsy and mood disorders.
- In a national survey we characterized mediators of demographic (age, race) differences in the prospective acceptability of #ClosedLoop implanted devices. We found that concerns about hacking, privacy and differing attitudes about medical innovation were key mediators; in many cases the importance of such concerns was itself mediated by income level.
Poster Session 14, Thursday 4/27 11:45-12:45. Danielle Hart presenting P14-6.006 Financial toxicity in dementia #caregiving.
- In a national study of #dementia #caregivers we found high levels of #FinancialToxicity. Black, non-Hispanic caregivers are more likely to experience financial toxicity than White, non-Hispanic caregivers. In a base demographic model we were surprised to find older age as a protective factor; in a fully-adjusted model this is explained by the relationship between age and employment status (retirement and other unemployment).
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Excited to join the #BayAreaBrainHack today! ✨🧠🧑💻
