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UCSF School of Nursing alum Quinn Grundy, PhD ’15, RN, shines a light on how sales reps from pharmaceutical and other health care companies skirt scrutiny, and get their products used in hospitals and doctors’ offices, by forging relationships with nurses.
UCSF alum and Moderna president Stephen Hoge, MD '03, shares what it was like to design a desperately needed vaccine in record time.
An elderly man had symptoms no one could explain – until Amy Berger, MD, PhD, and her team investigated.
Bay Area photographer Barbara Ries shares her thoughts on one of her award-winning images of the Navajo Nation.
Cronutt was one sick sea lion before undergoing a groundbreaking surgery last fall. Today he's seizure-free and doing well.
Leading scientists share some of the tools and strategies that could help us better confront and contain future outbreaks.
UCSF alum Michael Drake, MD ’75, weighs in on leadership and what’s ahead for the University of California.
Norway strives to rehabilitate instead of punish. UCSF’s Amend program is showing that this model can help solve the public health crisis plaguing the American correctional system.
Hidden autoimmunity may explain how the coronavirus wreaks such widespread and unpredictable harm.
Cognitive behaviorial therapy for insomnia, the gold-standard intervention, also suggests benefits for well-being.
Insomnia is miserable, and lost sleep can harm our health. Now, researchers are seeing the promise of solutions in our genes.
UCSF researchers wanted to see if simple tweaks, like avoiding nighttime interruptions to promote sleep, nixing certain prescription drugs, and promoting exercise and social engagement, could decrease delirium in hospitalized older adults.
Scientists now have shown that the weakening of an astronaut’s immune system during space travel is likely due in part to abnormal activation of immune cells called T regulator cells.
Continuing medication for newborns with seizures for months after they are discharged from the hospital does not prevent epilepsy and may cause neurotoxic side effects. In a study led by UCSF
This is one of the first-person perspectives from those who are working on the frontlines to better understand, treat and prevent transmission of HIV and AIDS as well as COVID-19.
