Sugary Drink Tax Improves Health, Lowers Health Care Costs
Oakland residents have bought fewer sugary beverages since a local “soda tax” went into effect, and that is likely improving their health and saving the city money.
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Give to UCSFOakland residents have bought fewer sugary beverages since a local “soda tax” went into effect, and that is likely improving their health and saving the city money.
A $70 million grant from the Audacious Project will help UCSF and UC Berkeley researchers edit the genes of microbes in the gut and airways that play a role in asthma.
the UCSF Rosenman Institute BUILD™ Heart Health program, in collaboration with the American Heart Association, aims to train the next generation of health technology entrepreneurs.
Leading cancer researchers from UCSF will present at this year’s annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) conference, held April 14-19, 2023, in Orlando.
IBD patients can avoid uncomfortable procedures such has colonoscopies and MRIs at UCSF’s intestinal ultrasound clinic – the first of its kind west of the Mississippi River.
UCSF interventional cardiologists and interventional echocardiographers recently performed two novel minimally invasive cardiac procedures for the first time in the health system.
Ten graduate school finalists competed in this year’s UCSF Grad Slam, in which students present their research in three minutes or less in terms easily understood by a general audience.
After more than a decade, Jaime Sepúlveda will step down from his role as executive director of UCSF’s Institute for Global Health Sciences in August 2023.
UCSF is working to clear and repair damage to trails, buildings, roads and retaining walls throughout the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve. Currently, the trails are dangerous and not open to the public.
A newly discovered brain circuit recruits brain cells called astrocytes to calm overactive neurons to produce a calming and relaxing effect.