Digital Health: Transformative Tech or Unfulfilled Potential?
Can digital health really make people healthier? We asked Linda Park, PhD ’13, NP, who studies how providers can best use digital health tools to boost patient outcomes.
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The UCSF Rare Book Collection is a trove of health sciences history in the Kalmanovitz Library. Here are a few gems to pique your curiosity and perhaps prompt a visit.
Four Quick Ways to Truly Rest
Deep rest is best achieved in prolonged practices that relax the body and quiet the mind. But you can also combat stress within seconds by activating your parasympathetic nervous system. Here are a few approaches to making this biological shift quickly.
The Power of Deep Rest
Perpetual stress runs us down. But a truly restorative state that alters our bodies at the cellular level can counter this deterioration.
Genetic Testing Is the Key to Our Health Secrets
Our genome may one day serve as a passport guiding our health care – from cradle to grave.
Are the New Weight Loss Drugs Too Good to Be True?
The real answer isn’t “yes” or “no.” Here are six things you need to know.
How a Team of Brain Detectives Is Cracking the Hardest Cases
A new diagnostic clinic for mysterious nervous-system disorders is giving patients answers they can’t find anywhere else.
A Cure for Multiple Sclerosis? Scientists Say Within Our Lifetime
A generation ago, a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis was a guarantee of a debilitating disease that would leave the patient wheelchair bound, and worse. Follow UCSF’s role in what some call the golden age of MS research and care.
New Therapy Improves Lives of Girls and Women with Rett Syndrome
Katie’s Clinic for Rett Syndrome at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is one of the few U.S. treatment centers and one of only 18 international centers of excellence for the rare disorder. It is one of the first centers to offer the first treatment for the rare genetic disease, helping improve the lives of girls like Emiliana.
Workforce Agreement Supports Local Labor for Oakland Hospital
UCSF Health and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals signed an agreement to prioritize local union workers for the construction of a proposed landmark hospital building and related site improvements on its Oakland site.
Feeling Rough After Your COVID Shot? Congrats, It’s Working!
Adverse symptoms from the COVID-19 vaccine such as chills and headaches are linked to a robust antibody response, indicating increased efficacy compared with recipients who did not experience side effects.
‘There Was No Other Way’: How UCSF Got Its News Three Decades Ago
With no social media and cable news still in its infancy, major TV networks and daily newspapers were the only game in town.
