UCSF Study Aims to Protect Joints, on Earth and Off
Starting in January, a UCSF postdoctoral researcher will launch the first-ever study of the effects of prolonged nonuse on human cartilage.
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MRI Abnormalities Look Like Early Signs of Multiple Sclerosis
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Overweight women at increased risk of advanced breast cancer
A nationwide study of over 280,000 women showed that postmenopausal women who are overweight or obese have advanced breast cancer at significantly higher rates than women of normal weight or less than normal weight.
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Fast-Changing Field of Medical Genetics Embraces Personalized Medicine
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Virtual colonoscopy as good as other colon cancer screening methods, study says
CT colonography (CTC), known as virtual colonoscopy, is as accurate at screening for colorectal cancers and pre-cancerous polyps as conventional colonoscopy, the current screening standard, according to the National CT Colonography Trial, a nationwide multi-center study that included the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
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High risk of conversion to multiple sclerosis predicted by gene activity
Scientists have identified a pattern of gene activity that predicts which patients who experience the first clinical symptoms of multiple sclerosis – known as clinically isolated syndrome – are at high risk of converting to the full blown disease.
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Obesity to Blame for Climate Change?
With the obesity epidemic now firmly established as the health crisis du jour, I don’t want to be accused of piling on. But I could not let pass this BBC News health story posted in mid-May, which seems to transform an interesting point into mean-spiritedness, not to mention point the finger in the wrong direction.
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The Eyes Have It: A Conversation with Neuroscientist Michael Stryker
We learn to see with our eyes still closed...
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Being Overweight or Obese Linked to Faster Brain Aging, Study Suggests
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Experimental MS Drug Shows Promise, Offers New Window on Disease
A drug therapy currently used to treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis had a significant effect in treating the most common form of multiple sclerosis in a small, short-term clinical trial.
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Study finds overweight children have less elbow range of motion
Children who are overweight have less range of motion in their elbows than their normal-weight peers, which could make it tougher for them to exercise in order to lose weight, the findings of a research study suggest.
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Sleep apnea linked to cognitive impairment in older women
Older women with sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) –– the restriction or interruption of breathing during sleep –– are more likely to show cognitive impairment than women without SDB, according to a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UC San Francisco.
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Leukemia Survival and Pharmacogenetics
There's a new way to personalize drug therapy. It's pharmacogenetics - using information on genetic differences to tailor treatment.
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Overweight adolescents projected to have more heart disease in young adulthood
A new study investigating the health effects of being overweight during adolescence projects alarming increases in the rates of heart disease and premature death by the time today's teenagers reach young adulthood.
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Latinos, Blacks Might Survive Longer with Alzheimer's, Study Suggests
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Circling In on Alzheimer's and Obesity
As America struggles under the growing weight of Alzheimer's and obesity, two UCSF scientists at the affiliated Gladstone Institutes demonstrate why basic science might be our best hope...
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Skin Cancer Scientist Sees Ray of Hope: A Conversation with James Cleaver
From the A-bomb to XP, James Cleaver has become an expert on DNA repair and the "fundamental derangement" we know as cancer...
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Research teams uncover risk genes for Multiple Sclerosis
Two new large-scale genomic studies have honed in on the main genetic pathway associated with multiple sclerosis (MS), while also uncovering new genetic variations in the disease and suggesting a possible link between MS and other autoimmune diseases.
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Poor sleep associated with cognitive decline in elderly women
Women who experienced cognitive decline over a 13 to 15 year period after age 65 were more likely to sleep poorly than women whose cognition did not decline, according to a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC).
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UCSF's Lustig Discusses the Role of Fructose in Pediatric Obesity
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Smokeless Cannabis Delivery Device Found Efficient and Less Toxic
A smokeless cannabis-vaporizing device delivers the same level of active therapeutic chemical and produces the same biological effect as smoking cannabis, but without the harmful toxins, according to UCSF researchers.
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How Do You Sleep? A Conversation with Tom Neylan, MD
Sleep disorder expert Tom Neylan explains what you lose if you don't snooze...
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Puberty, Obesity, Environment and Breast Cancer
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Macular Degeneration: Preserving Eyesight Through Regeneration Science
Macular degeneration is the major cause of vision loss in the United States. The disease, which kills photoreceptors that convey visual signals from the eye to the brain, often strikes the elderly. Its defining symptom is blurriness in the central visual field, a blurriness that robs many people of their ability to drive or read.
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Women sacrifice sleep to "Do It All," survey finds
American women are struggling to "do it all" and are sacrificing sleep to juggle their family and work responsibilities, according to a new survey led by a professor in the School of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Hot tubs hurt fertility, UCSF study shows
Exposure to hot baths or hot tubs can lead to male infertility, but the effects can sometimes be reversible, according to a new study led by a University of California, San Francisco urologist.
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UCSF Researchers Seek Volunteers for Study on Connections Between Stress and Sleep
A study underway at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC) and UCSF is probing the connection between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), sleep disturbances and stress hormones. Investigators hope the study will reveal a new potential method for treating PTSD, as well as shed light on the biology of sleep
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Smoked Cannabis Reduces Pain Caused by HIV-Associated Neuropathy
The study also incorporated a pain model developed at UCSF that provided a standardized reference point. This model allowed researchers to compare relief of chronic HIV-associated neuropathic pain simultaneously with patient response to pain and skin sensitivity.
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Early-to-Bed Mice Offer Window into Sleep Disorders, Other Conditions
UCSF neuroscientists Louis Ptáček, MD, Ying-Hui Fu, PhD, and colleagues are exploring the body's biological rhythms. Sometimes these are referred to as "clocks," and at other times as circadian rhythms.
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UCSF researchers seek overweight women for study of stress reduction and weight management
Scientists have shown in the past that psychological stress is linked to weight gain and fat storage -- especially added fat around the waistline, where it raises the risk of heart disease.