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Study: Emergency room closures can be deadly for area's residents
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Commentary: It’s Time to Address the Health of Men Around the World
All over the world, men die younger than women and do worse on a host of health indicators, yet policy makers rarely focus on this “men’s health gap” or adopt programs aimed at addressing it, according to an international group of researchers and health charity workers.
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Gene Behind Rare Birth Abnormality Is a Window on Evolution
A UCSF physician who treats birth defects affecting the face has teamed up with a European expert on animal evolution to create rodent teeth that harken back in evolutionary time.
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Key to Aging Immune System Is Discovered
The immune system ages and weakens with time, making the elderly prone to life-threatening infection and other maladies, and a UCSF research team now has discovered a reason why.
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The Mysterious Tree of a Newborn’s Life
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Kids with Autism, Sensory Processing Disorders Show Brain Wiring Differences
Researchers at UCSF have found that children with sensory processing disorders have decreased structural brain connections in specific sensory regions different than those in autism, further establishing SPD as a clinically important neurodevelopmental disorder.
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UCSF Medical Center, John Muir Health Collaborating to Develop New Company and Regional Health Care Network
UCSF Medical Center and John Muir Health have signed a letter of intent to develop a company that will serve as the cornerstone of a Bay Area health care network intended to provide patients with high quality care and an exceptional experience at an affordable price.
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Caring for Donors
To make follow-up care more accessible, UC San Francisco and Walgreens are collaborating to launch the first program in the country that provides blood pressure testing at no charge to living kidney donors.
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Healthy Lifestyle May Buffer Against Stress-Related Cell Aging, Study Says
A new study is the first to show that while the impact of life’s stressors accumulate over time and accelerate cellular aging, these negative effects may be reduced by maintaining a healthy diet, exercising and sleeping well.
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Stem Cell Advance May Increase Efficiency of Tissue Regeneration
A new stem-cell discovery might one day lead to a more streamlined process for obtaining stem cells, which in turn could be used in the development of replacement tissue for failing body parts.
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New Clinics in California Seek to Stop Schizophrenia Before it Starts
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Study links veterans' traumatic brain injuries to Alzheimer's
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Stress is contagious, but it's not all bad for larger society
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Wallhagen Named Chairperson of HLAA Board of Trustees
Margaret Wallhagen, professor of gerontological nursing in the UCSF School of Nursing and a geriatric nurse practitioner, has been named chair of the Board of Trustees of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the nation’s leading organization for people with hearing loss.
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Schapiro Receives Grant to Support East Bay Children with Chronic Conditions
Naomi Schapiro was awarded a three-year Advanced Nursing Education Grant to fund interprofessional training of students and graduate trainees in the collaborative care of children with mental health conditions and obesity in Alameda County.
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Viewing Dentistry in a New Light
A new technology uses near-infrared light to better detect cavities without the radiation of X-rays. It's one of several innovations that could soon change your dental chair experience.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSF Has Strong Presence in Second-Ever Meeting of World Transplant Congress in San Francisco
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Prusiner Appointed to Board of Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research
Nobel Laureate Stanley Prusiner, MD, has been appointed as a member of the board of directors for the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research (FFAR).
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Skin Cancer Prevention Tips that Doctors Swear By
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Talk and read to your baby, Hillary Clinton and local groups advise
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UCSF, The University of Toledo Create Research Center for Musculoskeletal Innovation
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has tapped UCSF as the lead institution in a new Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC).
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UCSF Researchers Uncover an Unexpected Role for Endostatin in the Nervous System
Researchers at UCSF have discovered that endostatin, a protein that once aroused intense interest as a possible cancer treatment, plays a key role in the stable functioning of the nervous system.
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"Talk, Read, Sing": Hillary Clinton Launches Reading Campaign for Oakland's Low Income Children
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Clinton launches baby-talking campaign in Oakland
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Photos: Hillary Rodham Clinton visits Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute
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Hillary Clinton Attends Event to Launch New Childhood Development Program
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Hillary Clinton Announces Kids’ Education Campaign At UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
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Art Program for Cancer Patients Expands to UCSF’s Mission Bay Campus
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Oakland: Hillary Clinton launches campaign that recommends reading aloud to children from birth