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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.
You may not be what you eat after all. A new study shows that increased eating does not necessarily lead to increased fat. The finding in the much-studied roundworm opens the possibility of identifying new targets for drugs to control weight, the researchers say.
Plan your death like you would your life or risk a living death instead...
Cells in tumors vary. Scientists wonder whether treatments often fail to kill a persistent type of cancerous cell. The goal now is to understand and target these "cancer stem cells."
The University of California San Francisco is alerting a group of patients that it has discovered a security breach involving a computer that held personal patient information.
A gadfly with giant wings, UCSF’s Stan Glantz, PhD, knows how to cause a stir.
Members of the public are invited to attend a live dramatic reading of letters written by adults coping with life-threatening illnesses and their healthy teenage pen pals at the annual Firefly Project Adaptation on Wednesday, June 4.
Disability rights advocate Nat Gleason, one of UCSF’s 146 new physicians, received the Gold-Headed Cane Award during the School of Medicine commencement ceremonies.v
Clinical researchers from the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center will present new research findings during the 44th American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, taking place in Chicago May 30-June 3.
While it’s unlikely to match the size of the audience watching the <cite>American Idol</cite> finale, a presidential debate on science has won the endorsement of 85 percent of Americans, according to a poll commissioned by Research!America and ScienceDebate2008.com. Health care, climate change and energy top the list of topics preferred by poll respondents.
Starting life in a dish requires all the right ingredients...
The UCSF Faculty Mentoring Program Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award will be presented to longtime UCSF Professor Philip Hopewell on May 28.
Dean Schillinger, who has helped improve doctor-patient communication at the UCSF-affiliated San Francisco General Hospital, has been recognized with a national award.
UCSF today is kicking off a program designed to get faculty, staff, students and trainees on their feet as part of new wellness initiatives.
Tieraona Low Dog, MD, offers insight into creating healthy lives for kids.
I like stories with plots and science with pictures.
UCSF is closer to realizing its vision to create a new, patient-focused medical center at Mission Bay.
We learn to see with our eyes still closed...
When the California Supreme Court overturned the state law banning same-sex marriage, the news spread quickly at UCSF.
UCSF internist and medical educator Molly Cooke has been named chair-elect of the American College of Physicians.
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, MBA, president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, will address the issue of childhood obesity on Wednesday, May 21, as featured speaker in the UCSF Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture Series.
UCSF Medical Center received the highest possible rating on a groundbreaking LGBT Healthcare Equality Index released yesterday.