New Child Growth Charts To Help UCSF Pediatricians Teach About Obesity
Newly released World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards for infants and young children aim to give "guidance on how every child in the world should grow."
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UCSF Opens First Asian Heart and Vascular Center in the United States
The UCSF Asian Heart and Vascular Center, located at UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion, held its grand opening celebration.
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Campus Gears Up for AIDS Walk in Friendly Contest for Trophy
Members of the campus are invited to join a UCSF team in a friendly bid to win the AIDS walk trophy after the annual trek on July 16.
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Tsien Talks Signals and Probes During Gladstone Distinguished Lecture
What happens to molecules in time and space during interesting cellular processes?
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UCSF Names New Fellows for Two Research Programs
UCSF has named 15 new fellows as part of two research programs and is hosting the Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship for Medical Students Seminar on May 17.
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UCSF study to examine whether probiotics can prevent asthma in children
In the first effort of its kind in the United States, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco have launched a study to determine whether giving active probiotic supplements to infants can delay or prevent asthma in children.
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Scientists discover two genes linked to early heart attack risk
Scientists at UCSF, Celera Genomics and The Cleveland Clinic have discovered two gene variants associated with a significantly increased risk for early heart attack, or myocardial infarction (MI).
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Mumps Q & A with Infectious Disease Expert
Parents should make sure that all their children of any age are fully immunized for mumps and other vaccine-preventable diseases, a UCSF expert says.
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Google Taps UCSF as a Health Information Provider
UCSF.edu was one of seven sites selected by Google, Inc. as a health directory partner.
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Four to Receive Exceptional Physician Awards
Four doctors will receive awards on May 12 for demonstrating a commitment to UCSF Medical Center values of professionalism, respect, integrity, diversity and excellence.
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UCSF opens first Asian Heart & Vascular Center in the U.S.
The first center in the country to serve the specific cardiovascular care needs of Asians in the Bay Area and beyond has opened at UCSF Medical Center.
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UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine receives gift from Dolbys
Ray and Dagmar Dolby have donated $16 million to the University of California, San Francisco, in support of the construction of a proposed research building. With the donation, the UCSF Institute for Stem Cell and Tissue Biology will be renamed the UCSF Institute for Regeneration Medicine.
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Gladstone Scientists Prove Neurons Produce Alzheimer's-Linked Apolipoprotein E
A question long debated among Alzheimer's disease researchers has been definitively answered by scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease in San Francisco.
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Campus to Host Earth Fest Today
The campus community is invited to celebrate the annual day to protect the planet on May 18 at the UCSF Parnassus campus, where more than 50 organizations will be represented.
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Skin Cancer Screening Sets Guinness World Record
UCSF's Department of Dermatology held its annual free skin cancer screening for the general public on May 6, with record participation in more ways than one. The 329 people who were screened contributed to a Guinness World Record attempt as part of the American Academy of Dermatology's (AAD's) national one-day event.
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Nominations Sought for GLBT Leadership Awards
Nominations are due May 18 for the 2006 Chancellor's Award for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and/or Transgender Leadership.
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UCSF launches new Asian Heart and
Grand opening of the UCSF Asian Heart & Vascular Center
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Free Workshops on Green Buildings Available to Staff
A unique state partnership program that includes UC is offering two free workshops in conjunction with the annual sustainability conference at UC Santa Barbara in June.
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Do Breast Implants Affect Breast Cancer Risk?
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Advanced Brain Imaging Center Opens at San Francisco VA Medical Center on May 12 - 13
The San Francisco VA Medical center will celebrate the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art Center for the Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases with a ribbon-cutting on Friday, May 12.
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Expert to Discuss Alzheimer's Disease
A UCSF expert on Alzheimer's disease will talk about the national health problem at a free lecture on May 24.
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UCSF Medical Center Earns Top Status for Outstanding Patient Safety and Health Care Quality
UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus and UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion have been recognized for their outstanding commitment to health care quality and patient safety with a new award presented by four of the state's leading health plans — Aetna, Blue Shield of California, CIGNA HealthCare of California and United HealthCare.
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Advanced brain imaging center opens at San Francisco VA Medical Center on May 12-13
The San Francisco VA Medical center will celebrate the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art Center for the Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases with a ribbon-cutting on Friday, May 12
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Founders Day Awards Luncheon Honors 11 for Great Work
Eleven members of the campus community were recognized Thursday for going above and beyond the call of duty at UCSF.
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Soon-to-Be PharmDs Teach Part D to Nursing Students
Before a crowded room of sometimes astonished first- and second-year nursing students, five doctor of pharmacy students delivered the "good, bad and ugly" facts about Medicare Part D.
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Firefly project features live reading of letters from patients and their teenage pen pals on May 31
Members of the public are invited to attend a live reading of letters composed by critically ill patients and their healthy teenage pen pals at the annual Firefly Project Adaptation on Wednesday, May 31.
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Gladstone Distinguished Lecturer to Talk About Building Molecules to Spy on Cells and Tumors
Award-winning researcher will talk about "Building Molecules to Spy on Cells and Tumors," on Monday, May 8 at the Gladstone building at Mission Bay.
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Free skin cancer screening at UCSF on Saturday, May 6
Members of the public are invited to undergo free skin cancer screenings at a UCSF community event that is part of a national effort to set a new Guinness world record.
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Media invited to courses on 'The Promise of Modern Medicine'
"BRINGING SCIENCE TO LIFE: THE PROMISE OF MODERN MEDICINE" – The state of modern medical research relating to such topics as cancer, addiction and stem cells. (Wednesdays 7-8:45 PM, except where indicated)
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MRI May Be Key in Assessing Knee Injuries
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may become an important tool for diagnosing knee injuries and monitoring recovery after surgery, according to UCSF researcher Benjamin Ma.