New cancer research reported online by UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center members this week in Nature challenges conventional wisdom about how an archetypal, protective "tumor suppressor" protein works to prevent cancer.
Bree Johnston, MD, professor in the department of geriatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, discusses with Your Call host Rose Aguilar the recent census report showing an increase by one million in the number of uninsured in the U.S., and what Mayor Gavin Newsom's universal health care bill would mean for San Francisco residents.
Chemo, the puppy stolen from the family car of 8-year-old UCSF Children's Hospital leukemia patient Kyle Wetle on Saturday, has been recovered, UCSF police officials said Tuesday.
UCSF Children's Hospital leukemia patient Kyle Wetle and his family will
be reunited today (Wednesday) with the 15-week-old Chihuahua puppy named
Chemo that was stolen from the family vehicle on September 2.
Feeling guilty over spending on designer shoes or silk ties instead of giving to a worthy cause? Here's a way to combine both activities to benefit children.
A new clinical report published in the September issue of Pediatrics recommends that children who are lactose intolerant still should eat some dairy products as an important source of calcium for bone mineral health and of other nutrients that facilitate growth.
It's recommended that girls ages 11 and 12 get the new HPV, or human papillomavirus vaccine, to prevent cervical cancer, precancerous genital lesions and genital warts due to HPV.
Chemo, the puppy stolen from the family car of 8-year-old UCSF Children's Hospital leukemia patient Kyle Wetle on Saturday, has been recovered, UCSF police officials said Tuesday.