- + ‘In the Bubble Crib, I Would Press Against the Plastic and Get Hugs’—At age 2, UCSF construction project manager Michael Valero was treated at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland for a congenital heart defect. He i...
- + Carol Dawson-Rose Named New Dean of UCSF School of Nursing—Carol Dawson-Rose, PhD, RN, FAAN, is named the new dean of the UCSF School of Nursing and associate vice chancellor for Nursing Affairs. [Category: Ca...
- + Just Ask: Patients in the ER Are Willing to Get a Flu Shot—Intentional flu vaccine messaging, such as a brief video, flyer, or a scripted provider question, is enough to persuade many who visit emergency depar...
- + The U.S. Supreme Court Weighs Mifepristone for Abortion Care —An upcoming Supreme Court ruling could put a stop to telehealth abortion services nationally, and limit access to mifepristone, one of two drugs commo...
- + Active Social Lives Help Dementia Patients, Caregivers Thrive —People with dementia and those who care for them should be screened for loneliness, so providers can find ways to keep them socially connected. [Categ...
- + Local Artist Adia Millett Selected for Benioff Oakland Facade Art—Oakland artist Adia Millett has been commissioned to create public art at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. She’s the fourth local artist to a...
- + Payam Nahid to Head UCSF’s Institute for Global Health Sciences—Payam Nahid, MD, MPH, a leader in improving tuberculosis care around the world, is the new executive director of UCSF’s Institute for Global Health Sc...
- + How Cindy Chang, MD, Rewrote the History of Sports Medicine—Professor emeritus Cindy Chang, MD, has had an impressive career, from being the first female chief medical officer for the U.S Olympic team, to estab...
- + COVID-19 Virus Can Stay in the Body More Than a Year after Infection—The COVID-19 virus can persist in the blood and tissue of patients for more than a year after the acute phase of the illness has ended. [Category: Res...
- + Allen Institute Joins Weill Neurohub—The Allen Institute is the newest member of the Weill Neurohub, a collaborative research network advancing treatments for neurological diseases. [Cate...
- + COVID Vaccines Are Safe for Pregnant Women and Babies—A first of its kind study finds that the COVID vaccine is safe to administer during pregnancy, causing no abnormal delays when the infants were tested...
- + How Daylight Saving Impacts Your Sleep and What to Do About It—With Spring Forward setting our clocks one hour ahead, “Sleepy Monday” can have a temporary effect on our sleeping patterns. Aric Prather explains how...
- + Can a New Drug Candidate Cure Pancreatic Cancer?—A new drug candidate permanently modifies a wily cancer-causing mutation, paving the way for making pancreatic cancer treatable, or perhaps even curab...
- + UCSF Health Expands Network of Care with 2 Hawaii Hospitals—UCSF Health is expanding its collaboration with two hospitals in Hawaii, Hawai’i Pacific Health and Hilo Medical Center, to support a $150 million gif...
- + Can AI Help Doctors Find Cancer Faster by Reviewing Records?—Artificial intelligence could potentially help extract liver tumor data at a much faster and accurate rate, setting possibilities for improved liver c...
- + Could We Assess Autism in Children With a Simple Eye Reflex Test?—UCSF scientists may have discovered a new way to test for autism by measuring how children’s eyes move when they turn their heads. [Category: Research...
- + Think Smoking Cannabis Won’t Damage Your Heart? Think Again—Daily cannabis smokers have a 25% increased risk of heart attack and a 42% increased risk of stroke compared to non-users. [Category: Research, Web ...
- + I’m a Microplastics Researcher. Here’s How To Limit Their Dangers—Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH, offers insights on what her research on microplastics has led her to change how she and her family eats and what cleaning p...
- + Dozens of New Trees Take Root Around Parnassus Heights—UCSF and a host of local volunteers celebrated the planting of 42 new trees on neighborhood streets surrounding the historic Parnassus Heights campus ...
- + New Walnut Creek Cancer Center Brings Specialty Care Close to Home—The new UCSF Health-John Muir Health Jean and Ken Hofmann Cancer Center at the Behring will bring a full spectrum of leading-edge cancer care close to...
- + Passionate UCSF Medical Resident Has ‘Whirlwind’ First Day—Join Kelechi Okpara as she navigates through her whirlwind first day as a new medical resident at the UCSF Parnassus campus. [Category: Campus News, E...
- + UCSF Opens World’s First Center of Excellence for Gould Syndrome—UCSF is home to the first center in the world focused on patients with COL4A1/2 mutations, which can cause the rare disease Gould Syndrome. [Category:...
- + First Tissue Bank May Help Solve Mystery of Long COVID Misery—UCSF will launch the world’s first tissue bank with samples donated by patients with long COVID. [Category: COVID-19, Research, Press Release, Health ...
- + How AI Can Help Spot Early Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease—UCSF scientists found a way to predict Alzheimer’s disease up to seven years before symptoms appear by analyzing patient records with machine learning...
- + UCSF Tops Public Universities in NIH Research Funding in 2023—UCSF is a leading recipient of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for research, with a focus on advancing health sciences and medicine. [Cate...
- + To Appreciate Music, the Human Brain Listens and Learns to Predict—Rather than simply hearing a string of notes, the brain is assessing them for patterns and predicting which notes will be next. [Category: Research, P...
- + Bowes Biomedical Investigator Takes Aim at Cracking Cellular Communication Code—Biophysicist Aashish Manglik, MD, PhD, is the newly awarded 2024 Bowes Biomedical Investigator. With the award, he hopes to further the intersection o...
- + Telehealth is as Safe as a Visit to the Clinic for Abortion Pills—Medication abortion can be delivered safely and effectively through telemedicine, according to new research that comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is ab...
- + UCSF Tops Prestigious Fulbright List Again as Students Build International Reach —UCSF has been honored as a Top Producing Institution for Fulbright U.S. Students by the U.S. State Department for the 2023-2024 academic year. [Catego...
- + California’s First Latinx Surgeon General Emphasizes Power of Positive Childhood in UCSF Stop —California’s trailblazing surgeon general is using her platform to pave the way for improving the health of women, children and communities of color w...
- + UCSF Health, Adventist Health and Madera County Officials Announce Proposal to Reopen Madera Community Hospital—UCSF Health, Adventist Health and Madera County leaders announced their intent to jointly reopen and operate Madera Community Hospital. [Category: Bra...
- + In Judo Move, Scientists Use Cancer’s Strength to Fight Against It —Cancer immunotherapy is hindered by the fact that engineered immune cells often get worn out and depleted before they've killed a tumor. A UCSF team h...
- + Can Native Speakers Change Health Care in the Navajo Nation?—The two-year HEAL fellowship initiative operates in 10 countries but has a special focus on serving the Navajo Nation, which continues to suffer from ...
- + What’s Behind the Surge of Fatty Liver Disease in Latinx Kids?—Pediatric cases of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) have spiked in the last decade, especially amongst Latino children...
- + Two of San Francisco’s Longest-Serving Hospitals Join UCSF Health—UCSF Health has signed a definitive agreement with Dignity Health to acquire Saint Francis Memorial Hospital (Saint Francis) and St. Mary’s Medical Ce...
- + UCSF Requests Faculty, Staff Complete Out-of-Date Mandatory Trainings —UCSF has launched an enterprise-wide effort to improve compliance rates for systemwide mandatory trainings, a priority monitored by the University of ...
- + Are Body Temperature and Depression Linked? Science Says, Yes.—People with depression have higher body temperatures, suggesting there could be a mental health benefit to lowering the temperatures of those with dep...
- + Research Can Help to Protect Access to Abortion, Biden Secretary Says—U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra visited UCSF Pride Hall at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital to laud UCSF researchers,...
- + New President to Lead Growth of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals—Nicholas Holmes, MD, MBA, was named the new president of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and senior vice president of UCSF Health Children’s Service...
- + Genetic Discovery Reveals Who Can Benefit from Preterm Birth Therapy—In a first, scientists at UCSF and Stanford identified genetic variants that predict whether a patient is likely to respond to treatment for preterm b...
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