California’s Tobacco Control Efforts Losing Steam, Finds UCSF Report
California’s position as a leader in tobacco control is under threat, according to a new report from the UC San Francisco Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education.
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S.F. State receives $17 million grant to help minorities
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What the forensic evidence says about Michael Brown’s death
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PTSD Argued in Case of Marine Jailed in Mexico
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New class of abortion providers helps expand access in California
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What Monkeys Can Teach Us About Pitching in the World Series
New motor learning research suggests that "muscle memory" is actually something the brain is constantly relearning.
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UCSF Team Awarded Multimillion-Dollar Agreement with CDC
A UCSF-based team has been awarded a multimillion-dollar, five-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct economic modeling of disease prevention in five areas: HIV, hepatitis, STI (sexually transmitted infections), TB (tuberculosis), and school health.
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Hospital Logs Staggering 2.5 Million Alarms in Just a Month
UCSF researchers have, for the first time, comprehensively defined the detailed causes as well as potential solutions for the widespread issue of alarm fatigue in hospitals.
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Sri Lanka Celebrates Two Years Without Malaria
Sri Lanka has not reported a local case of malaria since October 2012. If it can remain malaria-free for one more year, the country will be eligible to apply to the World Health Organization for malaria-free certification.
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Encouraging Medical Students to Practice in Underserved Areas
More than 35 million people live in medically underserved areas in the United States, and by 2020, there will be a shortage of more than 90,000 physicians, mostly in areas that are already underserved. Christy Boscardin, PhD, and her colleagues from UCSF and the American Association of Medical Colleges wanted to find out if there was something medical schools could do to alleviate this.
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Genetic variant helps protect Latinas from breast cancer
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Forget Cheetah Blades. This Prosthetic Socket Is a Real Breakthrough
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S.F. Fire Department joins study into breast cancer risks
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Town Hall to Focus on UCSF Response to Ebola Epidemic
UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood will lead a town hall meeting on Friday, Oct. 24 to discuss the University’s response to the Ebola epidemic.
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DNA said to protect Hispanic women from breast cancer
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Study Links Latina Women With Gene That Lowers Breast Cancer Risk
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Soda As Bad As Smoking? New Sugary Drink Study Has Some Interesting Preliminary Results
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That sweet drink may age you
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UCSF Study: Drinking Soda Makes You Age Faster
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Smoking exacts high toll in California
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Genetic link behind lower breast cancer in Latinas
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UCSF Researchers Identify Key Factor in Transition from Moderate to Problem Drinking
A team of UCSF researchers has found that a tiny segment of genetic material known as a microRNA plays a central role in the transition from moderate drinking to alcohol use disorders.
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Soft Drinks Might Be Rotting Your DNA
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Chancellors at UCSF, KC University place friendly wager on World Series
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It’s Wine and Cheese vs. Barbecue and Jazz as UCSF, UM-Kansas City Stake Wager on World Series
The chancellors of the leading public research universities of Kansas City and San Francisco have placed a friendly wager on the outcome of the 2014 World Series.
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A lifetime of sugary sodas may be 4.6 years shorter
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Study: Sugary sodas linked to accelerated aging
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DNA Said to Protect Hispanic Women From Breast Cancer
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Halting Schizophrenia Before It Starts
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National Senior Citizens Law Center Honors Estes
On the evening of Oct. 17, the National Senior Citizens Law Center (NSCLC) honored UC San Francisco School of Nursing’s Carroll Estes, PhD, with the organization’s Second Annual Paul Nathanson Distinguished Advocacy Award for her work on aging and elder women’s economic and health security.
