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Maternal Exposure to Air Pollution Linked to Low Birth Weights Worldwide
Mothers who are exposed to particulate air pollution of the type emitted by vehicles, urban heating and coal power plants are significantly more likely to bear children of low birth weight, according to a UCSF-led international study.
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Air Pollution May Lower Birth Weight
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Buying 'Double Happiness' Reveals China's Tobacco Battle
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Why Can Some Kids Handle Pressure While Others Fall Apart?
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Preparing for Faculty of the Future
<p>Cultivating the faculty of the future was the focus of the UCSF School of Medicine’s recent daylong annual retreat.</p>
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Mammogram Every Two Years Has Same Benefit As Yearly Mammogram for Older Women
Among older women, getting a mammogram every two years was just as beneficial as getting a mammogram annually, and led to significantly fewer false positive results, according to a study led by UCSF.
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UCSF Study: Older Women Should Get Mammograms Every Two Years
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Campus Girds for Lean Times
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Nursing Dean Elected to Board of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing
<p>David Vlahov, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean of the UCSF School of Nursing, has been elected to the board of directors of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing.</p>
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UCSF Faculty Awarded Fellowships to Improve Health Quality
<p>Two UCSF faculty have been awarded fellowships from the University of California’s Center for Health Quality and Innovation to support projects to improve the quality and value of health care.</p>
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How To Stop Biting Your Nails And Break The Stressful Habit
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Older Women Don't Need Mammograms Every Year
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UCSF to Present Latest on Tobacco Research and Education
<p>Postdoctoral fellow Amanda Fallin will talk about the tobacco industry's role in shaping the tea party at a symposium presented by the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control, Research and Education on February 8.</p>
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Confronting Challenges And Fairness In Minority Health
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What's in a Name? A Lot, When It Comes to 'Precision Medicine'
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Zero Balancing Touch Therapy Heals Pain
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Unintended Pregnancies Higher in Military
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Scientists Are Rebuilding Hearts With Stem Cells
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J&J Failed to Weigh Hip Metal Debris Risk, Witness Says
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My Close Encounter with the Bionic Man
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What Happened to All Those Eggs?
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How To Build A Real $1 Million Bionic Man
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The 2013 Flu Season: How to Protect Yourself
<p>Besides getting the influenza vaccine, another important measure to avoid catching or spreading the flu is frequent hand-washing, a UCSF expert says.</p>
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UCSF's Resource Allocation Program (RAP) Seeks Applications for Spring Cycle
<p>UCSF's Resource Allocation Program, which incorporates a single online application for 29 different grant mechanisms, is now requesting applications for the Spring 2013 cycle.</p>
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The Boy With a Thorn in His Joints
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Heart Failure Patient Loses 100 Pounds Before Transplant Surgery
<p>Suitulaga “Sugi” Hunkin was suffering from heart failure by the age of 27, but he needed to lose 100 pounds to get in shape for transplant surgery at UCSF. To do that, he had to drastically change his lifestyle.</p>
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Traveling Ambassadors Promote Diversity at UCSF
<p>With the goal of recruiting top researchers while also promoting faculty diversity, the Traveling Ambassador Program is an integral part of UCSF’s vision of being the world’s pre-eminent health sciences innovator.</p>
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Making Health Care Research More Relevant to Patients
<p>Nearly 100 UCSF faculty and staff turned out on Jan. 8 for a Comparative Effectiveness Research and Patient-Centered Outcomes Research symposium hosted by the Comparative Effectiveness Research program at UCSF’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute.</p>
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President Obama Appoints Alice Wong to National Council on Disability
<p>President Barack Obama has announced the appointment of UCSF's Alice Wong to the National Council on Disability.</p>