California's Tobacco Control Program Generates Huge Health Care Savings
Over a span of nearly 20 years, California’s tobacco control program cost $2.4 billion and reduced health care costs by $134 billion, according to a new study by UCSF.
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Gene Invaders Are Stymied by a Cell's Genome Defense
<p>UCSF researchers have discovered a molecular machine that helps protect a cell’s genes against invading DNA that contributes to inherited human disease and death.</p>
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Valentine's Day Chocolates Can Be Good for Heart Health
<p>Giving chocolates on Valentine's Day is a billion-dollar business in the United States, but besides delighting our taste buds, dark chocolate actually has health benefits for the body, a UCSF cardiologist says.</p>
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Fear Of Cantaloupes And Crumpets? A 'Phobia' Rises From The Web
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Cutting Salt to Recommended Levels Could Prevent Hundreds of Thousands Deaths
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Storyteller Rhodessa Jones Saving Lives
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Eating Less Salt Daily Saves More Lives, Study Finds
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What If A Simple Blood Test Could Tell You When You'll Die?
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UCSF-Safeway Pharmacy Alliance Aims to Help Customers Quit Smoking
The UCSF School of Pharmacy has partnered with Safeway Inc. to help Safeway customers quit smoking, by connecting them with specially trained pharmacists to learn about smoking-cessation programs and other resources.
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Stem Cell Survival Strategy Is Key to Blood and Immune System Health
Stem cells of the aging bone marrow recycle their own molecules to survive and keep replenishing the blood and immune systems as the body ages, UCSF researchers have discovered.
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Cutting Salt Could Save Hundreds of Thousands of Lives, Study Says
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Parents of Teen Girls More Accepting of Birth Control Pills than Other Contraceptive Methods
Parents are more accepting of their teenage daughters using birth control pills than any other form of contraception, including condoms, according to a recent study from UCSF.
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Study Confirms Tea Party Was Created by Big Tobacco and Pollutocrat Kochs
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Good News for the Aging Brain
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Cancer Patient Concerned About Multiple CT Scans
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Reducing Sodium in American Diet Would Save Hundreds of Thousands of Lives
<p>A new study finds that hundreds of thousands of lives could be saved over 10 years if Americans reduced their sodium consumption to the levels recommended in federal guidelines.</p>
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Conflict-of-Interest Drug Policies Wanting
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That's the Spot: Massage Neurons Found
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Bay Area School Districts Rewrite Tobacco Policies to Counter Teen E-Cigarette Use
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Mysterious Brain Clumps Behind Dementia Identified
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Study: Tea Party Organizations Have Ties To Tobacco Industry Dating Back To 1980s
<p>Rather than being a purely grassroots movement that arose spontaneously in 2009, the Tea Party developed in part as a result of tobacco industry efforts to oppose smoking restrictions and tobacco taxes beginning in the 1980s, according to a study by UC San Francisco researchers.</p>
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Achieving Magnet Status Elicits Enormous Pride at UCSF
<p>Last fall, UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital achieved Magnet recognition, which signifies outstanding nursing practice. This story traces the journey to achieving that important status symbol.</p>
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Hidden Cost of Health Care
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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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Smog Exposure During Pregnancy Tied to Tinier Babies
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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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Air Pollution Linked to Low Birth Weight
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Ow! Pubic Hair Grooming Injuries on the Rise, Researchers Find