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Academia Should Fulfill Social Contract by Supporting Bioscience Startups, Case Study Says
Universities should do a better job translating public funding into health and jobs, according to a new case study by UCSF researchers.
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Are High-caffeine Energy Drinks Dangerous?
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MLB Visits Hospital, Dedicates New Fun Center
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UC President Mark Yudof Issues Letter to UC Community About Proposition 30
<p>With the November election looming, University of Calfornia President Mark Yudof wrote an open letter to the UC community urging students, faculty, staff and alumni to exercise their right to vote.</p>
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When the World Takes Notice of Global Health
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Study Gives Insight into Facial Recognition
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Study: Prescription Meds Still Potent Decades after Expiration Date
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UCSF Police Arrest Two San Francisco Burglary Suspects
<p>Three burglary suspects, who were being pursued by the San Francisco Police Department, crashed their pickup truck into a loading dock on the UCSF Parnassus Heights campus Wednesday morning.</p>
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Steroid Meningitis Echoes Local Incident
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Medical Studies with Striking Results Often Prove False
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Hormone Therapy Not Recommended for Disease Prevention
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Task Force Against Hormone Therapy for Disease Prevention
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Diabetes Minor Among First in Country Taught at UCSF School of Nursing
<p>UCSF will be among the first in the country to educate and train nurses specifically to care for diabetes patients across their lifespan by establishing a new academic minor in diabetes at the UCSF School of Nursing.</p>
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Annual Tradition Celebrates UCSF Community Partnerships
<p>Exemplary community collaborations that promote health equity in San Francisco took center stage at the Fourth Annual Partnerships Celebration sponsored by UCSF’s <a href="http://partnerships.ucsf.edu/">University Community Partnerships</a> (UCP).</p>
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Rate of Bicycle Accidents Concerns Local Doctor
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San Francisco Giants' Sideline Reporter Gets Her Voice Back
<p>For most people, losing your voice is a minor inconvenience. But when San Francisco Giants' sideline reporter Amy Gutierrez, better known as "Amy G," lost her voice during a homestand, she contacted the UCSF Voice and Swallowing Center. </p>
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Global Health Pioneer Paul Farmer Touts Community-Based Health Care Model to Combat Infectious Diseases
<p>Global health pioneer Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, addressed a packed UCSF auditorium in a special lecture about a community-based health care model that his nonprofit organization, Partners In Health, has brought to some of the world's most impoverished countries, including Haiti and Rwanda.</p>
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Most Liver Transplant Candidates Receive Donation Offers
Most liver transplant candidates who died or were removed from the transplant list actually received one or more liver donation offers, according to a recent UCSF study.
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Hormone Therapy not Recommended for Disease Prevention: U.S. Panel
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Swapping Out Sugary Soda for Diet Drinks May Help Tip the Scale in Your Favor
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'Onward California' Tour Promotes UC's Impact on the State and Offers Sweet Treats
<p>“Whether you know it or not, the University of California, or a UC grad, has probably played a part in your day.” That message is the focus of a mobile tour aimed at promoting UC’s impact on the state that’s coming to UCSF this week.</p>
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First-Ever Partners in Primary Care Summit Shares Lessons From the Field
<p>The first-ever UCSF and Partners Primary Care Summit brought key players to the table to discuss how to improve patient-focused care in San Francisco as part of national health reform.</p>
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UC Health Campuses Meet to Review Progress of Biomedical Research Collaboration
<p>With a focus on improving biomedical research collaboration within the University of California system, representatives from five UC campuses and the UC Office of the President met recently for an annual retreat in Oakland to review the progress of the University of California Biomedical Research Acceleration, Integration, and Development (UC BRAID) program.</p>
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Media Advisory: UC to Provide Free Personalized Breast Cancer Risk Assessments
The University of California’s Athena Breast Health Network is partnering with Safeway to provide free personalized breast cancer risk assessments at several stores during October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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Marc Benioff: Billionaires Should Act Charitably Now, Not Later
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Hospital Offers Drive-thru Flu Shot Clinic
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New Dementia Diagnostic Exams and Gene Findings Bode Well for Treatment
<p>As part of receiving the Academic Senate's 12th Annual Faculty Research Lectureship in Clinical Science, behavioral neurologist Bruce Miller, MD, recently gave a lecture in which he described recent advances in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) research.</p>
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UC Nobelist Wins Another Prize: A New Washing Machine
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Marcia Canning to Retire After 30-Year Legal Career at University of California
<p>Marcia Canning, who loved to watch "Perry Mason" on TV as a girl, will retire after 30 years of working as an attorney for the University of California.</p>