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Task Force Against Hormone Therapy for Disease Prevention
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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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Steroid Meningitis Echoes Local Incident
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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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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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Rate of Bicycle Accidents Concerns Local Doctor
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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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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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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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UC Nobelist Wins Another Prize: A New Washing Machine
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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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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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NFL Will Soon Measure Hits with Sensors
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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>
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UCSF's Laurel Heights Campus Closed Due to Power Outage
<p>UCSF’s Laurel Heights campus on 3333 California Street has reopened after a power outage cut electricity to the building for three days.</p>
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Researchers Identify Lynchpin to Activating Brown Fat Cells
<p>Researchers at UCSF have identified the lynchpin that activates brown fat cells, which burn fat molecules instead of storing them, making them the focus of pharmaceutical research aimed at fighting obesity.</p>
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UCSF Anatomy Center's High-tech Upgrade
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Shuvo Roy to Receive BayBio Pantheon Award For Artificial Kidney Project
<p>UCSF bioengineer Shuvo Roy, PhD, has been elected to the BayBio Pantheon, a group of 52 San Francisco Bay Area life sciences leaders who have made a significant contribution to the industry, for his work toward creating the world’s first implantable artificial kidney.</p>
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Drink Train's New Wine, Help Raise Money for the Kids
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Germs Are Us
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Multivitamins Modestly Lower Cancer Risk