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New Treatment Could Zap Skin from Cancer
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Warner Greene Authors HIV/AIDS Medicine Textbook for Developing World
Warner C. Greene, MD, a professor of medicine, microbiology and immunology at UCSFwho directs virology and immunology research at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes, has joined with other global AIDS experts to release a locally affordable version of the world’s leading AIDS medical textbook.
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Health Campaign Shows Universal HIV Testing Can Be Extended for Early Identification of Other Diseases
A clinical study in a remote region of southwest Uganda has demonstrated the feasibility of using a health campaign to rapidly test a community for HIV and simultaneously offer prevention and diagnosis for a variety of other diseases in rural and resource-poor settings of sub-Saharan Africa.
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Should All U.S. Children Get a Cholesterol Blood Test?
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Scientists Make Curing HIV a Priority
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Elderly Drinking May Up Dementia Risk
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UCSF/SFGH Researchers Call for Change in New FDA Recommendation on HIV and TB Drug Doses
In January 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued new guidelines on dosing of an HIV medication used to treat people infected with both HIV and tuberculosis (TB) because of a potential interaction between two of the main drugs used to treat each disease.
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Begin HIV Treatment Sooner, Not Later, Experts Say
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Kids' Cholesterol Tests: Doctors At Odds Over Test Guidance
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Doctors Dispute Cholesterol Testing for Kids
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New Lipid Screening Guidelines for Children Overly Aggressive, UCSF Researchers Say
Recent guidelines recommending cholesterol tests for children fail to weigh health benefits against potential harms and costs, according to a new commentary authored by three physician-researchers at UCSF.
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For Elderly, Poor Sleep Linked With Placement In Nursing Home
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HIV Specialists, Advocates Urge International Action at "Turning Point" in AIDS Fight
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Cravings Could Be Defeated with Two Little Words
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Vanity Fair Nominates: Dr. Diane Havlir
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Hair Samples from Infants Show Exposure to Anti-HIV Drugs in the Womb and During Breast-feeding
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Makerere University in Uganda have used hair and blood samples from three-month old infants born to HIV-positive mothers to measure the uninfected babies’ exposure — both in the womb and from breast-feeding — to antiretroviral medications their mothers were taking. The results, they said, are surprising.
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Cancer Support Community's New Service
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AIDS Conference Returns to U.S. For First Time Since 1990
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AIDS 2012 Conference Co-Chair Diane Havlir Talks About What it Takes to Turn Tide on Disease
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UC San Francisco to Form Advisory Board for 'Challenging Times'
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HIV/AIDS Prevention with Truvada: How Pregnant Women and Others May Benefit
<p>The AIDS drug Truvada, approved this week for prevention of HIV infection in uninfected people at high risk, may benefit many uninfected women whose male partners have HIV, including pregnant women, who may be at higher risk.</p>
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Scientists Dare to Use the C-Word -- Cure -- As AIDS Meeting Sets to Open in Washington
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AIDS Summit Returns to US After 22 Years
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AIDS Specialists Release 'Road-map' for HIV Cure
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Experts Outline Steps Towards an AIDS-free Generation
<p>A perspective published in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine</em> this week by professors at UCSF and the Johns Hopkins University asserts that it is now possible to begin to end the AIDS epidemic by widely and strategically applying existing tools.</p>
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UCSF Investigates Offensive Workplace Incident
<p>UCSF is investigating an incident involving a noose found hanging from a box in a storeroom on the Parnassus campus.</p>
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Media Advisory: UCSF AIDS Blog Covers News as It Unfolds at International AIDS Meeting
On the eve of AIDS 2012, the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC, UCSF has launched the blog UCSF AIDS 2012, to cover the news as it unfolds in the days leading up to and during the meeting and to offer daily expert analysis and insight along the way.
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Longtime UCSF Dentistry Leader Dies
<p>William Bird, DDS, DPH, who retired last year after 22 years at the UCSF School of Dentistry, died on Jan. 18, 2012. He was 78.</p>
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AIDS Cure Is Back on Agenda