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New Drug Prospect Offers Hope Against Hookworm Infections
<p>A drug candidate that is nearing clinical trials against a Latin American parasite is showing additional promise as a cure for hookworm, one of the most widespread and insidious parasites afflicting developing nations, according to a collaborative study at UCSF and Yale University.</p>
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KCBS In Depth: Push For States To Opt In On Affordable Care Act
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A Calorie, Is a Calorie, Is a Calorie -- Or Is It?
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Health Sector Sees Looming Labor Shortage
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Mysterious Phenomenon of Orgasm Headaches
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Plea to End Transplant Ban Between HIV Patients
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AIDs Conference Returns to the U.S.
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Affordable Care Act: Next Challenge to Turn Health Coverage into Access
<p>The Supreme Court ruling on the health care law is a "great opportunity, but it’s really only the beginning of what’s likely to be a very long journey,” said <a href="http://profiles.ucsf.edu/ProfileDetails.aspx?From=SE&Person=4574215">Josh Adler</a>, MD, chief medical officer of UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.</p>
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U.S. Task Force's Recommendations Stoke Debate over Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements
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Cigarettes Made from Tobacco with Less Nicotine May Help Smokers Quit
<p>Smokers can begin loosening the tight grip of nicotine addiction by smoking low-nicotine cigarettes, without lighting up any more than they usually do, according to recent research led by long-time UCSF nicotine researcher Neal Benowitz, MD. </p>
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Supersize Servings: Good for Your Wallet, Hazardous to Your Health?
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AIDS Walk San Francisco Only Weeks Away
<p>UCSF teams are working hard to achieve a collective fundraising goal of $55,000 in AIDS Walk San Francisco, which is on July 15.</p>
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Researchers Find Clues to Living Longer, Healthier Lives
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Demand for Care Will Rise as Health Law Boosts Insured
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Bay Area Researchers Say They See an End to AIDS Epidemic
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Secrets of Lung Cancer Drug Resistance Revealed at UCSF
People with lung cancer who are treated with the drug Tarceva face a daunting uncertainty: although their tumors may initially shrink, it's not a question of whether their cancer will return—it's a question of when. And for far too many, it happens far too soon.
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I Took a Web Detour, and Now I Feel Better
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Supreme Court Ruling on Medicaid Causes Concern Over Health Coverage
<p>As Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling on the health care law is examined, experts are citing concerns about the Medicaid decision, which could end up insuring fewer Americans as states opt out of expansion.</p>
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Mother of All Hormones?
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California and the Affordable Care Act
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Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, More -- Due to Infectious Proteins?
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Educators Consider Impact of Supreme Court Ruling on Teaching Health Professionals
<p>Educators across UCSF are considering the implications of the newly affirmed health care law on teaching future pharmacists, doctors, nurses and dentists.</p>
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UCSF Goes to Washington
<p>UCSF takes its mission of advancing health worldwide seriously and so do the leaders of the free world. That's why UCSF scientists and scholars are regularly called to nation's capitol to get their expert advice.</p>
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Teaching Hospitals, Medical Students Applaud Supreme Court's Health-Care Ruling
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Gladstone Scientists Use Stem Cell Technology to Tackle Huntington's Disease
Scientists at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes and an international team of researchers have generated a human model of Huntington’s disease — directly from the skin cells of patients with the disease.
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Better Breathing Can Mean Better Health
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Garbage Trucks' Diesel Fumes May Be Increasing Asthma In New York City Neighborhoods
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Supreme Court Ruling a Significant Step to Improving Health in America
<p>Experts at UCSF say the historic U.S. Supreme Court ruling on President Obama’s health care law has the potential to significantly improve the nation's health and the education of future health professionals.</p>
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Live Chat: Supreme Court Ruling on Health Care, June 28 at Noon