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UCSF: Program Could Reduce National Health Care Expenses by $6 Billion a Year
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Breast Cancer Risk Can Be Lowered By Avoiding Unnecessary Medical Imaging
The single thing that a woman can do to lower her risk of breast cancer is to avoid unnecessary medical imaging, says Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD, a professor of radiology and biomedical imaging, epidemiology and biostatistics at UCSF, who contributed to a new Institute of Medicine report.
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Computers May Predict Drugs' Side Effects
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Computer Model Successfully Predicts Drug Side Effects
<p>A new set of computer models has successfully predicted negative side effects in hundreds of current drugs, based on the similarity between their chemical structures and those molecules known to cause side effects, according to a paper appearing online this week in the journal <em>Nature</em>.</p>
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Mitchel Berger Takes Helm of American Association of Neurological Surgeons
<p>Mitchel Berger, MD, who chairs the Department of Neurological Surgery at UCSF, talks about his work as president of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), a scientific and educational association with more than 8,000 members worldwide.</p>
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LGBT Leaders Receive Chancellor's Award at UCSF
<p>Members of the UCSF community recently recognized three individuals for their leadership in championing rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.</p>
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Amputees Become Athletes with Prosthetic Advances
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Specialized Hospital Care for Elderly Patients Could Significantly Cut Costs
Creating specialized hospital units for elderly people with acute medical illness could reduce national health care costs by as much $6 billion a year, according to a new study by UCSF researchers.
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Type of Stem Cell May Contribute to Heart Disease
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Gladstone Scientists Reprogram Skin Cells into Brain Cells
Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have for the first time transformed skin cells — with a single genetic factor — into cells that develop on their own into an interconnected, functional network of brain cells.
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Should Sugary Drinks Be Taxed Like Cigarettes?
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Teen Patient Sings About Struggles of Medical Journey
<p>Rachel Hale, 18 and Monica Joy, 15, have a friendship similar to a lot of teenagers. But unlike most teenagers, their friendship first started at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital while they were both undergoing treatment for gastrointestinal issues.</p>
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San Francisco General Hospital Celebrates Topping Out
<p>Members of the community gathered Tuesday to celebrate the "topping out" of the UCSF-affiliated San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, which will house more than 284 beds, 14 operating rooms as well as an emergency room nearly three times larger than the current one.</p>
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Dipsea Champ Rivers Can't Wait for 'Dipsea Day'
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UCSF Chancellor Appointed to New California Task Force to Improve Health
<p>UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, has been appointed to a new state task force established by Governor Jerry Brown to develop a 10-year blueprint for improving the health of Californians.</p>
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Prop. 29 a Virtual Tie So Far
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SF General Hospital Celebrates Milestone In Rebuild Of Its Acute Care Facility
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Standard Measures of Clinical Care of Blood Pressure Misleading, Say Researchers
Standard performance measures used by health care systems and insurance companies to assess how well physicians are controlling their patients’ blood pressure tell an incomplete and potentially misleading story, researchers say.
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MLB Umpires Visit Sick Kids at UCSF Children's Hospital
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Amputee Athletes Push Physical Boundaries at Unique Clinic
A diverse group of young athletes came together recently for a common purpose: to participate in UCSF’s Amputee Comprehensive Training program at the Orthopaedic Institute, where they pushed themselves further than they had ever imagined possible.
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Digging Deeper: Hospital Team at UCSF Medical Center Sets Ambitious Green Goal
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Teens Whose Moms Smoked While Pregnant May Have Worse Asthma
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New Cancer Data Shine Spotlight On The Secret Committees That Make Medicine's Toughest Decisions
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UCSF Medical Center Gets Great HealthGrades
<p>UCSF Medical Center was the only hospital in California to lead in both patient satisfaction and patient safety in a new report from HealthGrades, a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.</p>
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Advanced Prostate Cancer Slows With New Drug
A new medication proved effective in slowing the spread of metastatic prostate cancer, while helping to maintain the quality of life, in patients with advanced disease, according to results of a UCSF-led study.
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A Drug for Advanced Melanoma Is Found to Prolong Patients' Lives
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Open Access Petition Passes 25,000 Threshold
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Ill, Older Patients Who Rely on Emergency Room Often Live Final Days in Hospital, Study Finds
Half of adults over age 65 made at least one emergency department (ED) visit in the last month of life, in a study led by a physician at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF.
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Hormone-blocking Pill Zytiga Slows Prostate Cancer Growth