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Seeing a Health Expert Leads to Higher Rate of Flu Shots
As flu season approaches, health care providers need to do more to improve rates of influenza immunizations in lower-income communities, according to new research that identifies the factors that most influence when people obtain flu shots.
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A Life on Hold
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Blood Loss From Tests May Cause Anemia in Patients, Study Finds
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Can a UV Light Kill the Stuff Growing on Your Keyboard?
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Federal Government Issues Warning About Glymes
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Gladstone Scientist Discovers Genetic Factor Implicated in Heartbeat Defect
A scientist at the Gladstone Institutes has discovered how gene regulation can make hearts beat out of sync, offering new hope for the millions who suffer from a potentially fatal heart condition.
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Many Heart Patients Anemic After Too Many Blood Tests in Hospital
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HealthWatch: Public Health Experts Tout 'Meatless Mondays'
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Soy Supplements Don't Ease Bone Loss, Menopausal Symptoms: Study
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Healthy Meals Call for Lots of Green
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SFGH Trauma Surgeon Works to Prevent Injuries in San Francisco
<p>San Francisco General Hospital trauma surgeon Rochelle Dicker, who has treated many pedestrians who ended up in the emergency room after being struck by vehicles, is working with city officials to help make the streets of San Francisco safer.</p>
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Alzheimer's: No Easy Answers for Aging's 'Defining' Illness
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Five Local Women Battle Breast Cancer While They Participate in a Clinical Trial
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Migraine Headaches are Torture
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An Interview with Clinician Jo Chien About the I-Spy Medical Trial
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UCSF Works to Enhance Safety of Campus Shuttle System
<p>UCSF’s effort to enhance the safety of its campus shuttle system, in the wake of a recent fatal accident, is on schedule and proceeding smoothly.</p>
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UCSF Shuttle Factsheet
<p>Quetions and answers about UCSF Shuttles.</p>
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Vampire Bats Could Hold Key to Nervous System
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San Francisco Slashes HIV Prevention Budget for Asian Americans
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UCSF Summer Interns Gain Glimpse of a Scientific Future
<p>Twenty high school students from San Francisco's public schools completed a summer internship program at UCSF that is designed to stimulate their interest in science and to bolster their confidence to continue on to college.</p>
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Study: Healthy Eating is Privilege of the Rich
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Teamwork Makes Hospitals Safer: Q&A With Mary Blegen, Director of the Center for Patient Safety
<p>Mary Blegen, director of the Center for Patient Safety in the UCSF School of Nursing, describes the importance of interprofessional teamwork to improve the quality and safety of patient care.</p>
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Are You Delivering on the Promise of Higher Quality?
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UCSF Gellert Center Aids Family Businesses to Develop and Expand
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Vampire Bats Can Sense the Heat of Blood Flowing in the Veins of Their Prey
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To PSA or Not to PSA, That is the Question!
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Vampire Bats Have Vein Sensors
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How Vampire Bats Tuned Their Thermometers to Evolve A Heat-Seeking Face
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What Steers Vampires to Blood
Scientists have known for years that when vampire bats tear through an animal’s skin with their razor-sharp teeth, their noses guide them to the best spots – where a precise bite will strike a vein and spill forth nourishing blood. But nobody knew exactly how bats knew where to bite – until now.