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Colleagues Mourn Loss of Beloved Psychiatrist Kevin Mack
<p>Colleagues at UCSF and UC Berkeley are mournign the loss of Kevin Mack, MD, MS, a beloved professor, friend and father who died in an accident in San Francisco on July 14. He was 52.</p>
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UCSF Study Highlights Success of Brain Surgery for Severe Epilepsy
Two-thirds of people with severe and otherwise untreatable epilepsy were completely cured of their frequent seizures after undergoing neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center, according to a new study that examined 143 of these patients two years after their operations.
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Hormone Thwarts Early Menopause in Breast Cancer
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UCSF and Stanford Top U.S. News' Best Hospitals List
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AIDS: Emphasis of Research, Funding Shifts to Cure
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U.S. News and World Report Ranks Nation's Best Hospitals
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UCSF Medical Center Named Top 10 Hospital for 11th Consecutive Year
UCSF Medical Center ranks among the nation’s top 10 premier hospitals for the 11th consecutive year and is the best in Northern California, according to the 2011-2012 America’s Best Hospitals survey conducted by U.S. News & World Report.
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A Vaccine May Shield Boys Too
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17 Hospitals Ranked as Nation's Best
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New Moms Who Express Milk by Hand Breastfeed Longer, UCSF Study Finds
New mothers who practice expressing their breast milk by hand during the first days following their child’s birth are more likely to still be nursing two months later than mothers who use an electric breast pump, according to findings from a new study led by researchers at UCSF.
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Healthier Lifestyles Could Cut Alzheimer's Cases by 30,000
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Traumatic Brain Injury More Than Doubles Dementia Risk
Patients diagnosed with traumatic brain injury (TBI) had over twice the risk of developing dementia within seven years after diagnosis compared to those without TBI, in a study of more than 280,000 older veterans conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF.
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Treatment May Protect Young Women with Breast Cancer from Early Menopause
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UCSF Community to Gather on July 21 to Remember Kevin Mack
<p>The UCSF community is invited to gather on July 21 to remember Kevin Mack, who died on Thursday during an accident involving a UCSF campus shuttle.</p>
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UCSF Team Shows Spirit at AIDS Walk San Francisco
<p>The UCSF team showed its spirit in the 25th Annual AIDS Walk San Francisco, which drew more than 25,000 walkers and raised more than $3 million to benefit HIV/AIDS programs and services in the Bay Area.</p>
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Alzheimer's Disease: Targeting Risk Factors Could Cut Number of Cases
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Over Half of Alzheimer's Cases May Be Preventable, Say Researchers
Over half of all Alzheimer’s disease cases could potentially be prevented through lifestyle changes and treatment or prevention of chronic medical conditions, according to a study led by Deborah Barnes, PhD, a mental health researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
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Breast Pump Not Best Way to Succeed at Breast Feeding
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Heavy Teens Need More Health Talks: Study
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San Jose Junior Sharks Hockey Player Doesn't Let Diabetes Stop Her
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Clinical and Translational Science Institute
<p>With renewed funding by the National Institutes of Health, the Clinical and Translational Science Institute at UCSF is poised to further accelerate the translation into clinical therapies, export its successes to other institutions and create initiatives to bring better health to more people more quickly. Explore this web package.</p>
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Traumatic Brain Injury Doubles Risk of Later Dementia
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UCSF Receives $112 Million to Help Translate Science into Cures
A UCSF institute aimed at accelerating the pace of translating science into real-life solutions for patients has received $112 million from the National Institutes of Health to expand its work over the next five years.
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Samuel Barondes Book on Assessing Personalities
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Hormone Therapy Extends Life of Some Prostate Cancer Patients
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NIH Director Says Timing Right to Reengineer Translational Science
<p>Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), describes the scientific goals and functions of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), a proposed new entity of the NIH that will strive to reengineer the process of developing drugs, diagnostics, and devices. </p>
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Why the Breast Pump May Not Be Your Friend
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Rethinking Tinnitus: When The Ringing Won't Stop, Clear Your Mind
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Injuries of Veterans, Football Players Are Linked to Dementia Later in Life