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UCSF, Stanford Autism Study Shows Surprises
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San Francisco Approves City Budget
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Brain Research and the Challenge of Aging
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Study: Environmental Factors May Be Just as Important as Genes in Autism
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Study Shows Flame Retardants May Be Harmful
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Study Debunks Autism as a Primarily Genetic Disorder
A rigorous study of nearly 400 twins has shown that environmental factors have been underestimated, and genetics overestimated, for their roles in autism-spectrum disorders.
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Autism Study Downplays Role of Genetics
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Customize Starting Age and Frequency of Mammograms
Mammograms should not be done on a one-size fits all basis, but instead should be personalized based on a woman’s age, the density of her breasts, her family history of breast cancer and other factors including her own values, according to a new study.
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Study: No One-Size-Fits-All Guidelines for Mammograms
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When Should Women Begin Having Mammograms?
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Which Birth Control Now?
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New Study Implicates Environmental Factors in Autism
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Many SF School Cafeterias Parched as Tap Water Deadline Looms
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Daphne Stannard: Strengthening Ties Between Research and Hospital Nursing
<p>Daphne Stannard’s story mirrors an important shift in nursing: the tightening connection between the ivory tower and the practice setting or, as the nurse researcher puts it, “diminishing the dichotomy between academia and service.”</p>
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3 S.F. Hospitals, Kaiser Lauded for LGBT Care
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Champion Charities Gives UCSF $2.5 Million to Tackle Brain Disease
<p>Former NFL players Harris Barton and Ronnie Lott recently presented a check for $2.5 million on behalf of Champion Charities to UCSF’s Brain Tumor Research Center to support its mission to eradicate brain disease.</p>
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Gladstone Institutes Ranked No. 1 Academic Employer
The Gladstone Institutes has been named America’s best place to work in academia, capping a seven-year stint in which readers of <i>The Scientist</i> have ranked the independent biomedical-research organization among academia’s top ten places to work.
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UCSF Scientists Working to 'Program' E-Coli
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Gay rights group: Bay Area Hospitals Lead the Way in LGBT "Equality" Standings
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UCSF Medical Center Earns Perfect Healthcare Equality Index Score for Fifth Consecutive Year
UCSF Medical Center today became the only institution in the United States to receive a perfect score on the LGBT Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) for five consecutive years.
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The 2011 Hot 20 Under (And Over) 40 Readers'
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Cured Meats Not Linked to Pancreatic Cancer
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Mixed Report on Women's Health Research
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UCSF Names Lium to Lead New Innovation Office
<p>Erik Lium has been named assistant vice chancellor of UCSF's newly created Office of Innovation, Technology and Alliances to provide the strategic leadership to both support innovation on campus and foster external alliances to advance biomedical research.</p>
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UCSF-Led Team Decodes Evolution of Skin and Ovarian Cancer Cells
A team of researchers led by scientists at UCSF has developed a way to uncover the evolution of human cancer cells, determining the order in which mutations emerge in them as they wend their way from a normal, healthy state into invasive, malignant masses.
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Ovarian Cancer Outcomes May Improve with "Dose-Dense" Chemotherapy
<p>UCSF gynecologic oncologist John K. Chan, MD, is leading a nationwide endeavor to evaluate a new strategy called “dose-dense” chemotherapy to improve treatment outcomes for women with ovarian cancer.</p>
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Teen Drug Use Is Number One Health Problem in US, Study Says
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UCSF Chancellor Receives Honorary Degree from Princeton
<p>UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann was among six distinguished individuals to receive an honorary degree from Princeton University during commencement exercises on May 31.</p>
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Researchers Look at Abortion 'Stigma'