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UCSF's Olney Driven to Publish Clinical Finding Even as ALS Takes its Toll
<p>Richard K. Olney, MD, the founding director of the ALS Treatment and Research Center at UCSF and a pioneer in ALS clinical research, pushes to complete a clinical research paper, even as he nears the end of his own struggle with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).</p>
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First UCSF Medical Center Clinics Implement Electronic Health Records
<p>UCSF Medical Center is implementing a new electronic health record system that enables patients to quickly access their medical information, such as prescriptions and lab test results, and empowers them to help manage their health care.</p>
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Compound Taken From Broccoli Could Help Stop Melanoma
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Chris Adrian's 'The Great Night' Takes on The Bard
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Skin Cancer Screeing in Chinatown (Chinese Broadcast)
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Labor Wards Looking at Laughing Gas
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Dr. Richard Olney in Last Stages, Study of Disease
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Should Hysterectomy Mean the Ovaries Come Out Too?
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Men's and Women's Immune Systems Respond Differently to PTSD
Men and women had starkly different immune system responses to chronic post-traumatic stress disorder, with men showing no response and women showing a strong response, in two studies by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
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Childhood Trauma and PTSD Shorten Lifespan
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Successful Match Day Recruits Top Candidates to UCSF
<p>Juan Bautista stood nervously waiting to open the envelope that would dictate where he and his family would spend the next several years of their lives. While he loved his medical school experience at Northwestern University in Chicago, he wanted to match with UCSF Fresno to complete his obstetrics-gynecology residency and give back to the community in which he was raised.</p>
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Ovaries After Hysterectomy - Keep or Lose? More Study Needed
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Stem Cell Discoveries Pace Growing Understanding of Human Brain's Uniqueness
<p>Scientists are making great strides in figuring out how the human brain develops, which are leading to novel ideas about the causes of a range of brain disorders, and are raising hopes for the regeneration of tissue that is lost in diseases such as Alzheimer’s. </p>
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Teens Enjoy First-Ever Prom at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
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Dr. Richard Olney in Last Stages, Study of Disease
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Enloe Cancer Division Gets $25,000 Donation
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Susan G. Komen for the Cure to Award $58 Million in 2011
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How Meditation Might Ward Off the Effects of Ageing
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21st Century Pharmacy
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UCSF Team Takes Second Place for 'Smart' Diaphragm Device in National Innovation Competition
<p>A UCSF team that developed a low-cost diaphragm device, which monitors early signs of pre-term labor and sends a wireless alert to the patient’s physician, has won second place in a national competition and could lead to clinical trials of the product.</p>
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The New Toxic Threats to Women's Health
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UCSF's Academy of Medical Educators Celebrates a Decade of Innovation
<p>In 2000, educational leaders at UCSF’s School of Medicine established a new organization to ensure, highlight and uplift the value of teaching. This year, that entity, the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, celebrates its first decade.</p>
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5 Highlights From the 'Toxic Sugar' Video
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Risk of Accelerated Aging Seen in PTSD Patients with Childhood Trauma
Adults with post-traumatic stress disorder and a history of childhood trauma had significantly shorter telomere length than those with PTSD but without childhood trauma, in a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
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UCSF Study Revisits First Clinical Trial to Treat Multiple Sclerosis Decades Later
<p><span class="Apple-style-span">More than two decades after a pivotal clinical trial of a drug was used to treat multiple sclerosis, researchers are reporting a surprising discovery: the people who received interferon in the trial, as opposed to a placebo, were only about half as likely to have died in years since.</span></p>
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New Hemoglobin Sensor May Help in Transfusion Decisions
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New Haitian Leader Calls Cholera Top Threat
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UCSF Police Seek Information on Suspect in Sexual Assault
The UCSF Police Department is searching for a suspect in a sexual assault that occurred near the UCSF Parnassus campus on the evening of Friday, April 15, and seeking witnesses who might have information on the assailant.
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Pediatric Neurologist Named Physician-in-Chief of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
<p>Donna Ferriero, who is internationally recognized as an expert in the care of newborns and children with neurological disabilities, has been named chair of the Department of Pediatrics and physician-in-chief of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.</p>