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UCSF Partners with Causes.com Charities to Help Japan
<p>UCSF continues to partner with Causes.com to help support organizations responding to the needs of children and families affected by the massive earthquake and devastating tsunami in Japan.</p>
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UCSF Responds to Japan's Crisis
<p>UCSF leadership, staff and students have responded on several fronts to the March 11 earthquake that struck Japan and the ensuing tsunami and nuclear crisis.</p>
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Tests for Pacemaker, Stent Safety May Not Show True Risk to Patient, Study Says
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UCSF Medical Center Named Best Metro-Area Hospital
<p>UCSF Medical Center is the best hospital in the San Francisco-Oakland area according to<em> U.S. News & World Report's</em> first-ever best hospitals metro area rankings.</p>
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Little Risk to Body Scans in Airports
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Does Plastic Make You Infertile?
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Music Therapy Helping Young Patients with Discomfort
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UCSF Pharmacy Dean Gives Update
<p>UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean Mary Anne Koda-Kimble issued an update on the school's accomplishments, faculty awards and other campus news.</p>
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Analysis Suggests Cancer Risk of Backscatter Airport Scanners is Low
Calculations by researchers at UCSF and the University of California, Berkeley estimate that the cancer risk associated with one type of airport security scanners is low based on the amount of radiation these devices emit, as long as they are operated and function correctly.
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UCTV Video Focuses on Breast Cancer and Environment
<p>On Monday, March 28 at 7:30 p.m. UCTV will feature the “The Breast Biologues,” a video that explores links between breast cancer and harmful exposure to environmental contributors to the disease.</p>
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Skin Zapper Helps Treat Skin Cancer Without Surgery
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Higher RN Staffing Levels Improve Patient Outcomes, RWJF Study Finds
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UCSF Offers Special Night at California Academy of Sciences
<p>UCSF and the California Academy of Sciences are offering faculty, staff and students a special night on April 28 to enjoy science, music and food at the popular museum in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.</p>
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Airport Full-Body Scans Pose Little Radiation Risk for Fliers, Study Finds
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UC San Francisco, Enloe Join Forces in Fight Against Cancer
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Best New R&D - UCSF Stem Cell Research Building
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Best Financial Finalist - UCSF Neuroscience Building
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ZOMG, the First Annual UCSF Patient Prom is Coming to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital April 15th!
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Six Women, Many Small Steps Toward Breast Cancer Breakthroughs
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Dispelling the Myths Surrounding Cancer Trials
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UCSF to Conduct 2011 Staff Engagement Survey
<p>Beginning March 28, UCSF will survey more than 14,000 staff members to gauge the level in which they are engaged in helping the University achieve its<em> advancing health worldwide</em> mission.</p>
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Early Interventions Result in High Rates for Breastfeeding at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital
<p>UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital ranks number four out of hospitals throughout California based on their rates of exclusive breastfeeding, when the infant only receives breast milk, according to a recent report.</p>
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UCSF, UC Berkeley Join Forces to Advance Frontier of Brain Repair
Neuroscientists and engineers at UCSF and UC Berkeley have joined forces to help pioneer a new frontier of brain repair – the development of devices that would allow patients with such conditions as stroke and spinal cord injury to control prosthetics through thoughts alone.
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UCSF Team Shows How to Make Skinny Worms Fat and Fat Worms Skinny
Researchers exploring human metabolism at UCSF have uncovered a handful of chemical compounds that regulate fat storage in worms, offering a new tool for understanding obesity and finding future treatments for diseases associated with obesity.
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Actress Elizabeth Taylor Dies of Heart Failure
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Radkowski Appointed Director of Contracts & Grants at UCSF
<p>John Radkowski has been appointed as director of the Contracts & Grants in the Division of the Office of Sponsored Research at UCSF.</p>
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UCSF Liver Transplant Team Shares Expertise in Latin America
<p>With low patient mortality, Uruguay’s liver transplantation program is now considered a model throughout Latin America, thanks in part to the UCSF team that shared its expertise in the small South American country since 2007. </p>
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First Anniversary of Health Care Reform Highlights Increased Interest in Primary Care
<p>One year ago today, (March 23) President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law, setting in motion a series of reforms that over the course of four years will grant 32 million more Americans insurance coverage.</p>
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Simple Rules for Better Sleep