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In a study, UCSF neurologist William Seeley, MD, and colleagues identified two key moments in the natural history of Alzheimer’s, pointing to a window of opportunity for treatment with amyloid-lowering drugs.
Brain tumor patients survived longer when treated aggressively with surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Now, a UCSF study underscores the critical role of genomic profiling in diagnosing and grading brain tumors.
Vice President Kamala Harris visited UCSF April 21 to help draw attention to the critical need for addressing disparities nationwide in health care for Black people during pregnancy.
In a recent study, UCSF researchers looked at the efficacy of hybrid and virtual delivery of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). They found that virtual and hybrid CR services produced similar improvements in patient function as in-person CR.
Recently released data from the Centers for Disease Control show childhood autism rates are at their highest level since the CDC began tracking data in 2000.
This study is believed to be the first to report the rate of dementia in Native Americans using a nationwide sample, the researchers stated in their paper.
Black youth who attend racially segregated schools are more likely to have behavior problems and to drink alcohol than Black youth in less segregated schools, according to a UCSF study published in Pediatrics.
Skin diseases both common and rare can be better diagnosed and treated using genetic fingerprinting based on knowledge gained through a new UCSF study, according to researchers who developed new approaches for using the latest techniques to analyze gene activity in cells obtained from affected skin.
A new UCSF-led study showed that people who are vaccinated against COVID-19, and have a history of certain psychiatric conditions, have a heightened risk of infection – a finding that may be related to impaired immune response.
About half of young adults had mental health symptoms during the pandemic and more than a third of those were unable to access mental health therapy, a new UC San Francisco study found.
The Healthcare Equality Index recognizes health care facilities for their dedication to inclusive policies and care for LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and employees.
Scientists at UC San Francisco and Imperial College London found that psilocybin fosters greater connections between different regions of the brain in depressed people, freeing them up from long-held patterns of rumination and excessive self-focus.
Leading UCSF cancer researchers will present at this year’s annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research conference, held April 8-13, 2022, in New Orleans, on topics such as updates on cancer’s environmental factors, targetable protein interactions, and effects on immune metabolism.
Campus and UCSF Health staff members will have the opportunity to share candid feedback about their work at UCSF by completing the short, confidential survey, administered by Gallup.
UCSF, in collaboration with the Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative (QLHC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has developed the OneSource system to seamlessly integrate clinical care and research data.
Stephen L. Hauser, MD, Professor of Neurology and Director of the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, has been chosen by the American Brain Foundation (ABF) to receive its second annual Scientific Breakthrough Award.
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals are increasing services in the East Bay, doubling the patient capacity in a newly expanded and renovated Walnut Creek Outpatient Center. The new clinic space will offer diagnostic and surgical procedures and services specially dedicated to children.
The findings contradict the common notion that Alzheimer’s patients sleep during the day to make up for a bad night of sleep and point toward potential therapies to help these patients feel more awake.
In order to validate surgical decisions for gender-affirming facial srugery pursued by transgender individuals, researchers from the UC San Francisco and the University of Calgary set out to quantify the effect of sex on adult facial size and shape through an analysis of three-dimensional (3D) facial surface images.
For the new study published in the journal Nature on March 30, 2022, researchers at Gladstone Institutes, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and UC San Francisco (UCSF) teamed up. Their findings, shed light on how obesity can change the immune system and, potentially, how clinicians might be able to better treat allergies and asthma in obese people.
