Binge Drinking Linked to First Episodes of Heart Rhythm Disorder
Binge drinking can lead to more ER visits and first episodes of a serious heart condition, new UCSF study reports.
University of California San Francisco
Give to UCSF
Displaying 1381 - 1410 of 16518
-
-
Medicine Meets Emotion: COVID Expert Shares What Happened When His Son Tested Positive
-
Novel Brainstem Circuit Gives Rise to the Rhythms of Vocalization
Human vocal sounds have the same rhythmic quality as the sounds made by many mammals, songbirds, and even some species of fish. UCSF researchers have found the brainstem circuit responsible, and it's connected breath control.
-
Exercise Alters Brain Chemistry to Protect Aging Synapses
UCSF researchers show how physical activity protects cognition by altering brain chemistry that maintains synapses, especially for the elderly.
-
Sorting Cancers by ‘Immune Archetypes’ May Offer New Approach For Precision Immunotherapies
UCSF researchers found that cancers from different parts of the body are immunologically similar to one another. They described 12 classes of "immune archetypes" to classify cancer tumors, which can provide unique strategies for enhancing patients’ choice of cancer immunotherapies.
-
Timing of Brain Injury in Pregnancy, Birth May Impact Motor and Language Outcomes
Brain maps and developmental outcomes differ greatly in newborns with two of the most common brain injury types, which may have implications for early intervention.
-
Pig Brain Cells May Have Cured a Sea Lion’s Epilepsy – Are Humans Next?
-
Meet the Dermatologists Changing Their Field
-
We Have Life-saving Treatments for the Opioid Overdose Epidemic. Here’s Why They Often Don’t Get Used
-
New Research Shows How the Pandemic Has Affected Teenagers’ Health
-
Alpha Coronavirus Variant Evolved to Evade Immune System
A new study led by scientists at UCSF's Quantitative Biosciences Institute and University College London found that the Alpha variant of SARS-CoV-2 ramped up production of a protein that it uses to stifle infected cells’ immune-stimulating signals, helping it evade immune detection and accelerate its transmission.
-
What CDC’s New COVID Isolation Rules Mean for Vaccinated, Boosted
-
‘This Virus Will Ultimately Become Endemic’: Scientists Find Key in Alpha Variant To Fight Omicron
-
Mom’s Kidney Donation To Ailing Son Means Family Toddler Home for Holidays for 1st Time
-
There Aren’t Enough Mental Health Professionals Despite a Tsunami of Need. Here’s What S.F. Is Doing About It
-
As Omicron Surges, UCSF Experts Answer Questions About the COVID-19 Variant
There is some information that is known about the variant and other information that sti
-
AI Points the Way to Better Doctor-Patient Communication
A natural language processing study parses doctor-patient communication at an unprecedented scale and offers new ways to help doctors communicate with their patients.
-
UCSF Doctor Composes Song ‘Angels Among Us’ Inspired by Teen Cancer Patient
-
Experimental Gene Therapy Shown Safe and Effective, Giving Kids a New Chance at Life
-
UCSF Releases the Latest Designs for New Hospital at Parnassus Heights
The conceptual images are being released to coincide with the project’s Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR), which opened a 60-day public comment period on Dec. 16, 2021.
-
Sickle Cell Gift Adds $2M to Oakland Hospital’s Growing Program
An anonymous $2 million gift will support Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland's growing sickle cell program.
-
Race-Based Equations May Lead to Under-Treatment of Lung Disease in Black Patients
A UCSF study finds that race-based equations may mean Black patients' lung disease can be underdiagnosed and classified as moderate disease in more severe cases.
-
Digital Therapy for Prenatal Insomnia May Prevent Postpartum Depression
A UCSF study finds that a digital version of cognitive behavioral therapy (dCBT) for prenatal insomnia may prevent postpartum depression
-
2021: The Year in Review
COVID-19 vaccines for our communities. A Nobel Prize. Scientific breakthroughs and advancements in patient care. Innovation in education. While it has been a challenging year, there are many examples of what makes UCSF a special place. Take a moment to reflect on some of the moments from this past year that exemplify what we do.
-
UCSF Joins Arc Institute to Advance New Therapies for Complex Diseases
Arc investigators will include faculty at UCSF, UC Berkeley, and Stanford, as well as graduate students in these universities pursuing PhD studies at Arc labs.
-
Wildhood: The Astounding Connections between Human and Animal Adolescents
Does your rambunctious teen seem like an animal? You may be on to something. Harvard evolutionary biologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD ’87, and science writer Kathryn Bowers reveal startling similarities between humans and animals in young adulthood.
-
UCSF Women’s Sports Performance Center webinar
See the story behind the first and only women’s sports medicine center on the West Coast. Learn how the center’s physicians – all athletes – are helping women and girls, from weekend warriors to pros, optimize their performance and heal from injuries.
-
Postcards from the Living
UCSF alum Jenny Qi, PhD ’17, shares a poem from her first book, Focal Point
-
UCSF’s Robin Carhart-Harris, PhD, on “The Psychedelic Therapy Podcast”
Explore the power of psychedelic therapy to treat the ailing human mind with international expert Carhart-Harris, who joined UCSF in 2021 as the Metzner Distinguished Professor and director of the new Neuroscape Psychedelics Division. Discover what his comparison of psilocybin with an antidepressant revealed on the Aug. 19 episode.
-
Madalene Mandap, PharmD ’12: Hand in hand with Alaska Native people
A “help each other” mindset drew Madalene Mandap to Anchorage and the Southcentral Foundation.