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On Friday, February 9, KQED-FM's Forum with Michael Krasny explored increasing rates of depression and suicide among college students and adolescents. Lynn Ponton, MD, joined guest host Dave Iverson to discuss factors responsible for the increase, and what can be done about them.
UCSF researchers have discovered why drugs designed to target about one out of every four cases of breast cancer often fail to save women's lives or to stop these tumors from growing.
The long-standing military tradition of cheap cigarettes in military stores persists because of politics in the U.S. military sales system and tobacco industry pressures, according to a new UCSF study.
The largest meeting of the year aimed at a broad audience of scientists, educators, students and policymakers meets in San Francisco from Thursday through Monday, Feb. 15-19. The annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) focuses this year on environmental, health and policy issues and trends. The theme is "Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being."
Daniel Weiss, PhD, professor of medical psychology at UCSF, talks about how a virtual-reality computer program helps returning Iraq War vets.
The founder of the field of angiogenesis research will deliver a keynote address at the Department of Surgery's 20th Annual Resident Research Symposium on February 15.
UCSF police are reporting an increase in auto burglaries at the Parnassus campus.
In the largest report yet on autism from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in 150 American children are found to have been diagnosed with the disorder.
Roger K. Long, MD, an endocrinology research fellow at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco, was one of only three scientists named in January 2007 as 2006-2008 Postdoctoral Fellows by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI).
This year, UCSF is expanding the number of camps it offers kids, including a new winter break camp beginning on February 19.
The study also incorporated a pain model developed at UCSF that provided a standardized reference point. This model allowed researchers to compare relief of chronic HIV-associated neuropathic pain simultaneously with patient response to pain and skin sensitivity.
Researchers at UCSF Children's Hospital in San Francisco have launched a groundbreaking study to determine whether a new procedure using magnets can correct sunken chest, the most common congenital chest deformity, in the same way that orthodontic braces gradually realign teeth.
The long-standing military tradition of cheap cigarettes in military stores persists because of politics in the U.S. military sales system and tobacco industry pressures, according to a new study led by a UCSF School of Nursing professor.
The campus community is invited to Valentine's Day festivities, beginning with an exclusive ice skating party tomorrow.
California Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez led a town hall meeting on health care after touring UCSF Children's Hospital on Saturday.
Ophthalmologist and neuroscientist Jonathan Horton opens his eyes -- and his mind -- to some startling observations about what vision is and why we might be blind to the truth...
The UCSF Academic Senate has selected cell biologist Peter Walter to deliver the 50th Faculty Research Lecture on May 1.
The campus community is invited to celebrate the 120th anniversary of Mount Zion at receptions on February 15.
UCSF neurosurgeon Andrew Parsa, MD, PhD, is running a clinical trial on patients with glioblastoma multiforme, the most deadly type of brain tumor, using a vaccine made from the patient's own tumor to trigger the immune system.
For a two-part special report on premature ejaculation, <i>Healthwatch</i> correspondent Kim Mulvihill, MD, spoke to three top specialists in sexual medicine, including Paul J. Turek, MD, and Louann Brizendine, MD, both of UCSF.
The debate over how to make health insurance available to everyone in California made it's way to those dealing with the crushing costs of health care.
Gladstone Institute scientist Ya-Lin Chiu will talk about her prize-winning research at UCSF Mission Bay on February 20.
UCSF's David Bell, one of the two first staff advisors to the UC Regents, will talk about the advisor's role and responsibility at a forum on February 12.
UCSF's Roger Long is among three young scientists who will get hands-on research experience as part of a national vision for space exploration.
Faculty participation in a National Research Council survey is crucial in raising the visibility of UCSF's graduate programs, campus officials say.
UCSF neuroscientists Louis Ptáček, MD, Ying-Hui Fu, PhD, and colleagues are exploring the body's biological rhythms. Sometimes these are referred to as "clocks," and at other times as circadian rhythms.
The UCSF AIDS Walk Trophy is now in the hands of the Summer Research Training Program after the School of Pharmacy was the first to win the honor.