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UCSF Children's Hospital leukemia patient Kyle Wetle and his family will be reunited today (Wednesday) with the 15-week-old Chihuahua puppy named Chemo that was stolen from the family vehicle on September 2.
New cancer research reported online by UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center members this week in <i>Nature</i> challenges conventional wisdom about how an archetypal, protective "tumor suppressor" protein works to prevent cancer.
Bree Johnston, MD, professor in the department of geriatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, discusses with <i>Your Call </i>host Rose Aguilar the recent census report showing an increase by one million in the number of uninsured in the U.S., and what Mayor Gavin Newsom's universal health care bill would mean for San Francisco residents.
Postbaccalaureate premedical programs are a valuable tool for increasing the number of disadvantaged and underrepresented students who matriculate into medical school, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
A new clinical report published in the September issue of <i>Pediatrics</i> recommends that children who are lactose intolerant still should eat some dairy products as an important source of calcium for bone mineral health and of other nutrients that facilitate growth.
Feeling guilty over spending on designer shoes or silk ties instead of giving to a worthy cause? Here's a way to combine both activities to benefit children.
Chemo, the puppy stolen from the family car of 8-year-old UCSF Children's Hospital leukemia patient Kyle Wetle on Saturday, has been recovered, UCSF police officials said Tuesday.
It's recommended that girls ages 11 and 12 get the new HPV, or human papillomavirus vaccine, to prevent cervical cancer, precancerous genital lesions and genital warts due to HPV.
Two UCSF nurses don't consider themselves heroes for helping two people injured in Tuesday's hit-and-run rampage in San Francisco.
Violent video games create more permissive attitudes toward risky behaviors – such as using drugs – in youths who play those games, according to a study by UCSF researcher Sonya Brady, PhD.
With the most recent edition of the hottest sports video game in the nation hitting store shelves in August, UCSF researcher Sonya Brady, PhD, knows that for some gamers, the release of <i>Madden NFL 07</i> for the Sony PlayStation 2 means more than just armchair blocking and rushing.
The campus has named the 2006 scholars for the UCSF Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Scholars Program.
Even for outer space fanatics, reality must sometimes strike. From Buck Rogers to Battlestar Galactica, humans have shown the rather unearthly ability to race across the cosmos with little impact on their health other than the occasional phaser blast. What is an easily overlooked detail for screenwriters, however, can be a painful fact to real astronauts and shuttle pilots.
Pregnant women who seek prenatal diagnostic testing to identify genetic or chromosomal abnormalities have a lower risk of miscarriage than previously believed, according to a UCSF study.
<i>City Visions</i> host Yumi Wilson interviews Dr. Louann Brizendine, MD, director and founder of the Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic at the University of California, San Francisco, about her book <i>The Female Brain</i>, in which Brizendine claims the foundation of the differences between men and women are biological.
Primary care medicine faces a serious crisis that could threaten the health of millions of Americans, according to a UCSF health policy expert.
On Wednesday, August 23, Rebecca Smith, co-director of the Science and Health Education Partnership — a collaboration between the University of California, San Francisco and the San Francisco Unified School District — and Theresa O'Brien from the UCSF Graduate Students' Association spoke with <i>Your Call</i> host Rose Aguilar about science education in the Bay Area and the new science high school at UCSF's Mission Bay campus.
A former astronaut and researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center will be traveling to the Cosmodrome space-launch site at Baikonur, Kazakhstan
The latest rankings rate UCSF ninth among universities worldwide – pretty impressive. Although the rankings – produced by <i>Newsweek International</i> – are among the first-ever international comparisons, there now are a rapidly growing number of groups across the globe that are developing university rankings – and the methods used often are criticized.
Google chef Nate Keller will give a private cooking demonstration as part of a September 16 fundraiser for the San Francisco General Hospital Trauma Recovery Center.
One of the world's most prominent health care leaders, Sir Liam Donaldson, MSc, MD, chief medical officer of the United Kingdom and founding chair of the World Health Organization's Alliance for Patient Safety, gave a talk on Monday, Aug. 28, about medical errors and approaches to hospital safety.
UCSF wants to know what people think about campus life at various satellite sites, like Laurel Heights.
UCSF Cancer Resource Center will host "Living and Laughing with Cancer: An Evening of Improvisational Theater" on Thursday, September 21, from 5 to 7 p.m.
UCSF police on Saturday arrested John Tobias, who was reportedly found in possession of stolen property in the Medical Sciences Building.
Part of a series marking the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, an article in Monday's <i>Vallejo Times-Herald </i>profiles some of those who participated in volunteer missions to aid hurricane victims.
The Auxiliary of UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion is not letting a recent setback keep it from its century-old tradition of supporting patients.
One of the world's most prominent health care leaders will visit UCSF and share his insights on patient safety from a global perspective and the latest approaches to hospital safety and policy. The talk is open to the public.