Unless you weigh more than 400 pounds, it’s difficult to imagine walking a mile in James Dials’ shoes. In fact, for most of his life, he couldn’t do that either.
Free Health Screening Gives High School Athletes Peace of Mind
May 09, 2013Lowell High School football player Jacky Tang went through a barrage of medical tests at UCSF’s PlaySafe Cardiac Physicals, an interdisciplinary clinic designed to detect underlying medical abnormalities in young athletes and prevent sudden death.
Early Formula Use Helps Some Mothers Breastfeed Longer
May 13, 2013Researchers at UC San Francisco have found that giving small amounts of formula in the first few days of life to infants experiencing high levels of early weight loss actually can increase the length of time their mothers end up breastfeeding.
App Helps Doctors, Students Learn to Diagnose Neurological Symptoms and Disease
May 16, 2013UC San Francisco has launched a new app for the Apple iPad that presents a novel approach to learning the neurological physical exam, a challenging series of assessments aimed at diagnosing neurological disorders in patients.
UCSF and Precision Medicine
UCSF convened some of the world’s foremost thought leaders for a two-day summit to chart the course of an emerging field called precision medicine.
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