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Most parents know or suspect when their child smokes, but they are much more likely to be in the dark if the child vapes or uses other tobacco products, according to a large national study by researchers at UCSF.
Expanding routine newborn screening to include a metabolic vulnerability profile could lead to earlier detection of life-threatening complications in babies born preterm, according to a study by UC San Francisco researchers.
Though cancer immunotherapy has become a promising standard-of-care treatment – and in some cases, perhaps a cure – for a wide variety of different cancers, it doesn’t work for everyone, and researchers have increasingly turned their attention to understanding why.
Students, faculty and staff at UCSF will be invited to activate COVID Notify on their smartphones.
UCSF talked with Cheryl and Robynn Cox, who are sixth-generation descendants of Biddy Mason, about the legacy of their great-great-great-great grandmother.
The study found no significant difference between the two groups in total weight loss or in other health markers.
With influenza, COVID-19, and the usual cold-weather respiratory infections in circulation this winter, experts say it’s bound to be a confusing season for people to sort out what to do when they fall ill.
In a continuing effort to serve communities that are at high risk of getting COVID-19, UCSF is partnering with Oakland-based community groups to sponsor two days of free mass testing.
A new video offers a roadmap for structured meetings between clinicians and family members when a patient has a serious or life-threatening condition.
