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Could a Drug Prevent Hearing Loss from Loud Music and Aging?
A newly-discovered gene may explain how humans go deaf both as they age, and in response to loud noise.
Diagnostic Errors Are Common in Seriously Ill Hospitalized Adults
A study of seriously ill patients from academic medical centers across the country has found that nearly a quarter had a delayed or missed diagnosis.
Survey Shows Physicians Don’t Understand FDA’s Approval Process
Many physicians are unfamiliar with how the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulates new drugs and medical devices, and they may be under the impression that the data supporting these approvals
For Dementia Prevention, Sleep Quality in Midlife Matters More
Quality of sleep, not quantity, may play a part in the development of dementia decades before symptoms start.
Study Finds Paxlovid Treatment Does Not Reduce Risk of Long COVID
A team of researchers from UC San Francisco has found that Paxlovid did not reduce the risk of developing long COVID for vaccinated, non-hospitalized individuals during their first COVID-19 infection.
Prominent Surgeon and Researcher Picked to Lead UCSF Orthopaedics
C. Benjamin Ma, MD, a highly regarded orthopaedic surgeon and advanced imaging researcher, has been appointed as chair of the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Ma will assume his new role on Jan
Shame in Medicine: The Lost Forest
This award-winning podcast series draws on the personal stories of more than 200 health care workers to explore how shame manifests in medicine. UCSF hospitalist and resident alum Emily Silverman, MD – who calls shame “the elephant in the room” – hosts the series, which is a collaboration between her Nocturnists podcast and the University of Exeter’s Shame in Medicine project.
12 Ways UCSF Is Exploring the Lungs
A world of science is examining the centerpiece of our respiratory system.
What’s the Truth Behind Popular Online Dental Myths?
Get the real story instead of social media’s oral health hype.
How to Grieve – and How to Help Others Through Times of Loss
A grief facilitator and UCSF chaplain shares some advice on processing loss.
Artificial Intelligence: A Revolution for Health Care?
Could AI make nurses’ jobs – and our health care – better? Kay Burke, MBA, RN, who helps UCSF Health improve its digital tools, weighs in.
