Fine needle biopsy accurate in the hands of trained practitioners, UCSF study finds
Thoroughly training doctors to perform fine needle biopsies dramatically increases diagnostic accuracy, UCSF researchers have reported.
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Folic acid, vitamin B12 show potential as heart disease treatments
Folic acid and vitamin B12 offer cost-effective treatments for heart disease and the reduction of associated deaths among the adult U.S. population, according to projections in a new University of California, San Francisco study.
Gladstone Researchers Find Clue to Alzheimer's Disease Risk Factor
For years, scientists have recognized that a protein called apoE4 is a major risk factor for developing Alzheimer's disease.
Virtual colonoscopy as effective at colon cancer screening as standard invasive colonoscopy, SFVAMC
Many older adults dread colon cancer screening, because the most effective screening tool, colonoscopy, is uncomfortable and invasive. A new study from San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center shows that a faster, safer, and potentially more pleasant technique works just as well.
Molecule Reduces Alzheimer Plaques in Brain, Researchers Report
The highways and byways through which the brain exchanges messages require maintenance much as any municipal road. What would happen if such debris were left to accumulate? Alzheimer's disease would result.
Costs of Caring for California's Alzheimer Patients Will Triple by 2040, say UCSF Researchers
The costs of caring for California community residents with Alzheimer's disease will increase 83 percent by 2020 and an additional 59 percent by 2040, according to UCSF researchers from the Institute for Health and Aging.
Sleep in early life may play crucial role in brain development
University of California, San Francisco researchers are reporting direct evidence that sleep in early life may play a crucial role in brain development.
UCSF Researchers Move In on Role of Brain's Naturally Occurring Marijuana
Nearly a decade ago, researchers determined that the brain contains a molecule that mimics the active ingredient in marijuana, but its location and role in the brain were unclear...
Researchers Reveal Insidious Role of a 'Serpin' in Alzheimer's Disease
Researchers led by investigators at the University of California, San Francisco have discovered that the protein alpha1-antichymotrypsin can double the accumulation of Alzheimer's disease-associated amyloid plaque in the brains of mice, suggesting a possible new target for therapy in humans.
SFVAMC/UCSF Researchers Develop Lead for a New Alzheimer's Disease Drug
In findings that could lead to a new Alzheimer's disease drug, researchers at SFVAMC and University of California, San Francisco have isolated a protein fragment that nurtures brain cells, an effect that could prevent loss of brain function caused by the disease.
Commonly used herbal product lowers PSA level in men with advanced prostate cancer, UCSF study finds
A popular herbal supplement used by prostate cancer patients has been found to significantly reduce prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels -- a protein in the blood that often indicates prostate cancer...
Marijuana Does Not Appear to Alter Viral Loads of HIV Patients Taking Protease Inhibitors
A study by researchers from the University of California, San Francisco has found that patients with HIV infection taking protease inhibitors do not experience short-term adverse virologic effects from using cannabinoids.
Imaging of Brain Chemicals Improves Alzheimers Diagnosis
Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease may become easier with the help of imaging studies from the San Francisco Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, which is affiliated with UC San Francisco.
Lung Cancer-Causing Mutation Strikes Women Smokers Three Times More Often than Men
Scientists at UC San Francisco and Harvard University tracking people after lung cancer surgery have discovered that those who bear a common cancer-causing mutation tend to have particularly aggressive tumors early on and are four times more likely to die of the disease.
Finding Suggests a Common Childhood Leukemia May Form in the Womb
Researchers led by a scientist who joined the UC San Francisco faculty last week are reporting that a genetic mutation implicated in a common form of childhood leukemia appears to occur in the womb.