UCSF Offers Information About Summer Camps
The UCSF Child Care Referral Service's 2007 summer programs guide is now available for distribution to UCSF employees and students.
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UCSF pain center named center of excellence by national society
The UCSF Pain Management Center and UCSF Pain Center for Advanced Research and Education have been honored jointly as one of six centers of excellence nationwide by the American Pain Society. They are the only award recipients located west of the Mississippi.
Students to Welcome Assemblyman Leno in First-ever Event
California State Assemblyman Mark Leno will address key issues relating to health care when he visits UCSF on April 20 during the first event of its kind to boost UCSF student political involvement.
Low education predicts lower quality of life for prostate cancer patients
Non-high school graduates especially at risk for lower quality of life after prostate cancer treatment
UCSF Launches Online Ethics Training
All UCSF employees are required to take an online ethics briefing, which takes about 30 minutes to complete.
UCSF's Kriegstein Discusses Stem Cell Research Bills Debated by U.S. Senate
Two separate bills that would subsidize stem cell research are in Senate debate this week. The White House says President Bush will veto a bill supporting research that destroys viable human embryos. An alternative bill, one supported by the White House, would fund stem cell research on fertilized embryos that are no longer capable of full development.
Community Leaders Join UCSF Asian Heart and Vascular Center Advisory Cabinet
Four members of the community will help shape the future of the UCSF Asian Heart and Vascular Center at Mount Zion.
View from the Bay: Be Beautiful at Any Age!
Would you have the courage and the confidence to pose nude after age 50? Two Bay Area women did, as part of a national advertising campaign.
Neuropsychiatrist Explains Why Female Brains Are Different
Pioneering neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine explains the latest findings on the differences between male and female brains.
Chance of hysterectomy predicted by multi-year study
A woman's chance of undergoing a hysterectomy can now be accurately predicted, according to new UCSF study findings.
View from the Bay: The Female Brain at Menopause
On <i>View from the Bay</i>, Louanne Brizendine, MD, neuropsychiatrist and founder of the UCSF Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic, discusses how hormones and the environment go hand in hand, and the effects they can have on relationships.
Third Street Light Rail Begins Full Service
The new T-Third Street Light Rail begins full services Saturday, which warrants some changes to the UCSF shuttle routes.
New Osher Lifelong Learning Classes for the public begin at UCSF
The public is invited to join the world's leading experts in medicine and the health sciences at the spring quarter of UCSF's Mini Medical School, presented by the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UCSF.
UC Faculty Associates Meet at Mission Bay
More than 100 members of the UC Faculty Associates heard about advances in medicine and toured UCSF Mission Bay recently.