Professor, Author to Explain Female Brain
Neuropsychiatrist Louann Brizendine, author of the book, <i>The Female Brain</i>, will be a guest speaker at a public forum on March 27 at UCSF Mission Bay.
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The Dangers of Blood Clots and How You Can Protect Yourself
Vice President Dick Cheney, 66, is being treated at a Washington, DC, hospital after developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a blood clot in his left leg, after 65 hours of plane travel. Such clots are rare but are sometimes caused by extended air travel.
Chair of Medicine to Receive 2007 Trudeau Medal
Talmadge King Jr., professor and interim chair of the Department of Medicine at UCSF, will receive the Trudeau Medal in May.
Medical Computer Tablet May Replace Paper Hospital Charts
Bay Area hospitals are testing a new device called Motion C5 which could make the paper patient medical chart a thing of the past. The handheld computer tablet, developed in collaboration with UCSF, allows medical staff to enter patient data at the bedside, and logon is controlled by a fingerprint ID.
Women sacrifice sleep to "Do It All," survey finds
American women are struggling to "do it all" and are sacrificing sleep to juggle their family and work responsibilities, according to a new survey led by a professor in the School of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco.
Campus to Welcome Students from UCSF Fresno Doctors Academy
Nearly 35 graduating students in the Doctors Academy Program at Sunnyside High School in Fresno are headed to UCSF on Wednesday.
UCSF Names New Director of Facilities Management
Green building advocate Maric Munn has joined UCSF as the new Director of Facilities Management.
Controversial Cancer Treatment Draws Some Overseas
A gene therapy treatment for cancer offered in Beijing involves injecting a tumor suppression gene called p53 mixed with a modified virus into a cancer cell to suppress its growth. "The virus is sort of like a Trojan horse," says UCSF oncologist Alan Venook, MD, a cancer specialist who has studied p53.
Health and Wealth Lecture Draws Many in Chinese Community
A large crowd gathered at the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco recently to learn how to be healthy and wealthy.
UCSF on UCTV: The Promise and the Perils of Drug Development
Medical advances made from the development of new drugs are astounding. However, the competition for potential profit has created many critics. Tune in to UCTV this month for a range of UCSF programs that explore these amazing developments and the dangerous territory that comes with them.
Hot tubs hurt fertility, UCSF study shows
Exposure to hot baths or hot tubs can lead to male infertility, but the effects can sometimes be reversible, according to a new study led by a University of California, San Francisco urologist.
UCSF Women's HIV program announces March 20 benefit in San Francisco
Singer Tracy Chapman will be the featured performer at this year's annual fundraising event to benefit the Women's HIV Program at the University of California, San Francisco.
Hard Drugs: A Conversation with Pharmaceutical Chemist Tom James
Finding new drugs is sometimes like counting grains of sand...
UCSF to Open the First Headache Clinic in the West with an Inpatient Component for Diagnosis and Tre
The initial member of a team developing the first headache clinic in the West with an inpatient component for diagnosis and treatment has arrived at UCSF.