Puppy stolen from UCSF Children's Hospital leukemia patient returned
Chemo, the puppy stolen from the family car of 8-year-old UCSF Children's Hospital leukemia patient Kyle Wetle on Saturday, has been recovered, UCSF police officials said Tuesday.
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Minority and low-income students benefit from postbaccalaureate premedical programs
Postbaccalaureate premedical programs are a valuable tool for increasing the number of disadvantaged and underrepresented students who matriculate into medical school, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
Pediatrician Describes New Vaccines for Children
It's recommended that girls ages 11 and 12 get the new HPV, or human papillomavirus vaccine, to prevent cervical cancer, precancerous genital lesions and genital warts due to HPV.
AAP Recommends Lactose Intolerant Children Consume Some Dairy Products
A new clinical report published in the September issue of <i>Pediatrics</i> recommends that children who are lactose intolerant still should eat some dairy products as an important source of calcium for bone mineral health and of other nutrients that facilitate growth.
When Video Game Playing Becomes a Problem
With the most recent edition of the hottest sports video game in the nation hitting store shelves in August, UCSF researcher Sonya Brady, PhD, knows that for some gamers, the release of <i>Madden NFL 07</i> for the Sony PlayStation 2 means more than just armchair blocking and rushing.
UCSF Nurses Aid Victims in Hit-and-Run Rampage
Two UCSF nurses don't consider themselves heroes for helping two people injured in Tuesday's hit-and-run rampage in San Francisco.
Video Game Violence Changes Attitudes in the Real World
Violent video games create more permissive attitudes toward risky behaviors – such as using drugs – in youths who play those games, according to a study by UCSF researcher Sonya Brady, PhD.
"Sexes in the City: Where Are Women in the Gender Gap Game?"
<i>City Visions</i> host Yumi Wilson interviews Dr. Louann Brizendine, MD, director and founder of the Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic at the University of California, San Francisco, about her book <i>The Female Brain</i>, in which Brizendine claims the foundation of the differences between men and women are biological.
UCSF Announces NIH Roadmap K12 Clinical Research Scholars
The campus has named the 2006 scholars for the UCSF Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Scholars Program.
Study shows prenatal diagnostic tests have low risk of miscarriage
Pregnant women who seek prenatal diagnostic testing to identify genetic or chromosomal abnormalities have a lower risk of miscarriage than previously believed, according to a UCSF study.
T-Cell Mystery Shackles Space Travel
Even for outer space fanatics, reality must sometimes strike. From Buck Rogers to Battlestar Galactica, humans have shown the rather unearthly ability to race across the cosmos with little impact on their health other than the occasional phaser blast. What is an easily overlooked detail for screenwriters, however, can be a painful fact to real astronauts and shuttle pilots.
"Selling Science: How Do We Keep Students Interested?"
On Wednesday, August 23, Rebecca Smith, co-director of the Science and Health Education Partnership — a collaboration between the University of California, San Francisco and the San Francisco Unified School District — and Theresa O'Brien from the UCSF Graduate Students' Association spoke with <i>Your Call</i> host Rose Aguilar about science education in the Bay Area and the new science high school at UCSF's Mission Bay campus.