PLUS Program: Reaching out to Youth in Bayview-Hunters Point
A joint effort of a dozen local community groups is making a difference in the health of kids in Bayview-Hunters Point.
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UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program: Helping Disadvantaged Students Achieve Their Potential
UCSF welcomed students from Fresno's Sunnyside High School recently.
UCSF's Molly Cooke, Paul Volberding in PBS' "Age of AIDS"
Molly Cooke, UCSF professor of clinical medicine and director of the Academy of Medical Educators, will be one of the featured clinicians on PBS' Frontline series, "The Age of AIDS."
Media invited to UCSF Firefly Project on May 31
The Firefly Project is a free event that features a live reading of letters composed this year by critically ill patients and their healthy teenage pen pals.
Chronic Pain Targets Baby Boomers
A great deal of attention is being paid this year to Americans who are turning 60, the first of the baby boomers born between 1946 and 1964.
Gladstone Institutes: Sparking Interest in Science
The Gladstone Institute's many civic contributions include advancing scientific knowledge through free public lectures, such as one on stem cell science and politics slated for June 7.
Lower literacy means poor health and poor health care access for older people
People aged 70 years and older with limited literacy skills are one and one half to two times as likely to have poor health and poor health care access as people with adequate or higher reading ability
UCSF Forms University-Community Partnerships Council
UCSF has formed a council to help identify needs and develop initiatives to create a more robust community partnership program.
Scientists Ponder Human Impacts of Synthetic Biology
UCSF scientist Chris Voigt, PhD, assistant professor of pharmaceutical chemistry, and others shared the latest triumphs in synthetic biology.
Results of clipping and coiling of aneurysms are similar over time
A study led by UCSF neurologist S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, has shown that coiling of ruptured brain aneurysms is very effective during long-term follow-up, similar to outcomes with surgical clipping.
UCSF in the Community: An Obligation and Opportunity
UCSF Today debuts a series of stories this week offering just a glimpse of the many community-based activities in which UCSF faculty, staff and students are engaged.
Ponton Provides New Perspectives and Solutions Regarding Adolescent Risky Behavior
Since the dawn of mankind, there has been the battle between fearful parents and their rebellious teenagers.
SPCA 'Heart Specialists' Promote Healing at UCSF Children's Hospital
Even kids who are very ill benefit from a brief moment of pet therapy.
Can Being Happy Make You Live Longer?
Recent reports from the United Kingdom, the United States and elsewhere have quantified the health benefits of happiness.