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.
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Police Arrest Past President of Mount Zion Auxiliary
UCSF Police today arrested the past president of the Mount Zion auxiliary on charges of grand theft and forgery.
Hunters Point Family Agency Honors Milliken
Nancy Milliken, MD, was praised recently for her contributions to the community-based agency that serves San Francisco's Bayview-Hunters Point.
Hundreds Attend UCSF's Largest Earth Fest Event
Members of the campus and community at large learned how to live greener lives at UCSF's Earth Fest last Thursday.
O'Farrell's Gels Blazed New Pathways
More than 30 years ago, when still a graduate student at University of Colorado, UCSF biochemist Patrick O'Farrell, PhD, invented a way to separate proteins from one another in biological samples, a technique called high-resolution two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.
Medical Center Honors Faculty, Staff
Faculty and staff were praised recently for taking the extra step in contributing to the success of UCSF Medical Center.
Is Kabbalah Relevant to Healing?
After a spate of popularity in the 1970s, Kabbalah, an aspect of Jewish mysticism, has once again become fashionable. But do its tenets have any relevance to health care providers?
One fourth of older hospital patients receive unnecessary catheters
A study of 1,586 hospitalized patients age 70 and older at two Ohio hospitals indicates that 24 percent were given medically unnecessary urinary catheters, according to investigators led by a researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
Angela Davis Calls for Heightened Consciousness of Common Destiny
Activist Angela Davis delivered a powerful keynote address to close a two-day symposium presented by the UCSF Center for Gender Equity.
UCSF holds "Heart Health Today" workshop on women's heart disease risks
A lecture presented in Cantonese aimed at helping Chinese and Chinese-American women understand women's risk of heart disease will be the focal point of a free workshop on women's heart health
Stories and Strategies from Successful Women Scientists
Recruitment and retention of women in science have always been an uphill battle.
Potential New Treatment Strategy Identified for Alzheimer's Disease and Other Brain and Spinal Cord
A study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill has identified several new compounds that could play a role in preventing or treating Alzheimer's disease and other degenerative conditions of the nervous system.
Women Convene for Two-Day Leadership Symposium
Experts in leadership, negotiation, communication and finance will gather today and tomorrow for a Symposium for Women in University Settings.