Miss America Visits UCSF Children's Hospital
Miss America 2006 took time out on Tuesday to cheer up a few ailing youngsters at UCSF Children's Hospital.
University of California San Francisco
Give to UCSFMiss America 2006 took time out on Tuesday to cheer up a few ailing youngsters at UCSF Children's Hospital.
Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, who represents the Inner Sunset neighborhood, was among those to give blood recently in the UCSF mobile van.
In one of the first programs of its kind, UCSF has helped a total of 80 students get a second chance at dental school.
UCSF Medical Center has begun the process of accepting some 1,500 Kaiser Permanente patients into its Kidney Transplant Service.
A core group of UCSF cardiothoracic surgeons and cardiologists has created a growing heart transplantation program with excellent survival statistics by focusing on the particular needs of individual patients and using technology to prepare them for surgery.
A national expert will deliver a lecture on current issues in Asian health at UCSF on June 19.
Last year, UCSF thoracic transplant surgeons implanted more than 50 lungs, making the UCSF program one of the largest programs in California.
The Glide clinic is a great example of the value of a nursing model to care for people with chronic illness.
Researchers at UCSF and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC) have identified six genes associated with lymphocytic bronchitis, which is thought to lead to obliterative bronchiolitis (OB), the most common cause of long-term failure of transplanted lungs.
A joint effort of a dozen local community groups is making a difference in the health of kids in Bayview-Hunters Point.
In his 1985 bestseller <i>Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems</i>, Richard Ferber, MD, took on one of the most controversial questions that pediatricians are asked to address: whether or not infants should sleep in a crib alone or be allowed to "co-sleep" with their parents.
A new advisory council at UCSF will focus on strengthening the links between the University and the community.
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.
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.
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.