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Emergency Room Overcrowding More Likely to Impact Minorities
Hospitals in areas with large minority populations are more likely to be overcrowded and to divert ambulances, delaying timely emergency care, according to a multi-institutional study focused on California.
Violence Prevention Program at SF General Hospital Saves Lives
<p>When Rochelle Dicker, MD, was a UCSF intern, she cared for a 16-year-old boy who had been shot as a result of gang violence. He was eventually discharged, but returned to the emergency room a few weeks later after he was shot again. Today, Dicker directs a program that has proven to save lives.</p>
Women's Health Marks Milestone with Implementation of New Preventive Care Benefits
<p>Women’s health is marking a significant milestone Wednesday, as a law requiring health insurance plans to provide new preventive care benefits officially takes effect.</p>
Women with Diabetes More Likely to Experience Sexual Dissatisfaction
Women with diabetes are just as likely to be interested in, and engage in, sexual activity as non-diabetic women, but they are much more likely to report low overall sexual satisfaction, according to a UCSF study.