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Researchers hope that gentle yoga and active stretching will prove enjoyable and sustainable for people with metabolic syndrome, while also improving their health.
Kathleen Dracup, dean of the UCSF School of Nursing, talks about her study which found a gap between patient knowledge and behavior when responding to cardiac symptoms.
The use of computed tomography (CT) scans in medicine to diagnose disease, and in many cases save lives, has exploded in recent decades.
UCSF will once again participate in the American Heart Association’s “Heart Walk” on September 18 and 26 to raise money for the fight against heart disease and stroke.
Dean Kathleen Dracup has received one of the highest honors bestowed by the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, commemorating nearly 40 years of teaching, research and patient care.
A new study investigating the health effects of being overweight during adolescence projects alarming increases in the rates of heart disease and premature death by the time today's teenagers reach young adulthood.