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A treatment for osteoporosis delivered once a year is as effective as current monthly or weekly osteoporosis regimens at reducing the incidence of bone fractures, according to a new study led by a UCSF research team.
Associate Dean Emerita Marilyn Flood will sign copies of her new book about the School of Nursing's first 100 years this afternoon at the UCSF Library.
One of the first major studies of pediatric stroke has revealed that as many as one fifth of children who have had strokes are at risk of a recurrence ...
An Iraqi-American physician will present "The New Iraq: A Humanitarian Disaster," along with other speakers, at a free public symposium at UCSF on May 9.
David Agard, PhD, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UCSF and the founding scientific director of the UCSF-based California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research, was elected today to the National Academy of Sciences.
Pearl Toy has been named the recipient of the 2007 International Woman in Transfusion Award.
Katherine Matthay, one of the world's leading doctors and researchers in treatments for childhood cancer, is now an endowed chair in pediatric translational research.
Should scientists de-emphasize the technical when trying to defend or explain science? The jury is still out on how and whether science should be "framed"...
Children with special needs are more likely than their healthy peers to receive preventive health care screening and counseling from their physicians, a national study led by researchers at UCSF Children's Hospital has found.
Chancellor Mike Bishop will present the UCSF Medal, the University's highest honor, to four leaders at a special event on Thursday.
Wendy Kopp, recipient of the 2007 UCSF Medal, will talk about educational equity at a noontime forum at UCSF on May 3.
The amount Americans spent on arthritis medications more than doubled between 1998 and 2003, due to the fast-rising number of people with the disease, increases in the number of medications they take each month and the inflation-adjusted cost per prescription...
Educators from the schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy are working together in novel ways to bring interprofessional experiences to their students' curricula.