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Researchers at UCSF Children's Hospital in San Francisco have launched a groundbreaking study to determine whether a new procedure using magnets can correct sunken chest, the most common congenital chest deformity, in the same way that orthodontic braces gradually realign teeth.
In the largest report yet on autism from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in 150 American children are found to have been diagnosed with the disorder.
California Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez led a town hall meeting on health care after touring UCSF Children's Hospital on Saturday.
Ophthalmologist and neuroscientist Jonathan Horton opens his eyes -- and his mind -- to some startling observations about what vision is and why we might be blind to the truth...
The campus community is invited to Valentine's Day festivities, beginning with an exclusive ice skating party tomorrow.
The UCSF Academic Senate has selected cell biologist Peter Walter to deliver the 50th Faculty Research Lecture on May 1.
UCSF neurosurgeon Andrew Parsa, MD, PhD, is running a clinical trial on patients with glioblastoma multiforme, the most deadly type of brain tumor, using a vaccine made from the patient's own tumor to trigger the immune system.
The campus community is invited to celebrate the 120th anniversary of Mount Zion at receptions on February 15.
UCSF's David Bell, one of the two first staff advisors to the UC Regents, will talk about the advisor's role and responsibility at a forum on February 12.
For a two-part special report on premature ejaculation, <i>Healthwatch</i> correspondent Kim Mulvihill, MD, spoke to three top specialists in sexual medicine, including Paul J. Turek, MD, and Louann Brizendine, MD, both of UCSF.
Gladstone Institute scientist Ya-Lin Chiu will talk about her prize-winning research at UCSF Mission Bay on February 20.
The debate over how to make health insurance available to everyone in California made it's way to those dealing with the crushing costs of health care.
UCSF's Roger Long is among three young scientists who will get hands-on research experience as part of a national vision for space exploration.
UCSF neuroscientists Louis Ptáček, MD, Ying-Hui Fu, PhD, and colleagues are exploring the body's biological rhythms. Sometimes these are referred to as "clocks," and at other times as circadian rhythms.