University of California San Francisco
Give to UCSFA bad night of sleep was associated with a 15% greater risk of having an atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) episode the following day, along with conditions like blood clots, heart failure, stroke and other heart-related problems.
A collaboration is between two biomedical researchers bridges the laboratory and clinic to advance the science of itch, allergy and asthma.
U.S. House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi was honored at UCSF with the first ever Bay Area Global Health Alliance Leadership Award for championing policies supporting people living with AIDS/HIV throughout her career.
Stephen Hinshaw, PhD is a distinguished professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at UCSF. It was his own personal mental health journey that Hinshaw knew could be looming once he began to understand the genesis of his dad’s struggles.
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland used innovative 3D imaging during surgery to help correct a scoliosis patient's curved spine.
A phase 1 trial shows promise in treating metastatic prostate cancer with a single priming dose of radioligand therapy and immunotherapy.
Two sisters are receiving a breakthrough, FDA-approved treatment for beta thalassemia at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland. This is the first real therapy other than monthly transfusions for a devastating disease that destines people to shorter lives.
Laura Esserman discusses breast cancer risk factors, progress in the field and the importance of tailoring treatment for women with low-risk cancer while also identifying women at high risk of invasive cancer.
UCSF's Adam Boxer, MD, PhD, and Harvard neurologist Reisa Sperling, MD, review the history of clinical trials over the past 30 years in Alzheimer’s research with what was learned and how new biomarkers and clinical trial approaches are being used to find more effective treatments in a more efficient way than in the past.