Study of Pregnant Women Finds Increasing Chemical Exposure
A national study that enrolled a highly diverse group of pregnant women over 12 years found rising exposure to chemicals from plastics and pesticides that may be harmful to development.
University of California San Francisco
Give to UCSFA national study that enrolled a highly diverse group of pregnant women over 12 years found rising exposure to chemicals from plastics and pesticides that may be harmful to development.
Black youth who attend racially segregated schools are more likely to have behavior problems and to drink alcohol than Black youth in less segregated schools, according to a UCSF study published in Pediatrics.
About half of young adults had mental health symptoms during the pandemic and more than a third of those were unable to access mental health therapy, a new UC San Francisco study found.
More than twice as many people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco died during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years, with the leading cause of death being drug overdose. No deaths were attributed to the virus itself.
When women's health researchers analyzed Medi-Cal data to see how two long-term contraceptives performed in the real world, they were surprised to find IUDs work at least as well as tubal ligation, while causing fewer side effects.
In medical school, Nathan Lo thought we could do more to help the 750 million people around the world with or at risk of getting schistosomiasis. This week, he helped World Health Organization rewrite guidelines to treat everyone in affected communities.
For years, physicians have been taught to prescribe different drugs to Black people with high blood pressure. A recent UCSF study calls that into question.