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Alcohol Can Cause Immediate Risk of Atrial Fibrillation
A single glass of wine can quickly raise the drinker’s risk for atrial fibrillation, according to new research by UCSF.
Dual-Drug Therapy Shows Promise for Treating Alcohol Use Disorder
UCSF researchers have leveraged two new molecules, one of which is currently in clinical oncology trials, to devise a dual-drug therapy for alcohol use disorder (AUD), without the side effects or complications associated with current treatment regimens.
Faster Test Results Mean Better Outcomes For HIV Patients
Scientists at UCSF and Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda have developed an intervention that makes use of a portable laboratory testing technology to help HIV providers order, process, and receive HIV viral load results quickly, and shorten the time it takes for patients to get their results.
Sudden Cardiac Death More Likely to Fell Persons with HIV Infection
Individuals with HIV are more than twice as likely to die from sudden cardiac death (SCD) compared to the general population, and more likely to have hearts compromised by fibrosis, a factor that may play a role in increasing their susceptibility to SCD, according to new findings from a UCSF study.
Capturing a Pandemic Moment
Bay Area photographer Barbara Ries shares her thoughts on one of her award-winning images of the Navajo Nation.
AIDS at 40: Sexism, Structural Racism and Discrimination Continues for HIV and COVID-19
This is one of the first-person perspectives from those who are working on the frontlines to better understand, treat and prevent transmission of HIV and AIDS as well as COVID-19.
AIDS at 40: How HIV and COVID-19 Are Informing Our Responses to Both Pandemics
This story is one in a series of first-person perspectives from those who are working on the frontlines to better understand, treat and prevent transmission of HIV and AIDS as well as COVID-19. You
AIDS at 40: HIV Prepared Oral Health Settings for COVID-19 Safety Measures
This story is one in a series of first-person perspectives from those who are working on the frontlines to better understand, treat and prevent transmission of HIV and AIDS as well as COVID-19. You
AIDS at 40: From HIV to COVID-19, History of Racism Hits Communities of Color Hardest
This story is one in a series of first-person perspectives from those who are working on the frontlines to better understand, treat and prevent transmission of HIV and AIDS as well as COVID-19. You
AIDS at 40: Co-Discoverer of HIV on Being Ready for the Next Pandemic
This story is one in a series of first-person perspectives from those who are working on the frontlines to better understand, treat and prevent transmission of HIV and AIDS as well as COVID-19. You
AIDS at 40: Parallels of Living Through AIDS, Surviving COVID-19
This story is one in a series of first-person perspectives from those who are working on the frontlines to better understand, treat and prevent transmission of HIV and AIDS as well as COVID-19. You
AIDS at 40: ‘Those Our Nation Values Least, Suffer Most’
This story is one in a series of first-person perspectives from those who are working on the frontlines to better understand, treat and prevent transmission of HIV and AIDS as well as COVID-19. You
AIDS at 40: Forty Years of One Pandemic and Then Another
This story is one in a series of first-person perspectives from those who are working on the frontlines to better understand, treat and prevent transmission of HIV and AIDS as well as COVID-19. You
40 Years of AIDS: A Timeline of the Epidemic
Over the past four decades, UCSF has led the way in its heroic response to the AIDS epidemic, both locally and globally. This timeline covers some of the highlights at UCSF, in the nation and around the world after a mysterious disease affecting gay men was first reported on June 5, 1981.
