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Alzheimer’s and Low Blood Sugar in Diabetes May Trigger a Vicious Cycle
A new UCSF-led study looks at the close link between diabetes and dementia, which can create a vicious cycle.
African-American, Latino Children Drink More Sugary Fruit Juice Than Their White Peers
While there's been a steep decline in kids’ consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in California, African-American and Latino children may be replacing soda with 100 percent fruit juice while their white peers are not, according to a new UCSF study.
Can Wellness Cure?
UCSF has long led the way in demonstrating the positive effects of living a healthy lifestyle. Turns out, a healthy lifestyle can not only keep illness at bay, but it may even stop a disease like cancer dead in its tracks.
Artificial Kidney Holds Promise for Vast Majority on Dialysis
<p>A UCSF-led effort to create an implantable artificial kidney for dialysis patients is now featured in a video as part of the University of California's Onward California campaign.</p>
Pediatric Diabetes Clinic Marks 2nd Anniversary in New Mission Bay Home
<p>In the two years since the Madison Clinic for Pediatric Diabetes was established through an anonymous, $10 million gift, it has evolved into a state-of-the-art facility with innovative programs and a new home on the Mission Bay campus.</p>
Quantity of Sugar in Food Supply Linked to Diabetes Rates
The results of a large epidemiological study conducted at UC San Francisco suggest that sugar may have a direct, independent link to diabetes.
How Excess Holiday Eating Disturbs Your 'Food Clock'
If the sinful excess of holiday eating sends your system into overload, you may be upsetting the body’s “food clock,” which keeps the human body on a metabolic even keel. A new study by UCSF researchers is helping to reveal how this clock works on a molecular level.
Diabetes Minor Among First in Country Taught at UCSF School of Nursing
<p>UCSF will be among the first in the country to educate and train nurses specifically to care for diabetes patients across their lifespan by establishing a new academic minor in diabetes at the UCSF School of Nursing.</p>
