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Social Security: Fixing the Glaring Gap for Women
After a lifetime of lower wages and time out of the labor market for caregiving, women typically receive less from Social Security than men, with millions of widows and women of color falling into poverty in old age.
Team Approach to Individualized Childbirth at New Mission Bay Women's Hospital
<p>The new Women’s Specialty Hospital at UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay will offer abundant opportunities to build on the collegiality UCSF already fosters between patient and provider.</p>
Chancellor Presents 2012 Award for Advancement of Women to Three
<p>UCSF Chancellor <a href="http://profiles.ucsf.edu/ProfileDetails.aspx?From=SE&Person=4769489">Susan Desmond-Hellmann</a> awarded three members of the campus community for their efforts to advance women at UCSF and beyond at ceremony on March 28.</p>
Integrative Medicine Classes Help Breast Cancer Survivors Recover
<p>Long considered a New Age way of meditating and exercising, yoga, qigong and tai chi have increasingly become popular among cancer patients who regain strength and balance after chemotherapy and surgery.</p>
Trauma Drives HIV Epidemic in Women
Physical violence, sexual abuse and other forms of childhood and adult trauma are major factors fueling the epidemic of HIV/AIDS among American women, who account for at least 27 percent of new U.S. cases.