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These Nurses’ Research Could Help Save You or Your Child’s Life
In a partnership between the UCSF School of Nursing and UCSF Health, nursing experts are mentoring UCSF Health bedside nurses on projects, resulting in improvements in patient care and in how nurses work at UCSF Health.
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Stop Schizophrenia Before It Starts? We Might Be on The Right Track
UCSF researcher Daniel Mathalon, MD, PhD, believes that burgeoning knowledge about biomarkers — biological measures of a medical condition that also serve as markers of treatment effectiveness — could help intercept schizophrenia.
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UCSF Health Receives Adult Congenital Heart Disease Designation
UCSF Health’s Adult Congenital Cardiology Program has earned accreditation from the Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA), recognizing UCSF’s dedication to providing high-quality, patient-centered
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Protecting Your Skin from UV Damage Doesn’t Need to Cost a Lot
A study finds that while sunscreen costs hugely vary, lower-cost lotions can be just as effective in protecting against the sun.
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Are Tau PET Scans “Lighting Up” Too Much of the Brain?
Tau proteins play an important role in our normal brain function, mainly by helping to stabilize neurons in the brain. But in Alzheimer’s disease, tau proteins can misfold and tangle inside neurons.
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GE HealthCare and UCSF Health Announce 10-year Care Alliance
UCSF Health formed a collaboration with a large radiology equipment provider to enable expanded radiologic technologist (rad tech) education, magnetic resonance (MR) excellence, and remote imaging solutions.
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As Health Care Goes Digital, Patients Are Being Left Behind
An NIH-funded survey by UCSF researchers found that despite the fact that digital health will continue to be core in health delivery, less than half of surveyed health systems are checking for barriers to using patient portals, telemedicine, and other digital health tools.
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Can a Pathway to Residency Cure the Pediatrician Shortage?
Peds-START (Pediatric Specialized Training and Admission to Residency Track) is one of the only programs of its kind in the country that provides medical students interested in pediatrics early mentorship, specialized pediatric training, and a direct path to pediatric residency in hopes of addressing the national pediatrician shortage.
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Scientists Find a Mechanism for How Exercise Protects the Brain
A UCSF team finds a liver protein, released with exercise, that improves memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease by repairing the brain’s blood vessels. It's the missing link between exercise and brain rejuvenation that many have been hunting for.
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Periods May Trigger Pain for Many Who Have Sickle Cell Disease
UCSF researchers found that 64.4% of female patients report sickle cell disease (SCD) pain during menstruation. However, these patients also report low rates of hormonal contraceptive awareness or use, which could potentially help treat SCD pain for female patients.
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AI Bots Accurately Analyze Big Data Set to Predict Preterm Birth
A team of UCSF researchers successfully tested several mainstream AI agents for the ability to analyze big data on women's reproductive health, with the goal of predicting pre-term births.
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The Brain May Learn More from Rare Events than from Repetition
How we learn to predict an outcome isn’t determined by how many times a cue and reward happen together. Instead, how much time passes between rewards is also important. Understanding this process has implications for how we think about addiction, and could also point to faster AI algorithms.summary
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Decoding Parkinson’s Patients’ Movements in the Real World
For years, scientists have studied how the brain controls movement by asking patients to perform structured tasks while connected to multiple sensors in a lab. While these studies have provided
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Active v. Latent TB: What to Know About the San Francisco Outbreak
In the wake of a recent outbreak of tuberculosis (TB) and latent TB cases at a local San Francisco high school, IGHS's Priya Shete tells us what to know about latent TB.
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For Global Health Care Providers, the Stakes Have Never Been Higher
A Q&A with the executive director of the UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences, Payam Nahid, that checks in on the state of global health in the wake of USAID and other cuts.
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For Dementia Patients, Easy Access to Experts May Help the Most
A UCSF study found that a "collaborative care" model for dementia patients improved quality of life, reduced costs, alleviated caregiver burden, and extended the time that patients remained in the community before entering a nursing facility, as compared to standard medication therapy.
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Immune Cells Linked to Epstein-Barr Virus May Play a Role in MS
A study from UCSF shows a previously unknown connection between the Epstein-Barr virus, known to play a role in MS, and an understudied type of immune cell.
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Two New Breakthroughs Advance Neurological Disorders and Cancer Research
Daniele Canzio, PhD, of the Department of Neurology and Balyn Zaro, PhD, of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry have been selected as the next Bowes Biomedical Investigators.
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Meet the Physician Reimagining a Kinder, Gentler Medical Residency
In this latest UCSF People profile, we follow Larissa Thomas, MD, MPH, School of Medicine Professor of Clinical Medicine through a day in the life of supporting our residents and fellows
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New Therapy Could Make Life Better for Kidney Transplant Patients
A new study offers hope that kidney transplant patients could one day have a monthly treatment instead of multiple pills every day. The new treatment also may reduce side effects and increase the lifespan of the donor organ.
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Should You Get Tested for Cervical Cancer? Here’s What to Know
This Q&A with George Sawaya, MD, explores new cervical cancer screening guidelines issued in January 2026, which recommend at-home HPV testing. A recent study found most U.S. women ages 21–49 are open to home HPV screening—an approach that could reduce barriers like embarrassment and anxiety around pelvic exams while improving early cervical cancer detection.
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Healing Medicine: Mindfulness, Mindset, and Physician Well-Being
Healing others is demanding work, and this podcast offers a refreshing break. Co-hosted by Jessie Mahoney, MD ’97, a physician and mindfulness teacher, the series explores practical tools to reduce stress, build resilience, and bring more ease into clinical practice. Although designed for health professionals, it may resonate with anyone seeking to navigate life with greater clarity and calm.
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Andrew: A Courageous Path to Healing
Enrollment day for community college was supposed to mark a new beginning. Instead, Andrew woke with a searing headache. Soon, a massive brain bleed from a rare blood-vessel abnormality caused a major stroke. Airlifted to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, he underwent lifesaving surgery and began the long, difficult work of relearning how to walk and talk. This short video captures Andrew’s strength and the expert care that helped him reclaim his life.
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Eggonomics: The Global Market in Human Eggs and the Donors Who Supply Them
This incisive look at the fast-growing egg-donation industry follows donors whose bodies help create families yet often go unseen. Through international fieldwork, author Diane Tober, PhD — a UCSF-affiliated medical anthropologist — reveals how hope, profit, and uneven care collide in a system where reproductive technology can turn human eggs, and their providers, into commodities.
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Jian Zhang, MSN ’92, DNP: Chinatown’s Champion
Jian Zhang, MSN ’92, DNP, has spent her career strengthening culturally responsive care in San Francisco’s Chinatown. “I felt like I could impact the Chinese community most there,” says Zhang, the 2025 UCSF Nursing Alumni Association Jane Norbeck Distinguished Service Award winner.
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Iron Will
How hope and resilience fueled UCSF alum Jonathan Pascual’s greatest race.
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Five Questions for Kole Roybal
At the new Weill Cancer Hub West, Kole Roybal, PhD, is reimagining how immune cells fight solid tumors.
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Awake to Protect Speech During Brain Surgery
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12 Ways UCSF Is Exploring the Mouth
The mouth is a powerful lens on overall health and disease. Researchers are uncovering its wide-ranging roles — from early cancer detection to its microbiome’s surprising influence on immunity and pregnancy.
