Acid Reflux Drug Is a Surprising Candidate to Curb Preterm Birth
The study also identified 12 other FDA-approved drugs that are deemed safe in pregnancy.
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‘Virtual Pharmacology’ Yields Unprecedented Biological Clock Breakthrough
Researchers screened a massive library of over 150 million virtual molecules and discovered the first drugs that selectively target one of two mammalian melatonin receptors that modulate sleep-wake cycles.
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Long-Term Learning Requires New Nerve Insulation
For a conditioned response to become long-lasting requires brain cells to increase amounts of an insulating material called myelin, which may serve to reinforce and stabilize newly formed neural connections.
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UCSF Health and John Muir Health Add Cancer Services to Berkeley Outpatient Center
The Cancer Center, which opened Feb. 3, 2020, is located in the jointly operated Berkeley Outpatient Center.
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Brain Tumor Surgery that Pushes Boundaries Boosts Patients Survival
Survival may more than double for adults with glioblastoma, if neurosurgeons remove the surrounding tissue as aggressively as they remove the cancerous core of the tumor.
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UCSF Health Response on Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
UCSF, which specializes in the care of patients with complex illnesses, including infectious diseases like the novel coronavirus, also treated patients during past epidemics, such as SARS in 2003.
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UCSF Dentistry Alumnus Donates $10M to School
The anonymous contribution will establish an endowment, providing a steady and lasting source of income to sustain the long-term vision of the current and future deans of the school and the future of oral health.
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Brain’s ‘GPS System’ Toggles Between Present and Possible Future Paths in Real Time
In a study of rats navigating a simple maze, neuroscientists at UCSF have discovered how the brain may generate such imagined future scenarios. The work provides a new grounding for understanding not only how the brain makes decisions but also how imagination works more broadly, the researchers say.
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Not ‘Brains in a Dish’: Cerebral Organoids Flunk Comparison to Developing Nervous System
Widely used organoid models fail to replicate even basic features of brain development and organization, much less the complex circuitry needed to model complex brain diseases or normal cognition.
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UCSF Health Opens New Clinics on Peninsula
The clinics enable patients to receive UCSF primary, specialty and cancer care in convenient locations close to home.
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UCSF Health Affiliates with Circle Medical for Primary Care
The affiliation will launch with two clinics, on Divisadero Street and in downtown San Francisco, and is expected to expand quickly into a network throughout the Bay Area.
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Simple Test Identifies Patients at High Risk for Future Dialysis or Transplant
A low-cost test that screens for excess protein in the urine has been shown to accurately identify patients at higher risk for progressive kidney disease after being hospitalized for acute kidney…
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Opioid Prescriptions Affected by Computer Settings
Researchers found that when default settings, showing a preset number of opioid pills, were modified downward, physicians prescribed fewer pills. Fewer pills could improve prescription practices and protect patients from developing opioid addictions.
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UCSF Releases Report on Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Testing Protocols
Scientists from UCSF, UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have concluded an independent review of the appropriateness of the radiation testing protocols used by the California Department of Public Health and the U.S. Navy to assess radiation contamination at the Hunters Point Shipyard.
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‘Living Fossil’ May Upend Basic Tenet of Evolutionary Theory
UCSF–led research team has discovered the first conclusive evidence that natural selection may also occur at the level of the epigenome and has done so for tens of millions of years.
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Single-Payer Systems Likely to Save Money in US, Analysis Finds
A single payer healthcare system would save money over time, likely even during the first year of operation, according to nearly two dozen analyses of national and statewide single payer proposals made over the past 30 years.
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Five Years After Abortion, Nearly All Women Say It Was the Right Decision, Study Finds
Five years after having an abortion, over 95 percent of the women in a landmark UCSF study said it was the right decision for them.
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Speech-Disrupting Brain Disease Reflects Patients’ Native Tongue
English and Italian speakers with dementia-related language impairment experience distinct kinds of speech and reading difficulties based on features of their native languages.
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Urban Health Scare: E-Scooters Show Alarming Spike in Injuries
UCSF study finds a major surge of injuries related to scooters, particularly among young adults.
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Lifestyle Choices Could Slow Familial Frontotemporal Dementia
A physically and mentally active lifestyle confers resilience to frontotemporal dementia, even in people whose genetic profile makes the eventual development of the disease virtually inevitable.
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JUUL Delivers Substantially More Nicotine than Previous Generation E-Cigs and Cigarettes
JUUL delivers substantially more nicotine to the blood per puff than cigarettes or previous-generation e-cigarettes and impairs blood vessel function comparable to cigarette smoke
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Young Women Still May Be Getting Unnecessary Pelvic Exams
Pelvic examinations and cervical cancer screenings are no longer recommended for most females under age 21, but a new study has found that millions of young women are unnecessarily undergoing the tests.
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Alzheimer ‘Tau’ Protein Far Surpasses Amyloid in Predicting Toll on Brain Tissue
Brain imaging of pathological tau-protein reliably predicts the location of future brain atrophy in Alzheimer’s patients a year or more in advance.
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Pharmacies Leave Customers Hanging When It Comes to Disposing of Antibiotics and Opioids
A survey found that fewer than half of California pharmacies provided antibiotics and opioids disposal instructions meeting U.S. FDA guidelines, and just 10 percent followed the FDA’s preferred recommendation to take back unused medications from their customers.
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Barring Nonmedical Exemptions Increases Vaccination Rates, Study Finds
The first rigorously controlled study of a 2016 California law that aimed to increase childhood vaccination rates by eliminating nonmedical exemptions has found the law worked as intended.
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Buyers Beware: Skin-Lightening Cream Could Cause Neurological Damage
A skin-lightening cream from Mexico has been found to have had a devastating effect on the central nervous system due to its highly toxic mercury levels, according to a UCSF-led report on a patient who remains unable to care for herself months after ceasing use of the product.
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Old Drug Offers New Hope for Children with Devastating Disorder
A drug that once helped obese adults lose weight, but was withdrawn from the market due to heart risks, may be safe and effective for children with a life-threatening seizure disorder called Dravet syndrome.
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E-Cigarettes Significantly Raise Risk of Chronic Lung Disease, First Long-Term Study Finds
E-cigarette use significantly increases a person’s risk of developing chronic lung diseases like asthma, bronchitis, emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to new UC San Francisco research, the first longitudinal study linking e-cigarettes to respiratory illness in a sample representative of the entire U.S. adult population.
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In Childhood Cancer, Private Insurance Means Better Survival
Children and young adults with pediatric cancer are less likely to be alive five and 10 years following diagnosis if their health insurance is public, compared to those with private insurance.
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UCSF to Launch Unique Neurology Clinic Specializing in Difficult-to-Diagnose Cases
Patients with ambiguous neurological symptoms, but no diagnosis, frequently go from specialist-to-specialist over a protracted period of time. The new clinic’s goal is to fast-forward the time lapses between appointments by enabling pre-diagnostic screening and expert consultations to take place in a single visit.
