Why Do 1 in 10 Americans Get Eczema? Is it Too Much Salt?
A high sodium diet may increase the risk of eczema. Eating just one extra gram of sodium per day – the amount in a Big Mac – increases the likelihood of flares by 22%.
University of California San Francisco
Give to UCSFA high sodium diet may increase the risk of eczema. Eating just one extra gram of sodium per day – the amount in a Big Mac – increases the likelihood of flares by 22%.
A clinical trial supported by the NIH has found that intravenous acetaminophen reduced sepsis patients’ risk of having organ injury or developing acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), a serious condition that allows fluid to leak into the lungs.
Researchers have found links between lung microbial communities and mortality risk in pediatric bone marrow transplant patients. Metagenomic sequencing revealed distinct patient clusters and unexpected pathogens, highlighting the need for precise diagnostics and therapeutics. Antibiotic treatment was associated with bacterial depletion and enriched viral and fungal populations.
UCSF will lead the first long-term study of cancer among Asian Americans, a highly diverse yet understudied group, with the help of a $12.45 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
A study reveals the life-altering impact of COVID-19 on individuals who developed severe illness, the majority of whom had to be placed on mechanical ventilators. Two-thirds still had physical, psychiatric, and cognitive problems for up to a year later.
Intentional flu vaccine messaging, such as a brief video, flyer, or a scripted provider question, is enough to persuade many who visit emergency departments to receive the vaccination.
The COVID-19 virus can persist in the blood and tissue of patients for more than a year after the acute phase of the illness has ended.
A first of its kind study finds that the COVID vaccine is safe to administer during pregnancy, causing no abnormal delays when the infants were tested at 12 months and again at 18 months.
UCSF will launch the world’s first tissue bank with samples donated by patients with long COVID.
A team of researchers from UC San Francisco has found that Paxlovid did not reduce the risk of developing long COVID for vaccinated, non-hospitalized individuals during their first COVID-19 infection.
The new JN.1 COVID-19 variant is now estimated to make up about 20% of cases in the United States. Three UCSF experts offer advice on vaccines, masking, and other ways to protect yourself.
The FDA's recent ruling of phenylephrine as ineffective has led major pharmacies and retailers to pull common cold medicines from their shelves.
Thirty-two UCSF scientists are among the most influential individuals in their respective fields, according to the most recent analysis of research citations by the science and intellectual property company, Clarivate.
The COVID-19 pandemic slowed previous gains made in controlling HIV blood levels and worsened health disparities.
New research shows that in the U.S., the longevity gap between women and men has been widening for more than a decade, with women outliving men by an average of six years.
U.S. House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi was honored at UCSF with the first ever Bay Area Global Health Alliance Leadership Award for championing policies supporting people living with AIDS/HIV throughout her career.
UCSF researchers developed a new neighborhood-based model of care that brings medicine to people immediately after being diagnosed with hepatitis C.
Convergent evolutionary mechanisms shared by COVID-19 variants allow them to overcome both adaptive and innate immune system barriers.
Recommendations are in place for the updated COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
Researchers have found that people who developed breast, ovary, skin and uterine cancers have significantly higher levels of endocrine-disrupting chemicals in their bodies.