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Results from the largest single study of the genetic and environmental causes of asthma in African-American children suggest that only a tiny fraction of known genetic risk factors for the disease apply to this population, raising concerns for clinicians and scientists working to stem the asthma epidemic among African-Americans.
Clinicians at UCSF are taking on trauma as more than just a social issue. They are addressing how it has a staggering impact on a person’s health.
To keep a person's heart healthy, clinicians recommend avoiding risk factors such as smoking or excessive weight gain. But one risk factor, which cannot be changed, is being South Asian.
The UCSF School of Nursing's Family Health Care Nursing volunteer faculty Martha Ryan will be honored by the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women and Mayor Edwin M. Lee.
A complex care model that is interdisciplinary and team-based and utilizes home visits reduces health care need and improves quality of life for medically complex patients, according to researchers at UCSF and the affiliated San Francisco VA Health Care System.
Living in poverty can have a devastating effect on health. UCSF is actively developing programs and studies to help circumvent the toxic effects of economic disparity.
UCSF's Global Health Sciences is launching a new project to improve care for women in India and Kenya, called the Strengthening People-centered Accessibility, Respect, and Quality (SPARQ) project, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and The David and Lucile Packard Foundation.
At a town hall meeting on Nov. 16, UCSF leaders described the goals of UCSF Health, a new health care system that expands the delivery of care throughout the Bay Area.
In Mali, a new approach to patient care aims to decrease the nation's childhood mortality rate.
UCSF teams raised nearly $130,000 at AIDS Walk San Francisco 2015, surpassing the University's records and making it the city’s top fundraiser.
UCSF researchers have launched the first longitudinal cohort study to better understand the health of LGBTQ adults in the United States.
A new UCSF center at Mission Bay, made possible by a $50 million gift, will offer a unique and powerful array of mental health services to Bay Area adults, children and families.
The School of Medicine Class of 2015 fourth-year medical students gathered on Friday to learn where they "matched," and the hospital or program where they will spend the next four or five years training as resident physicians.
Elisabeth Wilson, MD, MPH, isn’t one of those people who wanted to be a doctor since she was a child. A family illness propelled her into the world of medicine after working in the arts for many years.
UCSF Medical Center and Community Medical Centers have signed a letter of intent to expand women’s and children’s services to the Central Valley, which has an undersupply of specialists for a growing population.
San Francisco children living in non-redeveloped public housing are 39 percent more likely to repeatedly visit emergency rooms, according to new research from UCSF and UC Berkeley.
Almost a year ago, we launched a video series called “Mission in a Minute” to showcase the best of the work that is being done at the University. This pioneering group shared passionately about their work at UCSF. Since their videos aired, we have had a constant stream of requests from people who wanted to share their work with the UCSF community and the rest of the world. "Mission in a Minute" returns this fall with a fresh, new look.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services reports that 5-20 percent of Americans come down with the flu every year, so getting your flu shot is as important as ever.
Experts in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics are blending research and clinical care to transform health care for the burgeoning population of older adults in the United States.
In the first national survey of U.S. obstetricians’ attitudes towards counseling pregnant patients about environmental health hazards, nearly 80 percent agreed that physicians have a role to play in helping patients reduce their exposures, but only a small minority use their limited time with patients to discuss how they might avoid exposure to toxics.
Parents who have a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are about one third less likely to have more children than families without an affected child, according to a study led by a UC San Francisco researcher.
UCSF is changing the way you think about your neighborhood drugstore by putting the pharmacist front and center – not just in the store, but also on your health care team.
Children’s risk for developing allergies and asthma is reduced when they are exposed in early infancy to a dog in the household, and now researchers have discovered a reason why.
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital & Research Center Oakland have signed an agreement to jointly operate BayChildren’s Physicians (BCP), a pediatric multi-specialty physician foundation.
UCSF School of Dentistry students hit the Sunday Streets event in the city’s Mission District last weekend to offer free oral exams to children.
In an effort to improve health outcomes in San Francisco, Mayor Ed Lee has announced the expansion and alignment of three successful community health collaboratives into one body, now known as the San Francisco Health Improvement Partnership.
Marking a significant milestone in the lives of medical students, the UCSF School of Medicine conferred doctor of medicine degrees to the Class of 2013 during a commencement ceremony on May 16.
Chancellor Susan Desmond-Helllmann, MD, MPH, presented awards to 11 members of the UC San Francisco community for their extraordinary contributions to the University and beyond.
UC San Francisco, a frequent high-performing team at AIDS Walk San Francisco, will again for the gold – the honor given to the top fundraising organizations participating in the annual event.