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Too Busy to Focus on Your Happiness? Try Daily Micro-Acts of Joy
A study showed that daily "micro-acts" promote wellbeing and health. These include acts of kindness, self-reflection, gratitude, positive reframing, and experiencing awe.
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Your Fitness Tracker Could Help Doctors Spot Health Risks Early
Health trackers keep tabs on nearly 1 in 4 Americans at this point. Professor of Medicine Sandeep Kishore, MD, PhD, MSc, answers questions about the future of these ubiquitous gadgets and the data they collect, share, and analyze.
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Yes, Social Media Might Be Making Kids Depressed
Researchers found that as preteens used more social media, their depressive symptoms increased. Yet the reverse wasn’t true — a rise in depressive symptoms didn’t predict a later increase in social media use.
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Diabetes Medication May Increase Risk of Perioperative Ketoacidosis
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i), or gliflozins, are medications used in the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). They are designed to lower high blood glucose levels
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Telehealth Might be a Good Option for Women with Incontinence
A new study finds that telehealth physical therapy can be a good option to in-person physical therapy to treat stress urinary incontinence in postpartum women.
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Is Increased Sleepiness in Our 80s Tied to Higher Dementia Risk?
A study followed the sleep patterns of older female participants to see if specific patterns of change were associated with a higher risk of dementia. The participants, whose average age was 83, were monitored by wrist devices that track movement and time spent asleep.
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NIH Funding Drives UCSF’s Pursuit of Better Health for All
UCSF received $815 million in awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) last year for research that will improve the lives of patients in the U.S. and around the world.
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‘Healthy’ Vitamin B12 Levels Not Enough to Ward Off Neuro Decline
A study found that B12 requirements may be too low for some people, putting them at risk for cognitive decline.
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Can Employees Benefit from a Digital Mindfulness Program?
As little as five minutes of mindfulness meditation a day may help reduce work-related stress, even when done through self-guided smartphone apps.
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How Many Children Use TikTok Against the Rules? Most, Study Finds
High percentages of children under thirteen years old use social media apps that are meant for ages thirteen and over. Experts suggest parents model healthy behaviors to avoid health risks in children.
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Are Health Disparities Part of Climate Change? Or Can We Avoid them?
The Equity and Climate Opportunities for Health (ECO-Health) at the UC Center for Climate Health and Equity received a $4M NIH Health P20 Center award to quantify how climate change leads to poor health outcomes within communities that are heavily impacted by structural injustices.
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The Future of Neuroscience: Building a Silicon Brain
A digital twin of a human mind? It isn’t science fiction.
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Feel Left Behind by Digital Health Tools? You’re Not Alone
New study finds that, among many factors, speaking Spanish is the most likely to result in lower scores on self-reported ability to navigate digital health tools such as patient portals.
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4 Ways Artificial Intelligence is Poised to Transform Medicine
Artificial intelligence has revolutionized medical imaging. Here are four ways that AI is changing medicine in pictures - and the UCSF minds behind them.
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Engineered Immune Cells May Be Able to Tame Inflammation
A new technology uses engineered T cells that act as immune “referees” to soothe overreacting immune responses. They also can mop up inflammatory molecules without lowering the entire body’s immune shields.
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The Surprising Effect of Stress on Your Brain’s Reward System
UCSF scientists are uncovering the brain mechanisms behind resilience to stress and exploring new, non-invasive treatments for depression through groundbreaking research in mice.
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Drinking Lots of Water Really Is Good for You, Study Finds
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My Social Media Is Helpful and Positive. Here Is How Yours Can Be, Too
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The Best Pulse Oximeter for Home Use
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Poor Sleep in Middle Age Could Affect the Brain in a Surprising Way, Study Finds
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5 Tips to Wean Yourself off Added Sugar
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How the Oral Microbiome is Connected to Overall Human Health
Oral health has long been siloed from the rest of a person's health. But increasingly, researchers and clinicians, including those at UCSF, are finding ties between a person's oral health and their overall health.
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We Tried Apple’s New Hearing Test – and the New AirPods Pro Hearing Aids
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Yes, Dyslexia Can Be Genetic. But Genes Aren’t the Only Factor to Consider.
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Here’s How to Turn Climate Change Anxiety Into Action
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For Preteens, More Screen Time Is Tied to Depression, Anxiety Later
Spending more time on screens increases the likelihood that 9- and 10-year-olds will develop symptoms of mental illness, according to a study by UC San Francisco that is one of the first long-term
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Trauma Takes Its Toll at the End of Life
Traumatic experiences can worsen the pain, depression and loneliness at the end of life, according to a study led by UCSF and the University of Michigan.
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UCSF Breaks Ground on Bakar Research and Academic Building
UCSF officially broke ground on the Barbara and Gerson Bakar Research and Academic Building on Sept. 28, which will house state-of-the-art research facilities, and will also serve as the new home for the UCSF School of Nursing.
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Study Establishes First Causal Link Between Anti-trans Laws and Suicide Attempts