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Give to UCSFThe study found no significant difference between the two groups in total weight loss or in other health markers.
With influenza, COVID-19, and the usual cold-weather respiratory infections in circulation this winter, experts say it’s bound to be a confusing season for people to sort out what to do when they fall ill.
Older adults who took weekly 15-minute “awe walks” for eight weeks reported increased positive emotions and less distress in their daily lives.
Greater maternal stress during pregnancy is linked with significant increases in the number and variety of infant illness during the first year of life, independent of the level of stress after birth.
Health experts are warning that the addition of another respiratory illness on top of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic could overburden the health care system, strain testing capacity, and increase the risk of catching both diseases at once.
The achievement of “plug and play” performance demonstrates the value of so-called ECoG electrode arrays for BCI applications.
Though FTD is not as well known as Alzheimer’s disease, it’s the second most common cause of dementia in people under 65, and there’s currently no treatment.
New UCSF research sheds light on how immune system B cells that infiltrate the central nervous system may drive multiple sclerosis.
UCSF scientists now have evidence from research that women with Alzheimer’s live longer than men with the disease because they have genetic protection from the ravages of the disease.
New research by neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh and UC San Francisco revealed that a simple, earbud-like device developed at UCSF that imperceptibly stimulates a key nerve leading to the brain could significantly improve the wearer’s ability to learn the sounds of a new language.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant increase in video visits between patients and their doctors, but for many older adults, the shift has cut them off from care, rather than connecting them.
Can people who are struggling with serious mental illness and poverty benefit from telehealth? The pandemic forces a UCSF team to find out.
UCSF Medical Center has been recognized as one of the nation’s finest hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report 2020-2021 Best Hospitals survey, ranking among the top 10 hospitals nationwide for the 22nd year.
UCSF researchers are taking a closer look at COVID-19’s dizzying array of symptoms to get at the disease’s root causes.
Homelessness expert Margot Kushel, MD, delves into what the COVID-19 crisis reveals about housing and health.
Amid the COVID-19 chaos in many hospitals, emergency medicine physicians in seven cities around the country experienced rising levels of anxiety and emotional exhaustion, regardless of the intensity of the local surge, according to a new analysis led by UCSF.
Seniors who can identify smells like roses, turpentine, paint-thinner and lemons, and have retained their senses of hearing, vision and touch, may have half the risk of developing dementia as their peers with marked sensory decline, according to a new UCSF study.
A new study by UCSF researchers identified a surprising way that the brain’s immune cells help to form new memories.
With the COVID-19 pandemic, travel this year will be different from years past.
The declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic in March resulted in a rapid decrease in step counts worldwide.
LGBTQ+ communities have experienced increased anxiety and depression since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially those who haven’t struggled with these conditions before.