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Archive: Routine HPV Vaccine Recommended for Boys
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Archive: As More Use Tech, Child Development Is an Issue
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Archive: UCSF Tapped for U.S. National AIDS Strategy Initiative
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration has funded the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies to provide leadership and support to seven states implementing interventions to enhance HIV testing and diagnosis.
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Archive: Former Wall Street Banker and UCSF Patient Authors Book for Investors
<p>Former Wall Street executive Gordon Murray, a former patient UCSF, wrote a book after battling brain cancer for more than a year, knowing that he had only a few months to live when he started it.</p>
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Archive: To Prevent Post-Hospital Disability, Focus on Patient Function in the Hospital, Say Physicians
To prevent the onset of disability in their elderly patients, hospitals should focus on maintaining and restoring patients’ abilities to carry out activities of daily living while they are still inpatients, according to physicians from the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF.
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Archive: Occupy Oakland "All About the American Dream"
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Archive: Extra Vitamin E Linked to Prostate Cancer, But Diet Still Merits Study
<p>New studies of vitamin supplements, prostate cancer risk in men and mortality in women have yielded disappointing results. Some researchers remain optimistic about identifying dietary and lifestyle interventions that are beneficial to health.</p>
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Archive: Genentech Head: New Companies Make New Jobs
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Archive: The Unreal World: '50/50's' Portrayal of a Cancer Patient
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Archive: Antidepressant Linked to Developmental Brain Abnormalities in Rodents
A study by researchers at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and UCSF shows that rats given a popularly prescribed antidepressant during development exhibit brain abnormalities and behaviors characteristic of autism spectrum disorders.
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Archive: UCSF to Host Bay Area Science Festival Lectures at Lunchtime
<p>UCSF's top scientists will engage in five discussions about cutting-edge science from October 31 through November 4 as part of the University's participation in the first-ever Bay Area Science Festival, which culminates on November 6 with a big fair at AT&T Park.</p>
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Archive: Mammogram's Role as Savior Is Tested
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Archive: UCSF Library Celebrates Open Access Through October 30
<p>The UCSF Library is celebrating Open Access Week, a worldwide event now in its fifth year to give the academic and research community an opportunity to learn more about the potential benefits of offering free and timely access to scholarly publications.</p>
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Archive: Controversial New Virus Tied to Fatigue Not Transmitted by Blood
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Archive: Aging Disease in Children Sheds Light on Normal Aging
<p>Aging of individual cells in the body leads to aging of the whole person, according to new evidence from studies of very rare children born with a genetic mutation that wrinkles, ages and kills them before they reach adulthood.</p>
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Archive: Program Helps People Transition from Public Assistance to Careers at UCSF
<p>As the second largest employer in San Francisco, UCSF is committed to developing a well-trained and diverse workforce and providing jobs to local residents, both of which happen through the Community Outreach Internship Program.</p>
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Archive: Computer Games Help Parkinson's Patients: Study
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Archive: UCSF Shows Its Commitment to the City
<p>Since its founding nearly 150 years ago, UCSF has been committed to serving the community, and its reach extends far beyond the walls of the health sciences University.</p>
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Archive: Treating TB, HIV at Same Time Found to Save Lives
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Archive: UCSF Receives Grant to Improve Outcomes in Organ Donor Transplantation
<p>UCSF anesthesiologist Claus Niemann has been awarded a $2 million grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration to improve outcomes in organ donor transplantation.</p>
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Archive: PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer -- Controversy Continues
<p>A rekindled controversy over the use of PSA screening to help detect prostate cancer highlights the different perspectives physicians may take in framing issues, evaluating studies and deciding on best practices.</p>
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Archive: Computer Games Help People with Parkinson's Disease
Playing computer-based physical therapy games can help people with Parkinson’s disease improve their gait and balance, according to a new pilot study led by the UCSF School of Nursing and Red Hill Studios, a California serious games developer.
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Archive: UCSF Aims for High-Quality Health Care Through Interprofessional Education
<p>Future doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses and physical therapists recently started their educational journey together during Interprofessional Education Day, which is designed to encourage teamwork to ultimately provide high-quality patient care.</p>
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Archive: Pre-Term Babies' Exposure to Steroids Associated with Impaired Brain Growth
Premature infants exposed after birth to drugs known as glucocorticoids are at increased risk for having impaired growth of the cerebellum, according to findings from a new UCSF-led study. The cerebellum is a region of the brain associated with balance, motor learning, language and behavior.
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Archive: Cancer Screening Controversy
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Archive: Study: Mammograms Lead to Many False-Positive Results
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Archive: Three UCSF Professors Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences
<p>UCSF Professors Lewis Lanier, Talmadge King, Jr., and Kevan Shokat were among 179 of the nation’s most influential artists, scientists, scholars, authors, and institutional leaders who were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony on Oct. 1.</p>
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Archive: UCSF Study Finds Steroids Could Help Heal Some Corneal Ulcers
A UCSF study gives hope to those suffering from severe cases of bacterial corneal ulcers, which can lead to blindness if left untreated. The use of topical corticosteroids in a randomized controlled trial was found to be neither beneficial nor harmful in the overall patient population in the study. However, it helped patients who had more serious forms of bacterial corneal ulcers, according to UCSF researchers.
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Archive: Too-Frequent Mammograms Can Mean False Positives