Archive: Novel Nutrition Bar Improves Asthma Symptoms in Obese Teens
A pilot clinical trial by CHORI researchers has found that targeted nutrient therapy can improve lung function in obese individuals with asthma, without requiring weight loss
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Archive: Interim Associate Dean of Clinical and Academic Affairs at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Appointed
School of Medicine Dean Talmadge E. King Jr. announced the appointment of Kelley Meade as the new Interim Associate Dean of Clinical and Academic Affairs at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland,
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Archive: Bay Area Girl Undergoes First-Ever Pediatric Heart Transplant At UCSF
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Archive: Take a Walk in the Woods. Doctor's Orders.
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Archive: Berkeley boy was 'Patient X' in first FDA-approved medicine derived from marijuana
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Archive: FDA Approves Landmark Marijuana-Derived Drug First Tested at UCSF
For the first time, a drug derived from marijuana has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and it may soon offer relief to children with hard-to-treat seizures.
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Archive: UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Celebrate Top-Tier 2018-19 Rankings
In the U.S. News annual survey for 2018-19, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals’ campuses in Oakland and San Francisco placed among the country’s finest in all 10 pediatric specialties that were surveyed.
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Living With Sensory Processing Disorder
Sensory Processing Disorder, or SPD, causes some children to find everyday stimuli excruciating. Scientists are finally shedding light on what causes the disorder and what can be done about it.
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Archive: Toward a Cure for Sickle Cell: How Doctors Are Fighting a Crippling Disease
Each year, 300,000 infants worldwide are born with sickle cell. UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals are at the the leading edge of advancements to cure sickle cell disease.
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Poem: Empty Plate
Teens like Anthony Orosco are using their creative juices to change the conversation about Type 2 diabetes, thanks to a partnership between UCSF and arts nonprofit Youth Speaks.
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Archive: Binging, Purging and Fasting More Common in Overweight, Obese Young Adults
Young adults who are overweight or obese are twice as likely as their leaner peers to binge and purge, use laxatives or diuretics, or force themselves to vomit as a means of controlling their weight.
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Archive: Baby Born in World’s First In Utero Stem Cell Transplant Trial
UCSF researchers have safely transplanted a woman’s stem cells into her growing fetus, leading to the live birth of an infant with a normally fatal fetal condition.
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Archive: Five Blood Transfusions, One Bone Marrow Transplant – All Before Birth
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Archive: Risk of Preterm Birth Reliably Predicted by New Test
Scientists at UCSF have developed a test to predict a woman’s risk of preterm birth when she is between 15 and 20 weeks pregnant.
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Archive: 2018 Founders Day Awards Honor Public Service, Extraordinary Contributions
To recognize public service, exceptional service to UCSF and excellence in nursing, 11 faculty, staff and students were honored at this year’s UCSF Founders Day Awards.
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Archive: Living in Better Neighborhood May Protect Health of Kids in Poverty
UCSF study has found that simply living in a more desirable neighborhood may act as a health booster for low-income children.
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Archive: MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSF PlaySafe Program Offers Free Cardiac Physicals for High School Athletes on May 5
PlaySafe program in the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery is providing its free annual spring sports cardiac physicals through the UCSF Sports Medicine Center for Young Athletes.
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Archive: Gene Therapy May Eliminate Life-Long Need for Transfusions in Patients with Incurable Blood Disorder
Data from clinical studies of gene therapy in patients with transfusion-dependent Beta-Thalassemia show majority of patients are transfusion-free.
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Archive: UNICEF 'Muted' on Tobacco Control for Children
The tobacco industry manipulated the renowned children’s rights agency UNICEF for more than a dozen years, from 2003 until at least 2016, during which time UNICEF’s focus on children’s rights to a tobacco-free life was reduced, according to previously secret documents uncovered by UCSF.
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Archive: Preventive Use of Common Antibiotic Reduces Child Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Treating young children in Sub-Saharan Africa with azithromycin, a safe, inexpensive, and widely used antibiotic, significantly reduced deaths of children under five.
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Archive: UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland’s State-of-the-Art Outpatient Center Makes Its Official Debut
With the addition of its new building, UCSF Benioff Oakland’s Outpatient Center becomes the largest pediatric specialty care center in the East Bay.
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Archive: Fetal Immune System Rejects the Mother in Preterm Labor
A new study from UCSF shows preterm labor may sometimes happen when the fetal immune system “wakes up” too early and begins to reject the mother, causing the uterus to start contracting.
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Archive: Infant Deaths Fall Sharply in Africa With Routine Antibiotics
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Archive: Working Parents, Take a Deep Breath: Preschool, Daycare Do Not Raise Asthma Risk
Early child care does not boost children’s risk for developing asthma.
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Archive: UCSF Dentists are Teaching Peers to Treat Babies – Filling a Gap in Care
To help general dentists become comfortable seeing very young patients, UCSF pediatric dentists are part an initiative in the Bay Area that aims to train other dentists to see and treat young children.
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Archive: Genomic Analysis Reveals Why Asthma Inhalers Fail Minority Children
The largest-ever whole-genome sequencing study of drug response in minority children has revealed new clues about why the front-line asthma drug albuterol does not work as well for minority children.
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Archive: Adding Formula May Not Sway Baby from Breast
A study demonstrated a seemingly contradictory way for newborns losing more weight than most to breastfeed in the longer term: add a little formula for a couple of days.
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Archive: Childhood Mortality Plummets as Community Health Workers Go Door-to-Door in Urban Mali
Sending community health workers door-to-door to look for sick kids in a rapidly urbanizing area of West Africa, and offering them free care, coincided with a dramatic drop in childhood mortality.
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Archive: Backed By A Band Of Philanthropists, Nonprofit Makes Dramatic Progress In Reducing Childhood Deaths
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Archive: 2017 NIH Funding: A Look at the Top-Funded Researchers and Their Work
UCSF received more than $593.9 million in federal funding from the National Institutes of Health in 2017 for research across multiple health-science arenas at the University.