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Archive: E-Cigarettes Are Expanding Tobacco Product Use Among Youth
E-cigarettes – thought by some to be responsible for a decline in youth cigarette smoking – are actually attracting a new population of adolescents who might not otherwise have smoked tobacco products.
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Archive: Genetic Risk Factors for Autism, MS and Other Diseases Differ Between the Sexes
Study suggests, genetic variants that have distinct effects on physical traits in men versus women are also linked to men’s and women’s risk for a range of diseases – autism, multiple sclerosis, type 1 diabetes.
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Archive: Study Explores How to Tell Children They Have HIV
There are an estimated 150,000 HIV-infected children in Uganda, and studies indicate less than a third of children under the age of 15 know they are infected.
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Archive: Nursing Research Seeks to Bridge Breastfeeding Disparity for African American Moms
Ifeyinwa Asiodu, an assistant professor at the UCSF School of Nursing, is working to close the gap in breastfeeding rates between African-American babies and others in the U.S.
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The Quest by Parents and Scientists to End Pediatric Epilepsy
Children with severe cases of epilepsy such as Dravet syndrome are finding new and unexpected cures thanks to determined pediatricians and translational research at UCSF.
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Archive: Latino Children with Kidney Failure Have Superior Survival
Latino children with kidney failure have a surprising survival advantage over white children despite longer waits for transplants, according to a UCSF study that tracked more than 12,000 pediatric patients.
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Archive: This Simple Strategy Could Help Doctors Ask Teens About Gender Identity
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Archive: UCSF Discovery May Lead to New Treatments to Protect Fetus from Deadly Effects of Food Poisoning
A newly identified bacterial protein that is shown to jump-start infection may be the culprit in a foodborne disease that strikes pregnant women in disproportionately high numbers, leading to miscarriage and pre-term birth.
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Archive: Brains That Are Still Getting Wired In Babyhood
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Archive: Even Light-Smoking Teens are Likely to Use Alcohol and Marijuana
In a UC San Francisco study of 176 adolescent smokers in San Francisco, 96 percent reported using at least two substances other than cigarettes.
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Archive: Lower-Cost Canadian Health Care as Good as U.S.’s for Low-Income Kids with Diabetes
Low-income children with Type 1 diabetes in Canada, who are treated by family physicians fared at least as well as low-income children in California, who are likely to be treated by highly specialized pediatric endocrinologists.
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Archive: New Treatment May Boost Effectiveness of Asthma Therapy
UC San Francisco researchers developed a new treatment strategy for asthma.
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Archive: Adolescent Perceptions about Smoking Have Changed Over Decade
California adolescents perceive smoking cigarettes to be riskier – and less socially acceptable – than they did a dozen years ago.
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Archive: MEDIA ADVISORY: Meet Kimono, UCSF’s Most Popular New Clinician
Kimono, a 2-year-old golden retriever/lab, is a new recruit at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco.
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Archive: Research Cracks Genetic Driver of Patient’s Rare Immune Disorder
UCSF-led research team identified the rare genetic mutation responsible for a unique case of severe combined immunodeficiency, a deadly immune system disorder also known as “boy in the bubble” disease.
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Archive: Zika in Fetal Brain Tissue Responds to a Popular Antibiotic
UCSF researchers identified fetal brain tissue cells that are targeted by the Zika virus and determined that azithromycin can prevent the virus from infecting these cells.
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Archive: Ethics of Testing for Preterm Birth Risk Weighs Uncertain Harms and Benefits
Ethical quandaries such as testing for a woman’s risk for preterm birth are still being worked out by the medical community.
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Archive: For Children With Brain Tumors, Next-Generation Sequencing May Lead to Different Diagnoses
Next-generation sequencing for patients at UCSF Medical Center is prompting changes in brain tumor diagnoses for some children and a retooling of treatment plans in many cases.
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Archive: Rising star: Vanessa Bal traverses fine work-life balance
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Archive: Science to Be a Big Hit at Discovery Day at AT&T Park
More than 35,000 kids, teens and parents will unleash their inner scientist at the Bay Area Science Festival’s 6th annual Discovery Day at AT&T Park on Nov. 5.
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Archive: MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSF Experts to Address Several Health Topics During Pediatricians’ Conference
The nation’s top pediatric specialists from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco will present new clinical findings and fresh perspectives at the annual conference of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
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Archive: Melvin Grumbach, influential SF pediatrician, dies
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Archive: Study Sees Link Between Allergies and the Infant Gut
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Archive: Melvin Malcolm Grumbach, Renowned Pediatric Endocrinologist, Dies at 90
Melvin Malcolm Grumbach, a leading figure in the field of pediatric endocrinology who is credited with making the UCSF Department of Pediatrics one of the top programs in the world, died Oct. 4 at the age of 90.
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Archive: How to spot depression and anxiety in children
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Archive: How brain cells move through newborn babies’ brains
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Archive: How a School of Dentistry Lab Joined Fight Against Zika
Lenore Pereira, a virologist and professor in School of Dentistry’s Department of Cell and Tissue Biology, is in the middle of crucial research to understand how the mosquito-borne Zika virus harms the babies of women infected during pregnancy.
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Archive: Undoing the Harm of Childhood Trauma and Adversity
Years of research have shown that trauma and adverse events in childhood can put a person at an elevated risk for a wide range of physical and mental health problems across their life span. But the scope and significance of that impact – and how to reverse it – is just beginning to come into focus.
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Archive: Childhood Adversity Linked with Shorter Telomeres
Major childhood psychological and social stressors, increase the odds of shorter telomere length in adulthood, according to a study led by researchers at UC San Francisco.