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Archive: Health Policy Studies at UCSF: A Sense of Pride and Purpose
<p>About 450 people recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of the UCSF's Institute for Health Policy Studies, which has a record of excellence in shaping health policy on a local, national and international level.</p>
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Archive: Bendable Needles Developed to Deliver Stem-Cells into Brains
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Archive: Over 50? Checklist May Predict If You'll Be Alive in 10 Years
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Archive: HIV Testing Increased and Infection Reduced in Africa with Community Intervention
<p>Community intervention with free mobile HIV testing and counseling, same-day results and post-test support led to a 14 percent reduction in new HIV infections in targeted communities in Sub-Saharan Africa, according to results of a large randomized, controlled trial.</p>
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Archive: New Clinical Tool Assesses Health Risks for Older Adults
A UCSF team has developed a tool that can help determine – and perhaps influence – senior citizens’ 10-year survivability rates by assessing their health risks.
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Archive: Newly Identified Human Cells Might One Day Heal Damaged Tissue and Organs, Researchers Say
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Archive: Your Chances Of Dying By 2023? Test Offers A Clue
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Archive: Breakthrough Hailed as Radical Treatment Works on Baby Born HIV-Positive in Atlanta
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Archive: Marathon: San Francisco's Meyer Claims Women's Race
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Archive: UCSF Discovery a Potential "Earthquake" for Stem Cell Therapies
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Archive: Parkinson’s Disease Brain Rhythms Detected
A team of scientists and clinicians at UCSF has discovered how to detect abnormal brain rhythms associated with Parkinson’s by implanting electrodes within the brains of people with the disease.
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Archive: Hindu Holy Event Yields Health Insights
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Archive: New Type of Pluripotent Cell Discovered In Adult Breast Tissue
UCSF researchers have found that certain rare cells extracted from adult breast tissue can be instructed to become different types of cells – a discovery that could have important potential for regenerative medicine.
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Archive: Devices Aim to Deliver on Stem-Cell Therapies
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Archive: Baby Born with AIDS Virus Appears to Have Been Cured
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Archive: Attention Deficit Disorder Often Lasts Past Childhood, Study Says
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Archive: UC Advances Medical Research Through Trust
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Archive: Health Research Benefits from Crowdfunding
<p>Ever the innovator, UCSF is using a new fundraising method to advance health sciences research.</p>
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Archive: UC Board of Regents Announces First Steps in Search for New UC President
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Archive: 'Rain Man'-like Brains Mapped with Network Analysis
Researchers have mapped the three-dimensional global connections within the brains of seven adults, which reveal new details about the condition known as agenesis of the corpus callosum, one of the top genetic causes of autism.
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Archive: For the Elderly, Medical Procedures to Avoid
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Archive: Paul Allen Gives $7.5M to Little-Known Scientists Dreaming Big
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Archive: Chicago Violence Drives Push for More Trauma Care
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Archive: UCSF Opens Evening Orthodontic Clinic
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Archive: The Bitter Pill, Chewable for Doctors
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Archive: UCSF Mourns Loss of Legendary Master Surgeon Maurice Galante
<p>A memorial service will be held March 8 to honor the life of Maurice Galante, MD, professor emeritus and a renowned surgeon at UCSF, who passed away at his home on Feb. 5, 2013. He was 93.</p>
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Archive: Costs of ER Visits Vary in U.S., Study Finds
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Archive: Second Survey to Gauge Staff Engagement at UCSF
<p>Staff are invited to voice their opinions about UCSF in a second survey being conducted from March 4 through March 22 to gauge their level of engagement in their work.</p>
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Archive: The View From Behind Sergey Brin's Google Glass