It’s Not Naïve, Treating Youth Violence as a Disease Gets Results
The Wraparound Project works to reduce youth violence in San Francisco schools. It provides mentorship and links clients to essential risk-reduction resources.
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Trauma Team Saves a Teen Surfer from Paralysis
15-year-old Marcos jumped off a surfboard to avoid hitting a group of children and suffered a neck break, resulting in paralysis. An 8-hour surgery at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland helped bring him back on his feet and now, a year later, he’s walking and kicking a soccer ball again.
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My Olympic Reflections
Every time I watch Olympic track and field events, I relive the extraordinary opportunity I had to represent Trinidad and Tobago in Beijing in 2008.
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Are Any Childhood Medical Myths Actually True?
Drink ginger ale for a bellyache. Don’t swim after eating. Does any advice doled out to kids hold up?
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New Therapy Improves Lives of Girls and Women with Rett Syndrome
Katie’s Clinic for Rett Syndrome at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland is one of the few U.S. treatment centers and one of only 18 international centers of excellence for the rare disorder. It is one of the first centers to offer the first treatment for the rare genetic disease, helping improve the lives of girls like Emiliana.
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UCSF to Hire Union Workers, Offer Apprenticeships for Oakland Hospital Expansion
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Workforce Agreement Supports Local Labor for Oakland Hospital
UCSF Health and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals signed an agreement to prioritize local union workers for the construction of a proposed landmark hospital building and related site improvements on its Oakland site.
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How – and Why – to Reset Your Kids’ Screen Use for Summer
Recent research on screen use in children and teenagers examined the effects of screen time on sleep, nutrition, body mass index (BMI) and step count.
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Great News, Parents: You Do Have Power Over Your Tweens’ Screen Use
For tweens, restricting screens in bedrooms and at mealtimes and modeling healthy practices at home are parenting practices that work best to curb screen time and addictive screen behavior:
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Family Dysfunction and Conflict Can Lead to Risky Teen Behavior
Teens who come from close-knit neighborhoods and families are less likely to engage in risky behavior at a young age.
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Adults Care About Gender Politics Way More Than Kids, Doctor Says. So Why Is It Such a Big Deal?
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Joseph Papa Doesn’t Know ‘Quit,’ Even After 2 ACL Tears
Student athlete Joey suffered two severe ACL tears. He received surgery in 2023 by Nirav Pandya, MD, at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland and is back competing on the basketball court and track and field.
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Microbiome Points the Way Toward Surviving a Grueling Therapy
Researchers have found links between lung microbial communities and mortality risk in pediatric bone marrow transplant patients. Metagenomic sequencing revealed distinct patient clusters and unexpected pathogens, highlighting the need for precise diagnostics and therapeutics. Antibiotic treatment was associated with bacterial depletion and enriched viral and fungal populations.
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A Race to Save One Infant’s Chance to Hear with a Cochlear Implant
UCSF researchers and clinicians at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, Oakland transformed treatment for deaf and hard-of-hearing children through the invention of cochlear implants and a comprehensive care model that offers wraparound support, parent coaching, and access to resources for a successful cochlear journey.
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Teenage Patients Celebrate with Harry Potter-Themed Prom at UCSF
Teen patients at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals in Oakland and San Francisco enjoyed a once-in-a-lifetime event at the hospitals’ prom nights.
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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in SF and Oakland Hold Special Prom for Teens: ‘Very Heartwarming’
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For Children Specializing in One Sport – More Harm Than Good?
Kids are more prone to injuries when they do the same sport all year round.
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Clusters of Whooping Cough Reported at Private High School in San Francisco
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‘In the Bubble Crib, I Would Press Against the Plastic and Get Hugs’
At age 2, UCSF construction project manager Michael Valero was treated at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland for a congenital heart defect. He is now giving back to the hospital that saved his life by leading its upgrade and expansion efforts to expand state-of-the-art care.
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Stink! Sweat! Pimples! Cramps! Puberty Is Coming. Prepare Your Kid With These 7 Tools.
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Children Experience More Injuries, Stress and Even Burnout When They Specialize in One Sport
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Local Artist Adia Millett Selected for Benioff Oakland Facade Art
Oakland artist Adia Millett has been commissioned to create public art at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. She’s the third local artist to add their work to the hospital grounds.
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What’s Behind the Surge of Fatty Liver Disease in Latinx Kids?
Pediatric cases of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) have spiked in the last decade, especially amongst Latino children. Food insecurity might be the reason why.
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COVID Vaccines Are Safe for Pregnant Women and Babies
A first of its kind study finds that the COVID vaccine is safe to administer during pregnancy, causing no abnormal delays when the infants were tested at 12 months and again at 18 months.
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Better Way to Deliver Fetal Therapy for Serious Genetic Disorders
Delivering medicine through amniotic fluid is as effective as delivering it to the fetal brain via cerebrospinal fluid to treat serious disordrs such as Angelman syndrome.
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Targeted Treatment of Rare Childhood Leukemia
Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) is a rare but aggressive childhood leukemia. While hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is curative for some patients, approximately half of all patients see
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UCSF Opens World’s First Center of Excellence for Gould Syndrome
UCSF is home to the first center in the world focused on patients with COL4A1/2 mutations, which can cause the rare disease Gould Syndrome.
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Meet the Fetal Surgeon Forging CRISPR’s Next Frontier: Curing Diseases in the Womb
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Eating Disorders Are Affecting More Adolescent Boys. Here’s Why and What Signs to Look For
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New President to Lead Growth of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals
Nicholas Holmes, MD, MBA, was named the new president of UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals and senior vice president of UCSF Health Children’s Services.
