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On Wednesday, October 11 from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., the UCSF Lesbian Health and Research Center will sponsor a Lesbian Health Institute in conjunction with the 24th Annual Conference of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association in San Francisco.
The public is invited to join the conversation with the world's leading experts in medicine and the health sciences at UCSF's Mini Medical School for the community, which begins October 24.
The J. David Gladstone Institutes honored long-time UCSF leaders Haile Debas and Lloyd H. "Holly" Smith with trustee awards.
UCSF will host the inaugural Faculty Welcoming Week from September 18 to 22.
Louann Brizendine, MD, neuropsychiatrist and director of the UCSF Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic, talks with <i>The View From The Bay </i>hosts Spencer and Jannell about her new book, <i>The Female Brain</i>.
SB840, a bill passed by the California state legislature but recently vetoed as too costly by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, would have provided comprehensive medical insurance for every Californian. James Kahn, professor in residence at UCSF's Institute for Health Policy Studies, believes Gov. Schwarzenegger was wrong in vetoing the bill. Kahn explained his opinions in a recent interview.
Researchers at UCSF are finding success in altering the natural, and previously inexorable, course of type 1 diabetes. Through various drugs, including antibody therapies, the researchers hope to save or preserve the function of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.
Kyle Jackson Wetle's heart-warming reunion with stolen puppy Chemo on Wednesday highlights yet another UCSF Children's Hospital effort to ensure that children receive the care and nurturing they need, even if it's from the family pooch.
UCSF brims with rich and stimulating conversation about science, but many of the thoughts, ideas and insights escape into the air or skim across our synapses, never to be heard or pondered again.
The UCSF School of Nursing will host a Centennial Kickoff party on Wednesday, September 13 to launch a year-long celebration of 100 years of nursing excellence at UCSF.
Kim Mulvihill, MD, reports on the pioneering field of fetal surgery developed and refined at UCSF Children's Hospital that has saved the lives of babies with birth defects and enabled many to live normal lives.
UCSF Police Department will sponsor its fifth annual public safety fair beginning this Thursday.
In the five years following the national tragedy of 9/11, UCSF has made significant progress as it works to prepare for disasters of any kind.
Stephen D. McLeod, MD, professor of clinical ophthalmology at UCSF, has been named chair of the Department of Ophthalmology in the UCSF School of Medicine.
The UCSF community is invited to celebrate the start of the 100th anniversary of the School of Nursing on Wednesday.
UCSF's pediatric Multiple Sclerosis center will receive the "special recognition" award for its contribution to the fight against multiple sclerosis.
Eight-year-old UCSF Children's Hospital leukemia patient Kyle Wetle was reunited Wednesday with the beloved puppy that was stolen from his family's car in the parking garage on Parnassus Heights on Saturday.
A centennial kick-off party on Wednesday, September 13 will launch a year-long celebration of 100 years of nursing excellence at UCSF.
New cancer research reported online by UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center members this week in <i>Nature</i> challenges conventional wisdom about how an archetypal, protective "tumor suppressor" protein works to prevent cancer.
UCSF Children's Hospital leukemia patient Kyle Wetle and his family will be reunited today (Wednesday) with the 15-week-old Chihuahua puppy named Chemo that was stolen from the family vehicle on September 2.
Bree Johnston, MD, professor in the department of geriatrics at the University of California, San Francisco, discusses with <i>Your Call </i>host Rose Aguilar the recent census report showing an increase by one million in the number of uninsured in the U.S., and what Mayor Gavin Newsom's universal health care bill would mean for San Francisco residents.
Chemo, the puppy stolen from the family car of 8-year-old UCSF Children's Hospital leukemia patient Kyle Wetle on Saturday, has been recovered, UCSF police officials said Tuesday.
It's recommended that girls ages 11 and 12 get the new HPV, or human papillomavirus vaccine, to prevent cervical cancer, precancerous genital lesions and genital warts due to HPV.
Feeling guilty over spending on designer shoes or silk ties instead of giving to a worthy cause? Here's a way to combine both activities to benefit children.
A new clinical report published in the September issue of <i>Pediatrics</i> recommends that children who are lactose intolerant still should eat some dairy products as an important source of calcium for bone mineral health and of other nutrients that facilitate growth.
Postbaccalaureate premedical programs are a valuable tool for increasing the number of disadvantaged and underrepresented students who matriculate into medical school, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
Chemo, the puppy stolen from the family car of 8-year-old UCSF Children's Hospital leukemia patient Kyle Wetle on Saturday, has been recovered, UCSF police officials said Tuesday.