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Inadequate use of screening mammography may be an important reason that African-American women are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced stage breast cancer than members of other ethnic groups, according to a new study led by a University of California, San Francisco imaging specialist.
UCSF is being recognized for outstanding design and construction of its new animal facility on the Parnassus campus.
Jeffrey M. Drazen will tell the VIOXX story on Wednesday during the first UCSF Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture.
A UCSF faculty member recently was named as one of the 10 Most Influential African Americans in the Bay Area for 2005.
An expert will address whether academia is relevant to global health on April 24.
UCSF is gearing up for earthquake preparedness activities, which includes a disaster drill on April 19, when volunteers are needed to participate.
A theft was reported Monday afternoon, April 10 at the Community Center at UCSF Mission Bay, says UCSF Chief of Police Pamela Roskowski.
Four individuals will receive the UCSF Medal at a banquet ceremony on April 27.
The Gladstone Institutes has received funding to train the next generation of stem cell scientists.
A public health expert and co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility will talk about the global gun epidemic at UCSF this Thursday.
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine today announced that UCSF and 15 other California non-profit institutions have received the first year of funding for a three-year program designed to train the next generation of stem cell scientists.
Lee Goldman, chair of the Department of Medicine at UCSF, has been appointed dean at Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons.
UCSF's Art for Recovery program was recently selected as the winner of the 2006 international arts competition sponsored by the Society for the Arts in Healthcare.
Student teams from across campus exchanged oranges, built tents, ferried ping pong balls and crawled in search of fortune cookies in the first day of the Fourth Annual "Battle of the Schools."
A UCSF pediatrician has been elected to one of the premier pediatric academic societies in the United States.
Child life experts say that even the littlest gift, a board game or a stuffed bunny can bring smiles to hospitalized children facing difficult challenges.
A prostate drug increases the likelihood of heart failure by blocking specific receptors in heart muscle cells, a new study finds.
Jeffrey M. Dazen will tell the VIOXX story on April 19, when UCSF launches the Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture Series.
A UCSF expert on HIV prevention intervention, behavioral epidemiology and HIV policy-related research is a keynote presenter in an upcoming conference.
UCSF employees have three weeks to express their opinions about working at the health sciences university in an online survey launched Monday.
The campus community is invited to an earthquake preparedness fair on Tuesday, April 18, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Saunders Court on the UCSF Parnassus campus.
A 26-year-old woman describes what it was like to be treated for a stroke at UCSF Medical Center.
Doxazosin, a drug commonly prescribed to help improve urinary flow in men with enlarged prostates, increases the likelihood of heart failure by blocking specific receptors in heart muscle cells, according to a study conducted at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC).
UCSF's medical school advanced to fourth place for the quality of its research training and ranks 10th nationally in the quality of its primary care training, according to US News & World Report.
Nawang Sherpa, who was treated with a prosthetic leg at UCSF Medical Center, is again setting his sight to reaching new heights in mountain climbing.
Former banking executive Richard M. Rosenberg has been elected chair of the UCSF Foundation.
A trauma and foot and ankle specialist at San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center was honored for his humanitarian efforts.