• UCSF News
• July 31, 2014

Archive: Commentary: It’s Time to Address the Health of Men Around the World

All over the world, men die younger than women and do worse on a host of health indicators, yet policy makers rarely focus on this “men’s health gap” or adopt programs aimed at addressing it, according to an international group of researchers and health charity workers.

• UCSF News
• July 30, 2014

Archive: Gene Behind Rare Birth Abnormality Is a Window on Evolution

A UCSF physician who treats birth defects affecting the face has teamed up with a European expert on animal evolution to create rodent teeth that harken back in evolutionary time.

• UCSF News
• July 30, 2014

Archive: Key to Aging Immune System Is Discovered

The immune system ages and weakens with time, making the elderly prone to life-threatening infection and other maladies, and a UCSF research team now has discovered a reason why.

• UCSF News
• July 30, 2014

Archive: Kids with Autism, Sensory Processing Disorders Show Brain Wiring Differences

Researchers at UCSF have found that children with sensory processing disorders have decreased structural brain connections in specific sensory regions different than those in autism, further establishing SPD as a clinically important neurodevelopmental disorder.

• UCSF News
• July 29, 2014

Archive: UCSF Medical Center, John Muir Health Collaborating to Develop New Company and Regional Health Care Network

UCSF Medical Center and John Muir Health have signed a letter of intent to develop a company that will serve as the cornerstone of a Bay Area health care network intended to provide patients with high quality care and an exceptional experience at an affordable price.

• UCSF News
• July 29, 2014

Archive: Caring for Donors

To make follow-up care more accessible, UC San Francisco and Walgreens are collaborating to launch the first program in the country that provides blood pressure testing at no charge to living kidney donors.

• UCSF News
• July 29, 2014

Archive: Healthy Lifestyle May Buffer Against Stress-Related Cell Aging, Study Says

A new study is the first to show that while the impact of life’s stressors accumulate over time and accelerate cellular aging, these negative effects may be reduced by maintaining a healthy diet, exercising and sleeping well.

• UCSF News
• July 28, 2014

Archive: Stem Cell Advance May Increase Efficiency of Tissue Regeneration

A new stem-cell discovery might one day lead to a more streamlined process for obtaining stem cells, which in turn could be used in the development of replacement tissue for failing body parts.

• UCSF News
• July 25, 2014

Archive: Wallhagen Named Chairperson of HLAA Board of Trustees

Margaret Wallhagen, professor of gerontological nursing in the UCSF School of Nursing and a geriatric nurse practitioner, has been named chair of the Board of Trustees of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), the nation’s leading organization for people with hearing loss.

• UCSF News
• July 25, 2014

Archive: Schapiro Receives Grant to Support East Bay Children with Chronic Conditions

Naomi Schapiro was awarded a three-year Advanced Nursing Education Grant to fund interprofessional training of students and graduate trainees in the collaborative care of children with mental health conditions and obesity in Alameda County.

• UCSF News
• July 24, 2014

Archive: Viewing Dentistry in a New Light

A new technology uses near-infrared light to better detect cavities without the radiation of X-rays. It's one of several innovations that could soon change your dental chair experience.

• UCSF News
• July 24, 2014

Archive: MEDIA ADVISORY: UCSF Has Strong Presence in Second-Ever Meeting of World Transplant Congress in San Francisco

• UCSF News
• July 24, 2014

Archive: Prusiner Appointed to Board of Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research

Nobel Laureate Stanley Prusiner, MD, has been appointed as a member of the board of directors for the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research (FFAR).

• UCSF News
• July 24, 2014

Archive: UCSF, The University of Toledo Create Research Center for Musculoskeletal Innovation

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has tapped UCSF as the lead institution in a new Industry/University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC).

• UCSF News
• July 24, 2014

Archive: UCSF Researchers Uncover an Unexpected Role for Endostatin in the Nervous System

Researchers at UCSF have discovered that endostatin, a protein that once aroused intense interest as a possible cancer treatment, plays a key role in the stable functioning of the nervous system.