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Archive: Cells’ Protective DNA Linked to Size of Brain Region Vital for Memory
A brain region that is vital for memory and shrinks in Alzheimer’s disease patients also is likely to be smaller in those whose white blood cells have shorter DNA-protecting end caps – called telomeres – according to a study by Stanford and UCSF researchers.
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Archive: UCSF Medical Center Makes Best Hospital List
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Archive: At children's hospital, kids find comfort in music therapy
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Archive: Sleep disorders may raise risk of Alzheimer’s, new research shows
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Archive: Sleep disorders may raise risk of Alzheimer’s, new research shows
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Archive: An E.R., Not a Hospital, Is Set to Open at St. Vincent’s Site
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Archive: Kentucky Law Gives Nurse Practitioners More Flexibility
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Archive: Lyme disease often overlooked in Northern California
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Archive: Jailhouse theater program helps women disclose HIV status
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Archive: More than half of rugby tournament players lost time from injuries
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Archive: Overweight Kids Learn New Ways Of Nutrition At UCSF Summer Camp
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Archive: “Expressive Therapy” Intervention Assists Women Living with HIV
New research from UC San Francisco shows that an “expressive therapy” group intervention conducted by The Medea Project helps women living with HIV disclose their health status and improves their social support, self-efficacy and the safety and quality of their relationships.
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Archive: Alumni Weekend 2014 Discovery Talks
Watch five esteemed faculty members give TED-like talks, called Discovery Talks, on a specific aspect of their research at UCSF Alumni Weekend 2014.
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Archive: UCSF Commentary: Tweet Your Way to Better Health
Twitter and other social media should be better utilized to convey public health messages, especially to young adults, according to a new analysis by researchers at UC San Francisco.
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Archive: Can meditation really slow aging?
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Archive: New Compound Treats Blindness And Diabetes In Mice; Holds Potential For Possible Degenerative Disease Treatment In Humans
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Archive: Fresno residency programs attract doctors with local ties (video)
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Archive: New Compound Treats Both Blindness and Diabetes in Animal Studies
In a new study led by UCSF scientists, a chemical compound designed to precisely target part of a crucial cellular quality-control network provided significant protection, in rats and mice, against degenerative forms of blindness and diabetes.
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Archive: California takes leap forward in brain research
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Archive: WILL DOCTORS SOON PRESCRIBE VIDEOGAMES?
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Archive: UCSF Policy Brief: Young Adults’ Privacy Potentially Jeopardized by Insurance Plans
Violations of privacy are increasing as more adolescents and young adults gain coverage on their parents’ health insurance plans, according to a new health policy report from UC San Francisco.
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Archive: Sen. Boxer Highlights Efforts to Reduce Preventable Hospital Deaths
Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer presented a special report detailing the most common and harmful errors at our nation’s hospitals at during a tour of UCSF Medical Center and highlighted what UCSF is doing to prevent them.
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Archive: A Speech Synthesizer Direct to the Brain
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Archive: Antihistamine Repurposed for Remyelination in Phase 2 Trial from UCSF
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Archive: Interim Chancellor Sam Hawgood is named to head UC San Francisco
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Archive: University of California picks UCSF chancellor
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Archive: President Napolitano Selects Sam Hawgood as Next Chancellor of UC San Francisco
University of California President Janet Napolitano announced July 9 that her choice for the 10th chancellor of UC San Francisco is Sam Hawgood, MBBS, the UCSF School of Medicine dean who emerged from a national search as the top candidate after leading the campus in an interim role.
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Archive: Probing Brain’s Depth, Trying to Aid Memory
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Archive: With DARPA Support, Lawrence Lab Seeks to Develop Brain Implant to Treat Memory Loss