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Archive: Becker's Hospital Review Names 100 Great Hospitals in America
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Archive: Websites help you estimate how long you'll live
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Archive: Sam Hawgood Takes the Helm at UCSF
Renowned pediatrician and medical school dean Sam Hawgood, MBBS, has taken over as interim chancellor of UC San Francisco.
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Archive: Heart Health in Young Adults Tied to Later Mental Function
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Archive: Hidden Cancer can Make Less-Invasive Hysterectomy Deadly
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Archive: ReShape Duo Balloon Offers Bariatric Surgery Alternative
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Archive: Stanford Seeks Research Subjects for PTSD App
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Archive: Mammograms May Cause More Harm Than Good For Older Women, Study Suggests
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Archive: 50 Shades of Red: from Mild Blush to Deep Flush, Rosacea Takes an Emotional Toll
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Archive: Experts Question Routine Mammograms in Elderly
Doctors should focus on life expectancy when deciding whether to order mammograms for their oldest female patients, since the harms of screening likely outweigh the benefits unless women are expected to live at least another decade, according to a review of the scientific literature by experts at UCSF and Harvard medical schools.
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Archive: Researchers: Mammogram Choices Should be Individualized
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Archive: Quick Gains After a Smoking Ban
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Archive: Early Cardiac Risks Linked to Worse Cognitive Function in Middle Age
Young adults with such cardiac risk factors as high blood pressure and elevated glucose levels have significantly worse cognitive function in middle age, according to a new study by dementia researchers at UCSF.
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Archive: The Device Makers’ Shortcut
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Archive: Initiative to Bring Together Bay Area Scientists for Genomic Research
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Archive: Do E-Cigarettes Help Smokers Quit?
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Archive: At 103, Arthritis Doctor Still Leads an Illustrious Medical Career and Plays a Mean Violin
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Archive: Folding Microscope Opens up Other Worlds
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Archive: Music Soothes Body and Spirit at Children’s Hospital
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Archive: UCSF Fresno Taking on 100 New Residents
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Archive: Migraine Disorder Comes with its Own Set of Clues to Preventing Pain
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Archive: UCSF Chancellor Looks Back and Looks Ahead Before Leaving for Gates Foundation
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Archive: Mechanical Forces Driving Breast Cancer Lead to Key Molecular Discovery
The stiffening of breast tissue in breast-cancer development points to a new way to distinguish a type of breast cancer with a poor prognosis from a related, but often less deadly type, UCSF researchers have found in a new study.
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Archive: Your Call: Should we Regulate Sugar Like an Addictive Substance?
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Archive: 1 in 68 Kids Diagnosed with Autism; Better Testing Cited
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Archive: E-Cigarette Accidents Prompt Poison Centers' Warning
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Archive: Mark Leno's Bill Would Close Loophole on Fire-Retardant Use
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Archive: Variety of Approaches when Mammograms Aren't Enough
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Archive: 1 in 8 Deaths Linked to Air Pollution, World Health Organization says