University of California San Francisco
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UCSF University Relations Wins Two Western Regional Awards for Advancing Education
<p>The news team at UCSF’s University Relations and Strategic Communications has won two awards for its communications from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), District VII.</p>
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What's the Best Age to Raise Kids? Older Parents Weigh In
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A Protein May Help Burn Calories Faster
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Preventing Youth Smoking
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UC President Pens Open Letter to UC Community
<p>UC President Mark Yudof today wrote an open letter to the community asking all of University of California students, faculty and staff members to foster a climate of tolerance, civility and open-mindedness.</p>
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What's Really Making Us Fat?
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Study of Popular HIV Drug Fuels Prevention Debate
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About 800,000 in U.S. Have Alzheimer's, Live Alone
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McGovern Institute to Honor Synapses Expert Roger Nicoll
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Sister Dana Sez
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2013 Best Graduate Schools Preview: Top 10 Medical Schools
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QB3 Bioscience Startups Going Strong at Six-Year Mark
The California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences or QB3 and its partners have helped launch 60 new bioscience companies, created more than 280 jobs and attracted $226 million in funding in a growing network of five incubators at UCSF Mission Bay and at UC Berkeley.
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The Conundrum of Risky Painkillers for Veterans with PTSD
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Teaching Fat Cells to Burn Calories
In the war against obesity, one’s own fat cells may seem an unlikely ally, but new research from UCSF suggests ordinary fat cells can be reengineered to burn calories.
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Questions About Clinical Research? UCSF's New HUB Website Has Answers
<p>UCSF has launched a new web portal that offers researchers, study coordinators and study participants an easy-on-the-eyes, logically arranged and comprehensive tool that will guide them to a wealth of much-needed information about clinical trials.</p>
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For Veterans With Post-Traumatic Stress, Pain Killers Carry Risks
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Journal Disavows Study Touted by U.S. Abortion Foes
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Link Between Abortion and Mental Health Problems Debunked
A study purporting to show a cause-and-effect link between abortion and subsequent mental health problems has fundamental analytical errors that render its conclusions invalid, according to researchers at UCSF and the Guttmacher Institute.
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Moratorium on 'Bird Flu' Experiments Ending Soon
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Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans With Pain, PTSD Prescribed More Opiates Than Other Veterans With Pain
Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health diagnoses were significantly more likely to be prescribed opiates for pain than other veterans with pain, according to a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF.
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Vets Prone to Drug Addiction Get Risky Painkillers
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UCTV to Feature UCSF Mission Bay Art Collection on March 16
<p><em>UCTV Prime</em>, a new YouTube original channel from the University of California, will take viewers on a tour of the public art collection at UCSF Mission Bay as part of its "Naked Art" series to air on March 16.</p>
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Turning Cartilage to Bone Could Replace Grafts
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Top Medical Educator Molly Cooke to Direct Global Health Sciences Education
<p><span class="field-content">Molly Cooke, a professor of medicine and founding director of the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators at UCSF, has been appointed the first director of education for Global Health Sciences.</span></p>
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Comprehensive Guidelines Needed for Young Adult Preventive Care
With no specific clinical preventive care guidelines targeting young adults, health care providers are missing key opportunities to improve the health of this population through preventive screening and intervention.
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Graduate Student to Receive Award from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
<p>Feng-Yen Li, a PhD candidate in biomedical sciences at UCSF, is among 13 graduate students from throughout North America chosen to receive the 2012 Harold M. Weintraub Graduate Student Award.</p>
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Nominations Sought for UCSF's 2012 Sustainability Awards
<p>Members of the UCSF community are encouraged to nominate a green champion — staff, student, faculty, or a team who deserves recognition for their sustainability efforts.</p>
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Growing Number of Adults Diagnosed with ADHD
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Health Care Costs and How You Could Be Overspending