• UCSF News
• October 20, 2011

UCSF Shows Its Commitment to the City

<p>Since its founding nearly 150 years ago, UCSF has been committed to serving the community, and its reach extends far beyond the walls of the health sciences University.</p>

• October 20, 2011

UCSF Receives Grant to Improve Outcomes in Organ Donor Transplantation

<p>UCSF anesthesiologist Claus Niemann has been awarded a $2 million grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration to improve outcomes in organ donor transplantation.</p>

• October 19, 2011

PSA Screening for Prostate Cancer -- Controversy Continues

<p>A rekindled controversy over the use of PSA screening to help detect prostate cancer highlights the different perspectives physicians may take in framing issues, evaluating studies and deciding on best practices.</p>

• October 19, 2011

Computer Games Help People with Parkinson's Disease

Playing computer-based physical therapy games can help people with Parkinson’s disease improve their gait and balance, according to a new pilot study led by the UCSF School of Nursing and Red Hill Studios, a California serious games developer.

• October 19, 2011

UCSF Aims for High-Quality Health Care Through Interprofessional Education

<p>Future doctors, dentists, pharmacists, nurses and physical therapists recently started their educational journey together during Interprofessional Education Day, which is designed to encourage teamwork to ultimately provide high-quality patient care.</p>

• October 19, 2011

Pre-Term Babies' Exposure to Steroids Associated with Impaired Brain Growth

Premature infants exposed after birth to drugs known as glucocorticoids are at increased risk for having impaired growth of the cerebellum, according to findings from a new UCSF-led study. The cerebellum is a region of the brain associated with balance, motor learning, language and behavior.

• October 18, 2011

Spirits Soar as UCSF Marks Construction Milestone at Mission Bay Medical Center with "Topping Out"

<p>A crowd of hundreds gathered on Oct. 17 at “Topping Out” Celebration, marking the end of the structural steel phase of the construction of UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay.</p>

• October 18, 2011

Three UCSF Professors Inducted into American Academy of Arts and Sciences

<p>UCSF Professors Lewis Lanier, Talmadge King, Jr., and Kevan Shokat were among 179 of the nation’s most influential artists, scientists, scholars, authors, and institutional leaders who were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony on Oct. 1.</p>

• October 18, 2011

UCSF Study Finds Steroids Could Help Heal Some Corneal Ulcers

A UCSF study gives hope to those suffering from severe cases of bacterial corneal ulcers, which can lead to blindness if left untreated. The use of topical corticosteroids in a randomized controlled trial was found to be neither beneficial nor harmful in the overall patient population in the study. However, it helped patients who had more serious forms of bacterial corneal ulcers, according to UCSF researchers.

• October 17, 2011

Five UCSF Scientists Named to Institute of Medicine

• October 17, 2011

UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay Celebrates "Topping Out" Construction Milestone

UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay celebrated a major milestone today with the placement of a 1,600-pound beam – painted white and decorated with colorful autographs of construction workers, donors and supporters, along with art created by hospitalized children and adults – atop the new hospital complex, signifying the end of the structural steel phase of San Francisco’s first new hospital in decades.

• October 17, 2011

Malaria Elimination Maps Highlight Progress and Prospects

A new global Atlas charts prospects for malaria elimination by offering the first full-color, detailed depiction of a disease now declining in many parts of the globe and provides a visual tool to help focus resources where they are needed most.

• UCSF News
• October 17, 2011

High Rate of False-Positives with Annual Mammogram

During a decade of receiving mammograms, more than half of cancer-free women will be among those summoned back for more testing because of false-positive results, and about one in 12 will be referred for a biopsy.

• October 14, 2011

New Clue to Brain Bleeding After Stroke Treatment

The only medication currently approved for stroke treatment – tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), which dissolves blood clots – is associated with an increased risk of bleeding in the brain, particularly among patients with hyperglycemia (high blood sugar).

• UCSF News
• October 14, 2011

UCSF Begins Long-Range Planning About its Future Through to 2030

<p>For most people, the year 2030 is too remote to contemplate. But it is very much on the minds of those involved in shaping the future of UCSF.</p>

• October 13, 2011

Press Kit: Construction of UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay

• October 13, 2011

UC Accepts Applications for UC Health Fellowship

<p>The University of California&nbsp;<u><a href="http://health.universityofcalifornia.edu/innovation-center/" title="UC Center for Health Quality and Innovation">Center for Health Quality and Innovation</a></u>&nbsp;is accepting applications for the UC Health Fellowship.</p>