University of California San Francisco
UCSF Medical Center has reduced hospital readmissions for older heart failure patients by nearly a third, thanks to a program designed to identify ways for hospitals to improve patients' transitions to their homes.
A rigorous study of nearly 400 twins has shown that environmental factors have been underestimated, and genetics overestimated, for their roles in autism-spectrum disorders.
Mammograms should not be done on a one-size fits all basis, but instead should be personalized based on a woman’s age, the density of her breasts, her family history of breast cancer and other factors including her own values, according to a new study.
The Gladstone Institutes has been named America’s best place to work in academia, capping a seven-year stint in which readers of <i>The Scientist</i> have ranked the independent biomedical-research organization among academia’s top ten places to work.
<p>Daphne Stannard’s story mirrors an important shift in nursing: the tightening connection between the ivory tower and the practice setting or, as the nurse researcher puts it, “diminishing the dichotomy between academia and service.”</p>
<p>Former NFL players Harris Barton and Ronnie Lott recently presented a check for $2.5 million on behalf of Champion Charities to UCSF’s Brain Tumor Research Center to support its mission to eradicate brain disease.</p>
<p>Erik Lium has been named assistant vice chancellor of UCSF's newly created Office of Innovation, Technology and Alliances to provide the strategic leadership to both support innovation on campus and foster external alliances to advance biomedical research.</p>
UCSF Medical Center today became the only institution in the United States to receive a perfect score on the LGBT Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) for five consecutive years.
<p>UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann was among six distinguished individuals to receive an honorary degree from Princeton University during commencement exercises on May 31.</p>
A team of researchers led by scientists at UCSF has developed a way to uncover the evolution of human cancer cells, determining the order in which mutations emerge in them as they wend their way from a normal, healthy state into invasive, malignant masses.
<p>UCSF gynecologic oncologist John K. Chan, MD, is leading a nationwide endeavor to evaluate a new strategy called “dose-dense” chemotherapy to improve treatment outcomes for women with ovarian cancer.</p>