University of California San Francisco
Use of radiology imaging tests has soared in the past decade with a significant increase in newer technologies, according to a new study that is the first to track imaging patterns in a managed care setting over a substantial time period.
The discovery of a gene that caused a family to be stricken with Parkinson’s disease has been a tonic to research aimed at learning more about the most common form of the disease, and about its environmental triggers.
Members of the UCSF community are celebrating Barack Obama’s victory in the presidential election, calling it a “giant step forward,” a “dream come true,” and a “watershed” moment in the nation’s history.
Judy Shepard visits UCSF to talk about her gay son Matt’s brutal 1998 murder and the importance of speaking out against hate and of celebrating diversity.
Pregnant women whose labor stalls while in the active phase of childbirth can reduce health risks to themselves and their infants by waiting out the delivery process for an extra two hours, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
The UCSF Science & Health Education Partnership will use a newly announced, five-year grant to work with local high schools in improving science education and promoting diversity in the scientific workforce.
Active elderly women scored better on tests of mental function than less active women, according to a new study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
Chancellor J. Michael Bishop, MD, who has led the University of California, San Francisco for the past 10 years, today announced plans to step down from his post, effective June 30, 2009.
A new study looking at unprotected intercourse within gay couples when each partner has established HIV-infection found a correlation between anti-HIV immune response and sexual activity.