UCSF Health Disparities Symposium Highlights Gaps in Health and Health Care

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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.
Ever think about your pancreas? Matthias Hebrok does.
Public health experts will convene for a half-day conference to discuss the two presidential candidates’ vastly different suggestions for health care reform and assess the impact of each.
The deadline for nominations for the Martin Luther King Jr. Award at UCSF has been extended to October 30.
The UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine is hosting a free public lecture by Carolyn Coker Ross, MD, on the integrative medicine approach to eating disorders.