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Scientists Find No Benefit to Time-Restricted Eating
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Virtual Cardiac Rehabilitation Produces Similar Results as In-Person Treatment
In a recent study, UCSF researchers looked at the efficacy of hybrid and virtual delivery of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). They found that virtual and hybrid CR services produced similar improvements in patient function as in-person CR.
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2 Siblings Get 2 Kidney Transplants in Less Than 24 Hours at UCSF
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With Autism Numbers Rising, How Best to Provide Support?
Recently released data from the Centers for Disease Control show childhood autism rates are at their highest level since the CDC began tracking data in 2000.
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Cross-Racial Study of 1.87M Vets Shows Wide Disparities in Dementia
This study is believed to be the first to report the rate of dementia in Native Americans using a nationwide sample, the researchers stated in their paper.
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School Segregation Harms Black Children’s Health, Well-Being
Black youth who attend racially segregated schools are more likely to have behavior problems and to drink alcohol than Black youth in less segregated schools, according to a UCSF study published in Pediatrics.
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Molecular Profiling Advances Diagnosis, Treatment of Skin Diseases
Skin diseases both common and rare can be better diagnosed and treated using genetic fingerprinting based on knowledge gained through a new UCSF study, according to researchers who developed new approaches for using the latest techniques to analyze gene activity in cells obtained from affected skin.
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The World Health Organization Approves a New Polio Vaccine for Emergency Use
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Your Mental Health May Impact Your Chances of Breakthrough COVID
A new UCSF-led study showed that people who are vaccinated against COVID-19, and have a history of certain psychiatric conditions, have a heightened risk of infection – a finding that may be related to impaired immune response.
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48% of Young Adults Struggled with Mental Health in Mid-2021
About half of young adults had mental health symptoms during the pandemic and more than a third of those were unable to access mental health therapy, a new UC San Francisco study found.
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UCSF Health Named 2022 LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader
The Healthcare Equality Index recognizes health care facilities for their dedication to inclusive policies and care for LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and employees.
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After Accusations of Structural Racism at JAMA, a Black Health-Equity Advocate Is Named the Journal’s Editor
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Psilocybin Spurs Brain Activity in Patients With Depression, Small Study Shows
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Psilocybin Rewires the Brain for People with Depression
Scientists at UC San Francisco and Imperial College London found that psilocybin fosters greater connections between different regions of the brain in depressed people, freeing them up from long-held patterns of rumination and excessive self-focus.
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Police Officers Say They’re Overdosing From Fentanyl Exposure. What’s Really Going On?
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Prostate Cancer Disparities, Drugging the Undruggable Among Cancer Conference Talks
Leading UCSF cancer researchers will present at this year’s annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research conference, held April 8-13, 2022, in New Orleans, on topics such as updates on cancer’s environmental factors, targetable protein interactions, and effects on immune metabolism.
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UCSF to Conduct 2022 Staff Engagement Survey
Campus and UCSF Health staff members will have the opportunity to share candid feedback about their work at UCSF by completing the short, confidential survey, administered by Gallup.
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UCSF Deploys Innovative Data System to Integrate Research and Care
UCSF, in collaboration with the Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative (QLHC) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has developed the OneSource system to seamlessly integrate clinical care and research data.
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UCSF Neurologist to Receive Prestigious Scientific Award
Stephen L. Hauser, MD, Professor of Neurology and Director of the UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, has been chosen by the American Brain Foundation (ABF) to receive its second annual Scientific Breakthrough Award.
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UCSF Expands Full-Service Children’s Health Care in Walnut Creek
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals are increasing services in the East Bay, doubling the patient capacity in a newly expanded and renovated Walnut Creek Outpatient Center. The new clinic space will offer diagnostic and surgical procedures and services specially dedicated to children.
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Loss of Neurons, Not Lack of Sleep, Makes Alzheimer’s Patients Drowsy
The findings contradict the common notion that Alzheimer’s patients sleep during the day to make up for a bad night of sleep and point toward potential therapies to help these patients feel more awake.
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3D Facial Analysis Shows Biologic Basis for Gender-Affirming Surgery
In order to validate surgical decisions for gender-affirming facial srugery pursued by transgender individuals, researchers from the UC San Francisco and the University of Calgary set out to quantify the effect of sex on adult facial size and shape through an analysis of three-dimensional (3D) facial surface images.
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How Obesity Can Rewire the Immune System and the Response to Immunotherapy – and How to Change That
For the new study published in the journal Nature on March 30, 2022, researchers at Gladstone Institutes, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and UC San Francisco (UCSF) teamed up. Their findings, shed light on how obesity can change the immune system and, potentially, how clinicians might be able to better treat allergies and asthma in obese people.
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Follow-Up Prevents Repeat Emergency Department Visits for Kids with Asthma
Follow-up care after an asthma-related visit to the emergency department may help prevent future emergency visits for children, a new study led by UCSF researchers found.
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Cardiology Conference Features UCSF Health Experts
Cardiology experts from UCSF Health will present new research and clinical findings at the American College of Cardiology’s (ACC) Annual Scientific Session & Expo in Washington, DC, April 2 to 4, 2022.
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UCSF School of Medicine, Nursing Specialties Lead in National Education Rankings
UC San Francisco’s graduate programs received top ratings in this year’s U.S. News rankings of best graduate and professional schools.
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There’s a Mental-Health Crisis Among American Children. Why?
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On the Long Road to Understanding Long Covid, This UCSF Initiative Leads
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Renowned Hematology-Oncology Specialist to Lead UCSF Health’s Hematology-Oncology Program
UCSF’s Division of Hematology-Oncology is welcoming Krishna Komanduri, MD, as division chief of Hematology-Oncology at UCSF Health. Komanduri is an international leader in the fields of hematology-oncology, transplantation, and cellular immunotherapy. He will start at UCSF on July 1.
