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New research by neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh and UC San Francisco revealed that a simple, earbud-like device developed at UCSF that imperceptibly stimulates a key nerve leading to the brain could significantly improve the wearer’s ability to learn the sounds of a new language.
A newly completed phase 3, multicenter clinical trial has found that an immune-modulating drug can silence inflammatory disease activity in a large majority of patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (RMS) – the most common form of the illness, in which symptoms wax and wane.
As the official medical provider of the 2020 PGA Championship in San Francisco, UCSF Sports Medicine staff will be on-site to provide general first aid and immediate medical assistance.
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant increase in video visits between patients and their doctors, but for many older adults, the shift has cut them off from care, rather than connecting them.
It’s likely that face masks, by blocking even some of the coronavirus-carrying droplets you inhale, can reduce your risk of falling seriously ill from COVID-19, according to Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease specialist at UCSF.
A vendor that UCSF uses for trend analysis of donations to the university informed us it had experienced an IT security incident in May 2020 that exposed some UCSF information.
Can people who are struggling with serious mental illness and poverty benefit from telehealth? The pandemic forces a UCSF team to find out.
In San Francisco’s Mission District, UCSF infectious disease specialists and community partners are launching what is believed to be a first-in-the-nation pilot program to provide low-barrier COVID-19 testing — free, simple, and convenient — at a central transit hub.
UCSF Medical Center has been recognized as one of the nation’s finest hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report 2020-2021 Best Hospitals survey, ranking among the top 10 hospitals nationwide for the 22nd year.
UCSF won a Silver award from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) in this year’s international competition recognizing exceptional communications and outreach from educational institutions.
Some supposedly inert ingredients in common drugs — such as dyes and preservatives — may potentially be biologically active and could lead to unanticipated side effects, according to a preliminary new study by researchers from the UCSF and the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research.
UCSF researchers have now determined how the TRPA1 molecule manages to sense such a diverse variety of dangerous chemicals – and do so with enough sensitivity to let you flee before suffering too much tissue damage.
Child life specialist Katie Craft helps young patients grapple with new fears.
As the United States’ testing regime floundered early in the pandemic, scientists at UCSF and the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub created from scratch a diagnostic lab that became a model for the nation.
Communities of color have been hit hardest by COVID-19. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in an outcry against police brutality. Both issues have roots in the same problem.
When your child has a serious medical condition, social distancing is all too familiar. Five families have some advice for the rest of us.
UCSF researchers are taking a closer look at COVID-19’s dizzying array of symptoms to get at the disease’s root causes.
How I learned to use social media to advance the public’s understanding of COVID-19.
Joel Ernst, MD, addresses key questions about how vaccine development works and why vaccines are especially important in the case of COVID-19.
The pandemic has led to a sudden rise in discrimination against people of Asian descent.
UCSF Fresno physician Kenny Bahn, MD, fights both COVID-19 and inequity in the San Joaquin Valley.
Why are more men than women dying of COVID-19? Scientist Faranak Fattahi, PhD, has found a clue.
A look at past outbreaks offers guidance on bringing the current one to an end – and on thwarting the next one.
What’s it like – as a clinician, researcher, student, or hospital staffer – to confront a lethal disease unlike any you’ve seen before? In this special series, professionals across UCSF share first-person accounts of COVID-19 that reveal grit, ingenuity, and resolve in the face of fear.
