UCSF Health Celebrates Launch of the Hospital of the Future
A groundbreaking ceremony launched construction of the $4.3 billion, iconic UCSF Health Helen Diller Hospital at Parnassus Heights.
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Targeted Therapy, Treatment Disparity Featured at Cancer Meeting
Leading cancer researchers from UC San Francisco presented talks about advances in targeted therapy, cancer genomics, eliminating treatment disparities and other cancer research topics at this year’s
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Signs of Multiple Sclerosis Show Up in Blood Years Before Symptoms Appear
UCSF scientists have found a set of autoantibodies that emerge in some MS patients years before symptoms.
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Gene Therapy Is Halting Cancer. Can It Work Against Brain Tumors?
New CAR-T gene therapy techniques could extend survival for patients with glioblastoma.
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What Makes You Cough When Something Goes Down the Wrong Pipe?
When a mouthful of water goes down the wrong pipe – heading toward a healthy person’s lungs instead of their gut – they start coughing uncontrollably. That’s because their upper airway senses the
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Survivors of Severe COVID Face Persistent Health Problems
A study reveals the life-altering impact of COVID-19 on individuals who developed severe illness, the majority of whom had to be placed on mechanical ventilators. Two-thirds still had physical, psychiatric, and cognitive problems for up to a year later.
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Quantity of Body Fat, Rather Than Location, May Be Key for Cardiovascular Diseases
Increased obesity worldwide has become a leading cause of cardiovascular diseases. A new study by UC San Francisco and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard researchers found the quantity of fat
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App May Pave Way to Treatments for No. 1 Dementia in Under-60s
A smartphone app could enable greater participation in clinical trials for people with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a devastating neurological disorder that often manifests in mid-life.
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Just Ask: Patients in the ER Are Willing to Get a Flu Shot
Intentional flu vaccine messaging, such as a brief video, flyer, or a scripted provider question, is enough to persuade many who visit emergency departments to receive the vaccination.
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Active Social Lives Help Dementia Patients, Caregivers Thrive
People with dementia and those who care for them should be screened for loneliness, so providers can find ways to keep them socially connected.
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What’s Behind the Surge of Fatty Liver Disease in Latinx Kids?
Pediatric cases of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) have spiked in the last decade, especially amongst Latino children. Food insecurity might be the reason why.
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COVID-19 Virus Can Stay in the Body More Than a Year after Infection
The COVID-19 virus can persist in the blood and tissue of patients for more than a year after the acute phase of the illness has ended.
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COVID Vaccines Are Safe for Pregnant Women and Babies
A first of its kind study finds that the COVID vaccine is safe to administer during pregnancy, causing no abnormal delays when the infants were tested at 12 months and again at 18 months.
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New Pediatric Cancer Marker, New Hope for a Treatment Target
Researchers recently identified a universal, essential biomarker for the childhood cancer neuroblastoma – and the biomarker could be a potential new target for treatment. Neuroblastoma accounts for
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Can a New Drug Candidate Cure Pancreatic Cancer?
A new drug candidate permanently modifies a wily cancer-causing mutation, paving the way for making pancreatic cancer treatable, or perhaps even curable.
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Better Way to Deliver Fetal Therapy for Serious Genetic Disorders
Delivering medicine through amniotic fluid is as effective as delivering it to the fetal brain via cerebrospinal fluid to treat serious disordrs such as Angelman syndrome.
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Targeted Treatment of Rare Childhood Leukemia
Juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) is a rare but aggressive childhood leukemia. While hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is curative for some patients, approximately half of all patients see
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Could We Assess Autism in Children With a Simple Eye Reflex Test?
UCSF scientists may have discovered a new way to test for autism by measuring how children’s eyes move when they turn their heads.
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First Tissue Bank May Help Solve Mystery of Long COVID Misery
UCSF will launch the world’s first tissue bank with samples donated by patients with long COVID.
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How AI Can Help Spot Early Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease
UCSF scientists found a way to predict Alzheimer’s disease up to seven years before symptoms appear by analyzing patient records with machine learning. Conditions that most influenced prediction of Alzheimer’s were high cholesterol and, for women, osteoporosis.
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UCSF Tops Public Universities in NIH Research Funding in 2023
UCSF is a leading recipient of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for research, with a focus on advancing health sciences and medicine.
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To Appreciate Music, the Human Brain Listens and Learns to Predict
Rather than simply hearing a string of notes, the brain is assessing them for patterns and predicting which notes will be next.
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Telehealth is as Safe as a Visit to the Clinic for Abortion Pills
Medication abortion can be delivered safely and effectively through telemedicine, according to new research that comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is about to hear a case that could severely restrict access to one of the two pills that are used to induce abortions.
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UCSF Neurologist to Receive Prestigious Scientific Award
Bruce Ovbiagele, MD, MAS, FAAN, has been chosen by the American Brain Foundation (ABF) to receive its annual Scientific Breakthrough Award. He is honored for his work in health equity and inclusion, improving stroke outcomes for underserved and vulnerable populations.
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Two of San Francisco’s Longest-Serving Hospitals Join UCSF Health
UCSF Health has signed a definitive agreement with Dignity Health to acquire Saint Francis Memorial Hospital (Saint Francis) and St. Mary’s Medical Center (St. Mary’s), along with associated
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Are Body Temperature and Depression Linked? Science Says, Yes.
People with depression have higher body temperatures, suggesting there could be a mental health benefit to lowering the temperatures of those with depression.
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Genetic Discovery Reveals Who Can Benefit from Preterm Birth Therapy
In a first, scientists at UCSF and Stanford identified genetic variants that predict whether a patient is likely to respond to treatment for preterm birth. Screening for mutations could allow doctors to target medications to those most likely to benefit. No medication is currently available in the U.S. to treat preterm birth.
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Could Two Drugs Be Better Than One for Treating Prostate Cancer?
Combining testosterone-blocking drugs in patients with prostate cancer relapse prevents the spread of cancer better than treatment with a single drug.
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Health Equity Leader to Chair UCSF Obstetrics and Gynecology
Andrea V. Jackson, MD, MAS, a highly regarded obstetrician, gynecologist and diversity champion, has been appointed chair of the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences.
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Why Do Young Women with Multiple Sclerosis Face Health Disparities?
Young Black and Hispanic women with multiple sclerosis fare worse than young white women with the disease. Minority women were more likely to have more advanced disease and faced greater challenges in pregnancy.
