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How to Fill a Shortage of Specialists in ALS, Epilepsy, and Stroke

UCSF Health today announced a $170,000 investment in start-up funding to partner with Foothill College to develop a new two-year Neurodiagnostic Technologist (NDT) program. This landmark initiative will establish the first NDT degree program (A.S.) in Northern California, with the inaugural class of students scheduled to begin in Fall 2027.

“Ribbit” — Do Frogs Have First Antidote to Deadly Red Tide Toxin?

Saxitoxin, a neurotoxin released in algal blooms, has killed many people on the West Coast who've gathered shellfish that were exposed to it. The poison has also been developed as a chemical weapon. There is no antidote, yet — but it does exist.

Invasive Breast Cancer Is Rising Fast in Asian American Women

Breast cancer is known to disproportionately affect Asian American women who never smoked. Now, a new study documents a new breast cancer trend.

UCSF Screens First Patients in Novel Alzheimer’s Trial

A study will test new drugs for early disease in an effort to prevent the buildup of toxic tau tangles that lead to cognitive decline.

What to Know About Menopause: Latest Guidance to Empower Women

UCSF experts explain menopause symptoms, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), benefits, risks, and new guidelines to help women make informed treatment decisions.

Why it Might Be Time to Reassess Your Long-term Prostate Medication

Researchers found that one in three men had minimal symptomatic benefits from tamsulosin, the most commonly prescribed medication for older men with a form of urinary tract infections, and suggest that they should be deprescribed of this medication.

New Program at UCSF and UC Berkeley Will Drive Advances in Medicine

UCSF and UC Berkeley have launched a joint program to develop the frontier of AI in biomedicine and accelerate advances in clinical care.

Two Weeks After Stroke and Back on His Bike

Could These Tiny Organs Save Millions of Lives?

UCSF researchers are using tiny "mini-organs" to model disease, personalize treatment, and understand human development. They are also addressing the limitations holding the field back: giving organoids a vascular system and making organoids reproducible.

Genetic Test Ranks Risk for Black People Hoping to Donate a Kidney

A UCSF study followed Black kidney donors to see if they faced elevated risks for low kidney function, and found that many had a gene that meant it may be less safe in a small percentage.

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