Craniofacial expert Karin Vargervik recently received the 2007 Craniofacial Biology Research Award.

Lawyers of alleged al Qaeda operative Jose Padilla have argued that he should not be tried because of questionable interrogation techniques used on him, including the use of truth serums.

A vaccine for treating a recurrent cancer of the central nervous system that occurs primarily in the brain has shown promise in preliminary data from a clinical trial at the University of California, San Francisco.

Does the brain treat alcohol like a food? If so, UCSF neuroscientist Howard Fields wonders why alcoholics don't get full...

The UCSF Child Care Referral Service's 2007 summer programs guide is now available for distribution to UCSF employees and students.

Orthopaedic surgeon Rebecca Yu, MD, blogs from Wenzhou, China, where she and Jonathan Lam, MD, PhD, are assisting physicians at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou through an opportunity with Orthopaedics Overseas/Health Volunteers Overseas.

California State Assemblyman Mark Leno will address key issues relating to health care when he visits UCSF on April 20 during the first event of its kind to boost UCSF student political involvement.

Non-high school graduates especially at risk for lower quality of life after prostate cancer treatment

The UCSF Pain Management Center and UCSF Pain Center for Advanced Research and Education have been honored jointly as one of six centers of excellence nationwide by the American Pain Society. They are the only award recipients located west of the Mississippi.