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The Academic Senate recently announced the recipients of the 2006-2007 UCSF Distinction in Teaching Awards.

UCSF Medical Center has named Diane "Dede" Wilsey to lead the philanthropic effort in behalf of UCSF Medical Center's new state-of-the art clinical facility planned for construction at Mission Bay.

On NPR's All Things Considered, independent producer Jake Warga offers a profile of the person he admires most: his best friend, American health worker Jenafir House.

Drug advertisement has doubled in recent years and one study shows the commercials work, in terms of convincing consumers to go to their doctors with a request for specific prescription drugs they saw advertised on television. But a study in the Annals of Family Medicine is raising questions about the messages ads promote.

After an unannounced, one-week inspection by eight Joint Commission surveyors, UCSF Medical Center has once again received full accreditation.

Experts said a blood test commonly given in the emergency room could help predict the risk of a heart patient having a heart attack or stroke in the near future, NBC11's Marianne Favro reported.

In the 1970s, some researchers recognized that facial hemangiomas like port-wine stain were associated with certain cerebrovascular anomalies. But it wasn't until 10 years ago that UCSF researcher Ilona Frieden, MD, and her colleagues recognized and described the association between facial hemangiomas and a wide variety of disorders like seizures, glaucoma, cardiac disorders, and various brain and cerebrovascular malformations.

The campus community is invited to celebrate Black Heritage Month at a gala on February 24.

Medical anthropologist Gay Becker, who was beloved by several generations of UCSF students for her personal warmth and support, has died.