Is alcoholism more than one disease? And does "recovery" actually work? Yes to both, says UCSF psychiatrist Peter Banys in his response to UCSF neuroscientist Howard Fields...

World-renowned AIDS researchers and physicians marked the 26th anniversary of the first reported cases of AIDS recently.

The campus community is invited to hear Catherine Thomasson, national president of Physicians for Social Responsibility, who will report on her recent trip to Iran.

UCSF has received a $150 million pledge to support clinical and research programs of the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center. It is the largest philanthropic commitment from an individual ever received by the University and was given anonymously.

The campus community is invited to a lunchtime discussion with Dadi Janki, a revered spiritual leader and advocate for world peace, on June 29.

More than 700 people gathered at the St. Francis Hotel on June 9 to commemorate a century of nursing excellence at UCSF.

While millions of elderly Americans are skipping medications because they can't afford them, a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association offers a solution: Tell doctors upfront which drugs are most widely covered by Medicare so that patients can get their medications faster and more cheaply.

Genetic robots require a program and an agenda. Synthetic biologist Christopher Voigt supplies both...