Louann Brizendine, MD, neuropsychiatrist and director of the UCSF Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic, talks with The View From The Bay hosts Spencer and Jannell about her new book, The Female Brain.

SB840, a bill passed by the California state legislature but recently vetoed as too costly by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, would have provided comprehensive medical insurance for every Californian. James Kahn, professor in residence at UCSF's Institute for Health Policy Studies, believes Gov. Schwarzenegger was wrong in vetoing the bill. Kahn explained his opinions in a recent interview.

UCSF will host the inaugural Faculty Welcoming Week from September 18 to 22.

Researchers at UCSF are finding success in altering the natural, and previously inexorable, course of type 1 diabetes. Through various drugs, including antibody therapies, the researchers hope to save or preserve the function of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas.

Kyle Jackson Wetle's heart-warming reunion with stolen puppy Chemo on Wednesday highlights yet another UCSF Children's Hospital effort to ensure that children receive the care and nurturing they need, even if it's from the family pooch.

UCSF brims with rich and stimulating conversation about science, but many of the thoughts, ideas and insights escape into the air or skim across our synapses, never to be heard or pondered again.

Kim Mulvihill, MD, reports on the pioneering field of fetal surgery developed and refined at UCSF Children's Hospital that has saved the lives of babies with birth defects and enabled many to live normal lives.

UCSF Police Department will sponsor its fifth annual public safety fair beginning this Thursday.

In the five years following the national tragedy of 9/11, UCSF has made significant progress as it works to prepare for disasters of any kind.

Stephen D. McLeod, MD, professor of clinical ophthalmology at UCSF, has been named chair of the Department of Ophthalmology in the UCSF School of Medicine.