The long-standing military tradition of cheap cigarettes in military stores persists because of politics in the U.S. military sales system and tobacco industry pressures, according to a new study led by a UCSF School of Nursing professor.

The study also incorporated a pain model developed at UCSF that provided a standardized reference point. This model allowed researchers to compare relief of chronic HIV-associated neuropathic pain simultaneously with patient response to pain and skin sensitivity.

Ophthalmologist and neuroscientist Jonathan Horton opens his eyes -- and his mind -- to some startling observations about what vision is and why we might be blind to the truth...

The campus community is invited to Valentine's Day festivities, beginning with an exclusive ice skating party tomorrow.

California Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez led a town hall meeting on health care after touring UCSF Children's Hospital on Saturday.

The UCSF Academic Senate has selected cell biologist Peter Walter to deliver the 50th Faculty Research Lecture on May 1.

The campus community is invited to celebrate the 120th anniversary of Mount Zion at receptions on February 15.

UCSF neurosurgeon Andrew Parsa, MD, PhD, is running a clinical trial on patients with glioblastoma multiforme, the most deadly type of brain tumor, using a vaccine made from the patient's own tumor to trigger the immune system.

UCSF's David Bell, one of the two first staff advisors to the UC Regents, will talk about the advisor's role and responsibility at a forum on February 12.