On Monday, August 21, KQED-FM's Forum with Michael Krasny explored the discussions and issues featured at last week's International AIDS Conference in Toronto.

UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion recently unveiled a mural, one of eight designed to convey a sense of comfort and peace.

By 2012, every region in California will face a shortage of registered nurses, according to a new report.

On Friday, August 18, 2006, PBS's NewsHour with Jim Lehrer aired a segment about the recent ruling by U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler that five major tobacco companies violated racketeering laws and conspired to cover up the risks of smoking. Analysts David Kessler, MD, and Mary Aronson discuss the verdict with NewsHour correspondent Jeffrey Brown.

Breast cancer incidence in the United States ranks near the top internationally. And just across the Golden Gate from UCSF – in Marin County – studies show that the rate at which new breast cancers arise is among the highest in the United States.

The current issue of Science (August 18, 2006; vol. 313, no. 5789) features a "News Focus" on fetal surgery. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the first fetal surgery, performed in 1981 at the University of California, San Francisco by pediatric surgeon Michael R. Harrison, MD, and his colleagues.

Two members of the faculty have been named recipients of the Royer Award for outstanding contributions to psychiatry.

Olympic swimming legends and accomplished swimmers from across the country will participate in a 10-mile-long relay swim around San Francisco Bay on September 23 in the first "Swim Across America San Francisco Swim to Fight Cancer."

UCSF researcher Steven G. Deeks, MD, who has been studying a population of 60 elite controllers at San Francisco General Hospital, will work with Bruce Walker, MD, from Massachusetts General Hospital on an international study of elite controllers.