Consumerlab.com reports that popular supplements aimed at lowering cholesterol, like fish oil, garlic and guggulsterone, may not measure up to their labels or marketing claims.

The campus community is invited to hear about child care at a meeting on Monday at UCSF Mission Bay.

Michael Cabana, MD, whose work focuses on improving the quality of care of asthma patients, has received a national award.

UCSF researchers have found that the median age of San Francisco's homeless population has increased from 37 to 46 years over 14 years—a rate of about two-thirds of a year every year.

Lorie Rice, MPH, associate dean for external affairs, UCSF School of Pharmacy, and assistant clinical professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, and Shareen El-Ibiary, PharmD, assistant professor in the department, answer our questions about on Plan B emergency contraception and the FDA.

Officials at the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on Monday that they would be revisiting the matter of making the Plan B emergency contraceptive — or morning-after pill — available to women 18 and over without a prescription.

Literacy at less than a ninth-grade level almost doubles the five-year risk of mortality among elderly people, regardless of education, socioeconomic status, or health, according to a study led by a researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.

The Heart and Vascular Center at UCSF Medical Center is holding its first official Heart and Lung Transplant Reunion at Mission Bay. At the reunion, patients who have had heart or lung transplants, and those waiting for transplant, will attend with their families.

UCSF Children's Hospital pediatrician Shannon Thyne, MD, will be featured tonight on KQED Channel 9's Ask a Pediatrician live call-in program, which will focus on childhood obesity, asthma, and oral health.

UCSF is one of 16 community-based demonstration projects throughout the nation to promote World Breastfeeding Week 2006.