A new study shows that providing financial incentives for doctors to rein in their prescription practices has not led to cost-cutting innovations.

The UCSF AIDS Walk Trophy is now starting its tour in the UCSF School of Pharmacy after it emerged the victor in the first campuswide competition.

In one of the largest studies of its kind, UCSF researchers have found that eating lots of fruits and vegetables – particularly vegetables -- is associated with about a 50 percent reduction in the risk of developing pancreatic cancer.

The tobacco industry coordinated cross-industry campaigns to delay and weaken federal and international regulations on pesticide use, according to new findings by UCSF researchers.

Runners and spectators of all ages are invited to Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, September 18, for an annual festival that benefits pediatric AIDS research at UCSF Children's Hospital.

Work to make the Medical Sciences Building on the Parnassus campus stronger and safer in an earthquake is expected to begin in December.

UCSF's Science & Health Education Partnership (SEP) has recently been awarded two grants, one of which will provide funds to bring back its high school internship program.

With rising concern over the cost of the new Medicare prescription drug benefit program – going into effect January, 2006 and estimated to cost $593 billion over the next decade – a new UCSF study reveals that a key cost-cutting strategy employed by HMOs for 15 years is simply not working.

The UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) kicks off its third year this fall with new courses for the public starting in October.