Archive: Three Professors Honored for Distinction in Teaching
The Academic Senate has named Douglas R. Fredrick, Betty-ann Hoener and Kanu Chatterjee as winners of the 2003-04 Distinction in Teaching Awards.
Archive: Spring series of UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning Institute starts April 28
The UCSF Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) kicks off its spring series with four new courses starting April 28 and April 29.
Archive: Nearly a million adults who need help with two or more activities essential to daily living must cop
About 3.3 million adults living in the community need assistance from another person in two or more activities of daily living essential for their survival, ...
Archive: Media, Message, Medicine: UCSF Women's Health 2020 conference
The role of the media in communicating news about women's health will be a featured topic at the 11th annual UCSF Women's Health 2020 Conference on Saturday, March 20.
Archive: Multi-center trial compares three medications in patients with heart failure
Results of an international study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) suggest that there is no major difference between three medications often prescribed for patients with chronic heart failure to prevent death, heart attack and stroke.
Archive: UCSF study finds pediatrician's individual judgment often better than clinical guidelines for treating infant fever
Pediatricians frequently use individual judgment in treating infants with fever, and according to a new study, this judgment is often as good as or better than following the current clinical guidelines on how to manage these cases.
Archive: UCSF/Baylor team uses new method to measure bone loss in astronauts flying long missions
A team of NASA-funded researchers from UCSF and Baylor College of Medicine has used a new method to measure and characterize bone loss caused by prolonged spaceflight.
Archive: "Women, Poverty and the Global AIDS epidemic" is focus of International Women's Day briefing on March 8th
The UCSF Women's Global Health Imperative (WGHI) will sponsor a special briefing on March 8 on the importance of incorporating both economic and educational initiatives for women into efforts to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Archive: Study moves in on why astronauts suffer bone loss
A new study by researchers at San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) moves in on the physiological basis for the bone density loss experienced by people subjected to prolonged periods of bed rest and by astronauts who fly lengthy missions under the weightless conditions of space.