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UCSF Health Recognized for Treatment of Rare Kidney Stone Disease

The Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation (OHF) has accepted UCSF Health into its OHF Care Center Network recognizing the health system’s dedication to providing high-quality medical care, resources, and education for patients with primary hyperoxaluria (PH), which is a genetic, and often severe, kidney disease.

Mental Health and Poverty are Top Concerns for East Bay Residents

Alameda County community members have identified mental health issues, systemic inequities, and safety as top health challenges their children face, according to a triennial report by UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.

UCSF Leads Statewide Efforts to Improve Dementia Care, Diagnosis

A critical step in meeting the needs of the growing aging population is early recognition of cognitive decline. In California, women who live to be 65 or older have a one in four chance of developing any type of dementia and men have a one in six chance. Early detection may help slow progression of cognitive decline and improve quality of life for people living with the condition and their care partners.

COVID ‘Razor Blade Throat’ Rises as New Subvariant Spreads in California

Marijuana Use Dramatically Increases Risk of Dying From Heart Attacks and Stroke, Large Study Finds

What Is Gender-Affirming Care? Your Questions, Answered

Real Risk to Youth Mental Health Is ‘Addictive Use,’ Not Screen Time Alone, Study Finds

What Are The Best Practices For Prostate Cancer Screening?

How State Bans Increase Costs and Delay Abortion Care

People in states that have banned abortion were more than twice as likely to receive them later in pregnancy, according to a new study.

This is How AI Can Help Us Make New Medicines Faster

UCSF researchers recently created the world's first shape-shifting synthetic proteins using artificial intelligence (AI). The breakthrough opens the door to developing entirely new proteins that could, one day, produce medicines to stop diseases like cancer.

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