A new study by researchers at UCSF found that cigarette users do not benefit from the added use of e-cigarettes, with no reduction in cigarettes smoked or health risks.

A decades-old medical mystery has been solved by researchers at UCSF and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Tennessee, who have discovered a pair of inherited genetic mutations underlying a familial blood disorder that sometimes leads to leukemia.

Enforcing residential bans on smoking could help large numbers of low-income people quit smoking, according to an analysis of federally funded national surveys by a California research team.

A new UCSF survey of staff found that while overall engagement is holding steady with most respondents continuing to feel a strong connection to UCSF’s mission, some groups are significantly less engaged than their co-workers.

Several people from the UCSF community answered four questions about their disability and how it has impacted their life and work at UCSF.

From its first class in 2008, with just seven students, to the current class of 36, the Institute for Global Health Sciences master’s program has given its students the breadth of tools and skills they need to succeed in global health careers.

UCSF’s Elizabeth Watkins wants to understand why there has been a recent uptick in the use of long-acting forms of contraception.

Model to treat HIV in rural East Africa led to 20% fewer HIV deaths, reduced the incidence of HIV and TB, and improved control of hypertension and diabetes.

New research demonstrates that therapy with L-Glutamine reduced the frequency of pain episodes in both pediatric and adult patients with sickle cell disease.