Serious and escalating depression in the elderly may almost double the likelihood of dementia, according to a study led by UC San Francisco, and could be an independent risk factor for cognitive decline, rather than just an early symptom of it.

The American Association of People with Disabilities is honoring UC San Francisco Staff Research Associate Alice Wong with one of two AAPD Paul G. Hearne Leadership Awards.

UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood took the first official trip of his administration to Washington, D.C., this week, meeting with White House officials and key legislators to advance the University’s health science priorities.

A diet and exercise program that included mindfulness training resulted in participants having lower metabolic risk factors compared to those who underwent the same program without the training, according to a study led by researchers at UC San Francisco.

African American patients suffering heart conditions are more likely than white patients to have their ambulance diverted to another hospital due to overcrowding in their nearest emergency room, according to a new UC San Francisco study.

Scientists at UC San Francisco have been able to directly observe, for the first time, how invasive cancer cells create a beachhead as they migrate to the lung in a mouse model of metastatic cancer.

UCSF announced the establishment of the Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI), to drive forward the application of computation, mathematics, and statistics toward a deeper understanding of complex problems in biology.

Nearly half of all atrial fibrillation patients at the highest risk for stroke are not being prescribed blood thinners by their cardiologists, according to a new study by researchers at the UC San Diego and UC San Francisco schools of medicine.