Documenting that it’s never too late to quit smoking, a large study of breast cancer survivors has found that those who quit smoking after their diagnosis had a 33% lower risk of death as a result of breast cancer than those who continued to smoke.

What if screening for cancer was as easy as checking your cholesterol? That’s the promise of techniques currently in development that may one day make it possible to detect the earliest stages of cancer with an annual blood draw.

Klint Jaramillo, MEd, MSW, has been named the new director of the LGBT Resource Center at UCSF, starting on Feb. 1.

The cells that create myelin, a fatty material that insulates nerve fibers in the brain’s white matter, migrate into the developing brain by climbing and swinging on blood vessels, according to new research led by UCSF scientists.

UCSF Campus Life services has prepared commute tips for getting through heavy rains this winter.