Tiny, Focused Shocks Help Many Patients Overcome Heart Arrhythmia
Pulsed field ablation is a cutting edge treatment that is shorter, faster and has fewer complications than traditional ablation.
University of California San Francisco
Chancellor Sees UCSF Leading AI’s ‘New Era’ in Annual State of the University Address
UC San Francisco is well positioned to transform into a global leader in artificial intelligence enabled academic life sciences.
That was the message UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS, delivered as he laid out his vision for safely, equitably and responsibly leveraging the power of AI across UCSF’s mission areas in his State of the University address on Thursday.
Two UCSF Health Hospitals Among Nation’s Best in Quality, Safety
UCSF Health’s hospitals at Parnassus Heights and Mount Zion have both earned The Leapfrog Group’s 2023 Top Hospital award, a national distinction that only 6% of hospitals can claim.
How Artificial Intelligence Could Transform Health Care
Bob Wachter comments on the potential of new generative artificial intelligence tools to transform the health care environment in a way previous technologies could not.
$4M NIH Grant Will Teach Artificial Intelligence to Spot Cavities
The UC San Francisco School of Dentistry has received a $4 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to kickstart its clinical research program, in part by developing a new artificial intelligence tool to better detect cavities.
Can Health, Lifestyle Changes Protect Elders from Alzheimer’s?
Personalized health and lifestyle changes such as increased exercise and socializtion can delay or even prevent memory loss for higher-risk older adults.
From the First Bite, Our Sense of Taste Helps Pace Our Eating
A previously unknown signaling cycle stemming from our sense of taste helps suppress our appetites.