The UCSF community is saddened at the passing of former UCSF faculty member William Rutter, PhD, whose collaborative and ...

The Byers Award recognizes outstanding research by faculty members in the middle of their careers. Martin Kampman’s honorary ...

Cardiologist Gregory Marcus answers questions about how much alcohol consumption is actually harmful to us.

A study found that the newer generation of much more effective diabetes medications are reaching only a fraction of the patients who are recommended to take them based on new guidelines.

It’s been recognized for some time that Alzheimer’s disease affects brain regions differently and that tau — a protein known to misbehave — plays an important role in the disease. Normally, tau helps ...

Visual auras, like those that occur in migraines, may be signs of small injuries to the brain’s visual cortex, according to a clinical trial at UC San Francisco that tracked the appearance of these ...

A popular herbal supplement used by prostate cancer patients has been found to significantly reduce prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels—a protein in the blood that often indicates prostate ...

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

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, ...