A critical step in meeting the needs of the growing aging population is early recognition of cognitive decline. In California, women who live to be 65 or older have a one in four chance of developing ...

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

UCSF researchers recently created the world's first shape-shifting synthetic proteins using artificial intelligence (AI). The ...

In an article appearing June 23 in the cardiology journal Circulation, the UCSF group reports on the successful treatment of a patient with sudden and severe (acute fulminant) myocarditis using an ...

Atul Butte, who championed the use of big data in science and health care and inspired a generation of trainees at UC San ...

Scientists found a way to identify and possibly treat a mysterious type of bladder cancer that affects up to 1 in 4 cases.

UC San Francisco’s ties to AIDS Walk San Francisco go back decades.. But the funds raised at each event, including this year’s walk, will advance critical HIV research, care, and programming at the ...

A study showed that daily "micro-acts" promote wellbeing and health. These include acts of kindness, self-reflection, gratitude, positive reframing, and experiencing awe.

In one of the largest and most comprehensive studies of its kind, a research team led at UC San Francisco has identified the regions of the country where dementia occurs most often among veterans..

Wearable tech has to get easier for patients: Finding ways to, for instance, use a smartphone one day to take your blood pressure through your camera phone or, in the future, check your heart rate via ...

Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body’s internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...

Mpox Research Is Helping Scientists Prepare for a New Pandemic When a new disease emerges, medicine doesn’t always have a proven cure. Now, UCSF researchers have shown that the best science to find ...