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Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy: New Insights on a Common, Potentially Life-Altering Condition

Age-related spinal changes can be relatively benign – but they also can result in spinal cord dysfunction.

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A Novel Approach to Aching Knees: How Specialists Are Using Artery Embolization for Osteoarthritis

Many providers have grown weary of offering the same old treatments – physical therapy, steroid injections – to their patients with knee OA, an increasingly prevalent condition that accounts for more than 80% of OA-related chronic pain ...

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Radiofrequency Ablation: A New Option for Benign Thyroid Nodules

Learn about a minimally invasive way to address an exceedingly common condition in this short presentation by interventional radiologist Alexander Lam, MD.

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A Handy Guide: How to Identify and Manage Common Upper Extremity Conditions

When patients present with pain, weakness or numbness in fingers, wrists or elbows, providers need efficient paths to diagnosis and initiating care.

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Catching More (and Better) Z's: An Expert on Common Sleep Concerns

In this talk for both clinicians and patients, sleep medicine specialist Kin M. Yuen, MD, MS, DABSM, answers the questions on everyone's yawning lips, including “How much sleep do I need?” and “What constitutes chronic insomnia?”

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ER Visit Leads to Moyamoya Disease Diagnosis and Personalized Treatment Plan: UCSF Case Study

A 47-year-old woman came to the UCSF emergency department with acute slurred speech along with left-sided facial droop and left-sided numbness, suggesting a stroke. Vessel imaging showed bilateral obstructive arteriopathy, an indication of moyamoya disease.

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Telehealth is as Safe as a Visit to the Clinic for Abortion Pills

Researchers analyzed data from more than 6,000 patients who obtained abortion pills from virtual clinics in 20 states and Washington D.C. between April of 2021 and January of 2022. They found there were no serious adverse events 99.8% ...

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Using AI to Improve Detection of Rare Diseases

Acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) is a rare genetic disease with symptoms that overlap with many other conditions, making it extremely challenging to diagnose. Its symptoms mostly affect women with severe, sometimes life-threatening attacks ...

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Powerful New Mini Microscopic Will Enable Precision Cancer Surgery

UCSF’s Mekhail Anwar wins an up to $15 million award from ARPA-H to develop a next-generation miniature scanner powerful enough to detect individual cancer cells during surgery.

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Life-Changing Care for Untreated Spinal Muscular Atrophy: UCSF Case Study

An adult man with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) had been born with limb weakness that progressed to respiratory muscle weakness. Though able to sit independently since childhood, he was never able to walk. Due to the high cost of medication ...