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Colon Cancer Screening Beyond Colonoscopy Video

Colon Cancer Screening Beyond Colonoscopy

Aparajita Singh, MD, discusses colon cancer screening.

Wrist and Hand Injuries in Primary Care: Evaluation and Management Video

Wrist and Hand Injuries in Primary Care: Evaluation and Management

Lauren Shapiro, MD discusses hand and wrist injuries.

The Cancer Diagnostics Service: Improving Cancer Care Access Video

The Cancer Diagnostics Service: Improving Cancer Care Access

In this video, Margaret Tempero, MD, director of the UCSF Pancreas Center, discusses the new UCSF Health Cancer Diagnostics Service (CDS).

Prenatal Genome Screening: Understanding Options, Interpreting Results Video

Prenatal Genome Screening: Understanding Options, Interpreting Results

With California's embrace of cell-free DNA screening and the increasing use of gene sequencing, pregnant patients have questions about what they can learn from these tests and what to make of the findings

Beyond TAVR: Shaping the Next Era of Aortic Stenosis Management Video

Beyond TAVR: Shaping the Next Era of Aortic Stenosis Management

Sammy Elmariah, MD, chief of Interventional Cardiology at UCSF, discusses the latest advances in treating aortic stenosis (AS).

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UCSF Cancer Researcher Awarded Prize for Early Career Scientists News

UCSF Cancer Researcher Awarded Prize for Early Career Scientists

UCSF Health’s Adam Blaisdell, MD, PhD, has been selected as an IGNITE fellow by the Cancer Research Institute (CRI), a New York-based nonprofit that funds and promotes cancer immunotherapy research. 

Brain Stimulation That Adapts to Parkinson’s Patients’ Every Step News

Brain Stimulation That Adapts to Parkinson’s Patients’ Every Step

UC San Francisco researchers have developed a new form of deep brain stimulation (DBS) that adjusts in real time as a person walks, helping improve gait and reduce falls in people with Parkinson’s disease.

Should Older Men Reassess Their Long-term Prostate Medications? News

Should Older Men Reassess Their Long-term Prostate Medications?

One in three men will experience moderate-to-severe lower urinary tract symptoms in their lifetime, with symptoms including frequent urination, difficulty starting urination, nocturia and a weak urine stream

Targeted Therapies, Improved Breast Cancer Screening Among Conference Presentations News

Targeted Therapies, Improved Breast Cancer Screening Among Conference Presentations

UCSF’s Eric J. Small, MD, gives conference opening address as ASCO president.

UCSF Urology Experts Present Innovative Research and Treatment at National Urology Conference News

UCSF Urology Experts Present Innovative Research and Treatment at National Urology Conference

Uncovering mechanisms of resistance to treatment in prostate cancer and improving response to cellular therapies in bladder cancer, are among the topics UCSF clinicians discussed at the American Urological Association’s 2026 Annual Meeting.