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Tailored Deep Brain Stimulation Improves Walking in Parkinson’s Disease
UCSF researchers develop first-of-its-kind measure of gait performance, allowing researchers to fine tune electrical pulses to the neural network.
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Hematuria and Other Common Urinary Concerns: A Guide for PCPs
Blood in urine is common – and stressful for patients, who want an immediate diagnosis.
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UCSF Health Leads Statewide Efforts to Improve Dementia Care, Diagnosis
UCSF Health provides innovative tools, guidance to improve access and awareness related to brain health and dementia detection.
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Repurposing a Diabetes Medication to Prime CAR T Cancer Targets
By combining CAR T therapy with diabetes drugs, UCSF researchers improve anti-tumor activity in urothelial cancer cells.
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Inhaling Cannabis May Greatly Increase Your Risk of Lung Disease
A new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine by researchers at UC San Francisco, found that inhaling marijuana every day is associated with a 44% increased chance of developing asthma.
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New Device Reduces Heart Failure Symptoms
Electrical pulses to the carotid artery help improve exercise capacity and reduce symptoms like shortness of breath and fatigue.
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Assessing Severe Surgical Complications from Cesarean Deliveries
New UCSF research offers hospitals a way to track and ultimately reduce the risks of surgical complications.
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Why Do Some Brain Regions Resist Alzheimer’s?
UCSF researchers create "Google Maps” for how tau moves in the brain of Alzheimer’s patients.
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UCSF Awarded $12M Research Grant to Improve Cancer Outcomes
SPORE Grant from National Cancer Institute provides resources for translational research into genomic, biochemical, and environmental drivers of cancers outcomes.
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High Blood Pressure Not Responding to Meds? This Might Help
UCSF Health interventional cardiologists deliver radiofrequency energy to treat overactive nerves contributing to hypertension.
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First Global Guidelines for Pregnancy and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Developed
For women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), pregnancy can be an uncertain time due to limited clinical data about how IBD medications impact pregnancy outcomes and infants who have been exposed to IBD medications in utero.
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UCSF Lung Transplant Program Honored as Best in U.S.
UCSF Health’s Lung Transplant program has been awarded INTERLINK’s 2025 Chairman’s Award for Transplant Excellence as the top-performing lung transplant program in the nation.
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Novel Therapy Aims to Make Type 1 Diabetes Patients Insulin Free
UCSF providing laboratory-produced islet cell therapy as part of clinical trial for Type 1 diabetes patients.
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Novel Immunotherapy Combination Destroys Colorectal Liver Metastases
UCSF researchers disrupt tumor immune environment with LIGHT/anti-CTLA-4 therapy in preclinical models.
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Breast MRI and Advanced Breast Intervention
Bonnie Joe, MD, PhD, discusses how breast MRI is performed, common indications for breast MRI and advanced methods for biopsy and pre-surgical localization of tumors.
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Keeping a Luster in the Golden Years: What Geriatricians Bring to Aging Patients
The complex and broad-ranging needs of older adults can be difficult to meet in the primary care setting – or by specialists seeing them for a single disorder
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Nationally Recognized Health Equity Leader Appointed as Chair of UCSF Obstetrics and Gynecology Program
Andrea V. Jackson, MD, MAS, a highly regarded obstetrician, gynecologist and diversity champion, will draw on her experience in women’s reproductive health, training the next generation of caregivers and addressing systemic racism in her role as chair of UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences.
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Physician Referral Guide - Focused Ultrasound for Essential Tremor
Essential tremor is the most common movement disorder, affecting an estimated 10 million Americans. Using MR guidance, focused ultrasound can alleviate essential tremor by targeting the ventral intermediate nucleus (Vim) of the thalamus.
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Abortion Ban May Increase Risk of Death for Pregnant Women with Cancer
The repercussions of overturning Roe v. Wade – and the failure of the Supreme Court to provide any guidance on exceptions related to the life and health of the mother – are potentially catastrophic for a subset of women who face a life-threating diagnosis of pregnancy associated cancers (PAC).
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Aggressive Versus Conservative Approaches to Knee and Shoulder Injuries
When is surgery the best choice? And which surgery will have the best outcome? Conventional wisdom has shifted in many cases. Learn which factors to weigh in determining whether to recommend surgery, injections, PT or other types of conservative management.
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Asthma Update: 2020 Treatment Guidelines Plus COVID-Appropriate Strategies
Allergist and immunologist Monica Tang, MD, presents the latest on this common condition, from key diagnostic factors and therapeutic choices to which patients should be seen in person during the pandemic. She also gives a glimpse of asthma preventives on the horizon.
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New Practice Guidance on Malnutrition, Frailty and Sarcopenia in Patients With Cirrhosis, Led by UCSF Researcher
The first-ever American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) Practice Guidance on the management of malnutrition, frailty and sarcopenia in patients with cirrhosis is now available.
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Acute Kidney Injury is not Associated with Worsening Kidney Function in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
A UC San Francisco (UCSF)-led study of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) has found that mild-to-moderate acute kidney injury (AKI) did not predict worsening of kidney function after taking into account differences in pre-existing health.
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Precision Breast Cancer Trial Shows Improved Treatment by Tumor Subtype
Despite recent advances in the treatment of breast cancer, it remains the second leading cause of cancer death in the U.S. and worldwide.
