Hip Pain Drives Top Fitness Trainer to UCSF for Surgery
Ashley Selman — part drill sergeant, part cheerleader — meets every grunt and bead of sweat in her training studio with encouragement. (Source: UCSF Medical Center)
Source: UCSF Medical Center - July 27, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news
UCSF Medical Center Again Named One of Nation's Top Hospitals
UCSF Medical Center ranks among the nation's premier hospitals for the 12th consecutive year and is the best in Northern California, according to the 2013-2014 America's Best Hospitals survey conducted by U.S. News & World Report. (Source: UCSF Medical Center)
Source: UCSF Medical Center - July 18, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news
UCSF Medical Center Earns Perfect Score For Health Care Equality
UCSF Medical Center today became the only institution in the United States to have received a perfect score on the national LGBT Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) for six consecutive years. (Source: UCSF Medical Center)
Source: UCSF Medical Center - July 13, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news
New Mission Bay Medical Center to Offer Dynamic Public Plaza
This aerial rendering shows the dynamic 4th Street public plaza that will be built in front of the new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay. (Source: UCSF Medical Center)
Source: UCSF Medical Center - June 30, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news
Absence of Gene Leads to Earlier, More Severe Multiple Sclerosis
A UCSF-led research team has identified the likely genetic mechanism that causes some patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) to progress more quickly than others to a debilitating stage of the disease. This finding could lead to the development of a test to help physicians tailor treatments for MS patients. (Source: UCSF Medical Center)
Source: UCSF Medical Center - June 24, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news
Aspirin May Fight Cancer by Slowing DNA Damage
Aspirin is known to lower risk for some cancers, and a new study led by a UCSF scientist points to a possible explanation, with the discovery that aspirin slows the accumulation of DNA mutations in abnormal cells in at least one pre-cancerous condition. (Source: UCSF Medical Center)
Source: UCSF Medical Center - June 21, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news
UCSF Community Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling that Human Genes Cannot Be Patented
Robert Nussbaum, MD. Photo by Cindy Chew (Source: UCSF Medical Center)
Source: UCSF Medical Center - June 13, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news
Free Skin Cancer Screening Draws Hundreds
The blazing Saturday sun may have been an appropriate reminder for people to think about getting screened for skin cancer. (Source: UCSF Medical Center)
Source: UCSF Medical Center - June 7, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news
ER Patients Reveal Key to Treating Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Every year, nearly 200,000 Americans are admitted to hospital intensive care units with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). (Source: UCSF Medical Center)
Source: UCSF Medical Center - June 4, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news
UCSF CEO Urges Academic Medical Centers to Embrace Changes
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Source: UCSF Medical Center - June 3, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news
The Wellness Cure
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Source: UCSF Medical Center - June 3, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news
UCSF Offers Free Skin Cancer Screening
WHAT: The UCSF Department of Dermatology is offering free skin cancer screenings. No appointment is necessary and no insurance is required. (Source: UCSF Medical Center)
Source: UCSF Medical Center - May 29, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news
CEO Mark Laret Issues Letter to Patients as Strike Ends
Mark Laret, CEO of UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, issued the following letter to patients at the end of a two-day strike by patient care technical workers. (Source: UCSF Medical Center)
Source: UCSF Medical Center - May 25, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news
Depression Linked to Telomere Enzyme, Aging, Chronic Disease
The first symptoms of major depression may be behavioral, but the common mental illness is based in biology — and not limited to the brain. (Source: UCSF Medical Center)
Source: UCSF Medical Center - May 22, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news
Strike Impacts Medical Services at UCSF
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Source: UCSF Medical Center - May 21, 2013 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: webservices at ucsfhealth.org Source Type: news
