UC San Francisco |
UCSF looks forward to hospital complex opening at Mission Bay
Three new hospitals for women, children and cancer patients are slated to open in February 2015.
UC San Diego and UC Davis |
The dirty side of soap
Triclosan, a common antimicrobial in personal hygiene products, causes liver disease and cancer in mice.
UCLA |
Healthy Campus Initiative helps inspire new nationwide program
UCLA is one of 20 colleges and universities participating in the Partnership for a Healthier America’s program of the same name.
UC San Francisco |
From discoveries to treatments
UCSF researchers highlight six trends in translational science that will improve your health. Learn more in a series of podcasts.
UCLA |
Team wins grant to tackle concussions among football players
New ‘microlattice’ helmet material would reduce head injuries, track collision impacts.
UC San Francisco |
SugarScience: the unsweetened truth on sugar
UCSF scientists deliver the inside scoop on sugar, its prevalence in our diet and its impact on our health.
UC San Francisco |
UCSF launches sugar science initiative
Research and education project is designed to highlight the impact of added sugar on health.
UC Merced |
Programs join to prevent obesity in families
Campus-nonprofit partnership gets a funding boost from the National Institutes of Health.
UC Berkeley |
How important is long-distance travel in the spread of epidemics?
The current Ebola outbreak shows how quickly diseases can spread with global jet travel.
Lawrence Berkeley Lab |
Toxic airborne pollutants linger long after tobacco smoke clears
Berkeley Lab researchers assess the health impacts of inhalable constituents of thirdhand smoke.
UC San Francisco |
Genetic variant protects some Latina women from breast cancer
Originating from indigenous Americans, variant reduces risk by 40 to 80 percent.
UC San Francisco |
Sugary soda linked to cell aging
Scientists find shorter telomeres — the protective units of DNA that cap the ends of chromosomes — in immune cells of soda drinkers.