Researchers urge same restrictions for e-cigarettes as the tobacco variety.

California Breast Cancer Research Program invites people to learn about what environmental factors play role in disease.

External device, like dialysis, emulates the liver's ability to remove toxins from the bloostream.

Annual colloquium addresses need for heightened collaboration to increase quality, lower costs across the system.

UC's five academic medical centers are at an inflection point, according to Dr. Sam Hawgood, UC San Francisco interim chancellor and medical school dean.

Rate for undocumented adults' emergency department visits is significantly lower.

Study shows cognitive improvements in old mice when connected to the circulatory system of younger rodents.

Demonstration project to improve care for people with HIV/AIDS has reduced hospital re-admissions by 44 percent.

People who take the cholesterol-lowering drugs appear to have developed a false sense of security that could lead to heart disease and other obesity-related illnesses.

Patients who receive clot-busting drug within first hour of symptoms are more likely to survive, preserve brain function and reduce disability.

$100 million from Lynne and Marc Benioff, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund 10-year program to reduce childhood death from prematurity.

Study in rats shows that a common hypertension drug can nearly eliminate the epilepsy that often follows severe head injury. Nearly one in five cases of epilepsy is the result of head trauma.