UC San Francisco |

Hepatitis C — urgency to fight viral foe grows

Battle against disease waged in cities and suburbs.
UC San Francisco |

Hepatitis B and liver cancer among Asian Americans

Liver cancer is the third most common cause of cancer death worldwide, and immigrants from Asian countries are infected at high rates.
UC San Francisco |

Amputee athletes push boundaries in training program

Multidisciplinary training program helps amputees reach their athletic goals.
UC Office of the President |

UCTV videos of health innovation talks

View talks from first UC Center for Health Quality and Innovation colloquium.
UCLA |

Stunted growth genetically linked to excess growth

Discovery ends geneticist's 20-year quest for cause of rare IMAGe syndrome.
UC Office of the President |

Health risks of thirdhand smoke

Thirdhand smoke is a new frontier, and UC's Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program has assembled a consortium of investigators to study the health risks caused by the remnants of cigarette smoke.
UC Office of the President |

Initiative seeks to boost faculty diversity

UC Diversity Pipeline Initiative encourages UC underrepresented female postgraduate students to pursue academic careers.
Olney sitting in his office
UC San Francisco |

UCSF ALS Center’s founding director dies of the disease he studied

Richard K. Olney, MD, founding director of the ALS Treatment and Research Center at UCSF and a pioneer in clinical research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), has died at age 64, following his own eight-year battle with the disease.

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Heart attacks, other emergencies spike during holidays

Stress, overeating and excessive partying could lead to an unnecessary trip to the emergency room.
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Saving dogs with spinal cord injuries

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A year of protest, progress and a very special prize

Just as Time magazine named the Protester as its person of the year, so did unrest shape much of 2011 for the University of California.

Reverberations from January and February's anti-Mubarek protests in Egypt were felt halfway around the world, as UC took emergency measures to evacuate 30 students, faculty and staff enrolled in a study abroad program and taking part in an archaeological dig.

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Researchers discuss sugar’s highs, lows

America's growing sweet tooth is super-sizing waistlines and the nation's health care price tag, warn University of California researchers.

People in the U.S. are eating 21 times more sweet stuff today than the pilgrims and pioneers did, according to data presented by scientists at a symposium on sugar and other sweeteners, sponsored by the Center for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment (COAST) at UCSF, the UC Office of the President, UC Berkeley and UC Davis.

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