UC San Francisco |
Benioffs give hospitals $100M
Gift to UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital Oakland will help strengthen children's health care across the San Francisco Bay Area.
UCLA |
Spinal cord therapy helps paraplegics move their legs
Four young men who have been paralyzed for years achieved groundbreaking progress — moving their legs — as a result of epidural electrical stimulation of the spinal cord.
UC San Francisco |
Online registry aims to drive brain disease research
Project promises to cut time and cost of conducting clinical trials for brain diseases, while also helping scientists analyze and track brain functions.
UCLA |
Does a junk food diet make you lazy?
Data suggest that diet-induced obesity is a cause, rather than an effect, of laziness.
Los Angeles Times |
Can a transplant drug help eliminate lingering HIV infections?
A drug intended to hobble the body's defense system may actually help destroy dormant reservoirs of the virus that causes AIDS.
UC San Diego |
New evidence that autism begins during pregnancy
Post-mortem studies reveal brain development changes that are linked to autism.
UC Davis |
New test detects Parkinson's-like disorder in young adults
Early signs of neurodegenerative ailment, normally not detected till middle age, now can be seen in adults as young as 30.
UC San Francisco |
Experts question routine mammograms in elderly
Doctors should focus on life expectancy when deciding whether to order mammograms for their oldest female patients.
UCLA |
Dentist shortage bites California
More new dentists choose to practice out of state; the lingering recession, the elimination of Medicaid dental reimbursements and a glut of established dentists in wealthier, populated areas are among the reasons why.
San Francisco Chronicle |
Doctors hunting rare polio-like illness getting tripped up
Neurologists are still hunting for the source of the illness, and they're finding themselves hampered by delays in reporting cases and questions about how to even describe the disease.
The Nation |
How pesticides harm the young brain
Study exposes developmental problems in children born to mothers who toiled in California’s treated fields.
UC Davis |
Potential lung cancer vaccine shows renewed promise
In mouse studies, an investigational cancer vaccine boosted immune response and reduced the number of tumors.