Nine UC faculty elected to National Academy of Medicine
October 19, 2018
More than 200 UC-affiliated professionals have received this prestigious honor since 1970.
Sick of googling symptoms and getting bad information? Here's a second opinion.
October 17, 2018
You can search for better health answers by using a free internet health assistant developed by medical researchers.
The Kidney Project and the bioartificial pancreas: When inspiration strikes twice
October 11, 2018
Shuvo Roy is not content to just work on the world's first bioartificial kidney. Now he's doing the same for the pancreas.
What if doctors could zero in on the one action that would make the most impact on your health?
October 10, 2018
Health choices made easy, thanks to a new model that relies on data from your FitBit.
Smartphone, M.D.
October 4, 2018
A new app developed by UC Santa Barbara researchers enables a smartphone to ID bacteria in just one hour.
UC Berkeley research leads to Nobel Prize-winning immunotherapy
October 1, 2018
James Allison shares the 2018 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discoveries he made at UC Berkeley that revolutionized the treatment of cancer.
Innovative ideation challenge aims to catalyze new direction in breast cancer research
September 21, 2018
The California Breast Cancer Research Program wants your bold breast cancer prevention research ideas.
Among body shapes, pears are healthier than apples
September 19, 2018
Obesity's effects may be different for men and women.
More than skin deep: How environment, diet and social experiences affect health
September 17, 2018
UC scientists dive into the ambient factors contributing to health crises like obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
What kind of person donates a kidney to a stranger?
September 13, 2018
‘All you have to do is lay on the couch for a couple weeks,’ remarks life-saving UC staffer Katherine Welsh.