Limited eating times could be a new way to fight obesity and diabetes
December 5, 2019
What if you could treat common conditions just by limiting when you eat and drink all your calories? New research says it might work.
Toward a “head-to-toe” health check from a single blood test
December 3, 2019
A UCSF physician is developing a screen capable of providing a detailed portrait of current health and future disease risks.
Many pregnancies are shorter as climate change causes more 90-degree days
December 3, 2019
The startling trend could cause health risks for newborns.
Planning a trip abroad? Before you pack, check the air pollution levels
November 26, 2019
Study finds even a short-term visit to a severely polluted city is bad for your health.
Nursing the streets
November 25, 2019
Students in the nursing program provide essential ‘bridge care’ to people experiencing homelessness.
DDT linked to higher risk of diabetes among Asian Indian immigrants to U.S.
November 21, 2019
Prior exposure to the notorious pollutant may explain the population's higher rate of Type 2 diabetes.
Exploring how lipids and cholesterol relate to Alzheimer’s
November 21, 2019
Though the motor proteins they study may be tiny, professor Jing Xu and her students could make a huge contribution to the study of the disease.
In Down syndrome mouse model, scientists reverse intellectual deficits with drugs
November 18, 2019
Scientists were able to correct learning and memory deficits associated with the condition in a surprising new finding.
Researchers halt spread of some metastatic breast cancers by blocking enzyme
November 14, 2019
Findings in mice point to new approach that may help make some metastatic breast cancers susceptible to immunotherapy.
Escaping Alzheimer’s
November 13, 2019
One woman’s resistance to genetic, early-onset Alzheimer’s may hold the key to future therapies.