A study found that the newer generation of much more effective diabetes medications are reaching only a fraction of the ...

Cardiologist Gregory Marcus answers questions about how much alcohol consumption is actually harmful to us.

The Oxalosis and Hyperoxaluria Foundation (OHF) has accepted UCSF Health into its OHF Care Center Network recognizing the health system’s dedication to providing high-quality medical care, resources, ...

Alameda County community members have identified mental health issues, systemic inequities, and safety as top health ...

How can proteins be turned into medicines? We’d want to use proteins as medicine if a particular protein isn’t functioning correctly in a person’s body. Let’s take insulin: Insulin is a hormone made ...

People in states that have banned abortion were more than twice as likely to receive them later in pregnancy, according to a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco. The delays are primarily due ...

A critical step in meeting the needs of the growing aging population is early recognition of cognitive decline. In California, women who live to be 65 or older have a one in four chance of developing ...

Atul Butte, who championed the use of big data in science and health care and inspired a generation of trainees at UC San Francisco and beyond to pursue the fields he pioneered — translational and ...

Many experts believe that social isolation is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. But a new study, led by UC San Francisco and Boston University, examined the social habits and genetic data of half ...

In an article appearing June 23 in the cardiology journal Circulation, the UCSF group reports on the successful treatment of a patient with sudden and severe (acute fulminant) myocarditis using an ...