UCSF’s Program in Craniofacial Biology (PCB) brings together researchers to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms ...

UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center has again received the highest possible national rating of “high performing” for maternity ...

Thirdhand smoke is toxic lingering tobacco residue on surfaces that harms children most. California's new AB455 mandates ...

UCSF Health provides urgent care services at sixteen convenient locations for patients to receive care for seasonal illnesses.

Matthew Growdon's study finds "prescription cascades" where drug side effects lead to unnecessary second prescriptions, ...

UCSF researchers have made strides toward an HIV cure, showing experimental immunotherapy can help control the virus without ...

Scientists have thought that when we hear language, the brain processes it the same way, whether it's familiar or foreign. A new study reveals that exposure to a language changes how certain clusters ...

1 in 4 sexually active women has used injectable birth control, administered into the muscle by a clinician, but many may be unaware of its association with meningioma, the most common brain tumor in ...

The ticking of the biological clock is especially loud in the ovaries — the organs that store and release a woman’s eggs. From age 25 to 40, a woman’s chance of conceiving each month decreases ...

Electricity is the brain’s language. For a decade, National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding and philanthropy have enabled UC San Francisco physician-scientists to decipher this language and use ...