Jason Nagata, MD, MSc, discusses the health dangers of excessive social media use on the health of children, in response to ...

The UCSF Quantitative Biosciences Institute (QBI) has received a significant grant to fund autism-related research.

A study by Nevan Krogan and Matt State reveals protein interactions in the brain that are relevant to autism and epilepsy.

Forever chemicals are in our water and our blood. Now, UCSF researchers are understanding what happens when they reach our ...

The upsurge in Parkinson's cases has been described as reaching pandemic levels. Caroline Tanner, MD, PhD, discusses her ...

UCSF is launching a national Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders that provides training and resources to providers, supported by a five-year grant from SAMHSA.

UCSF is to become of the repository of a new class of industry documents due to a settlement in the state of Minnesota.

Three decades after UC San Francisco pioneered “active surveillance” for patients with low-risk prostate cancer, a new study has found that the vast majority of veterans with the diagnosis pursued ...

Habitual cannabis users experienced about 9% fewer premature heartbeats on days they inhaled cannabis compared with days they abstained, a counterintuitive finding that adds to the complex and ...

Since its discovery in Japan in 2009, a deadly fungus has emerged in hospitals around the world. The pathogen, known as Candida auris, lives silently on the skin. But it can be deadly if it reaches ...

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and UC San Francisco have entered into a Master Collaboration Agreement to advance drug discovery research. The multi-year agreement establishes a framework to ...

MRIs are among the most accurate imaging tests used to diagnose brain tumors, and MRI-based monitoring of tumors guides critical treatment decisions. The clinical standard for measuring tumors often ...