Advancing Health Worldwide
The stories and people behind the humanitarian force that is UCSF
Patient Care & Health Policy
- UCSF Nurse Feels Compelled to Help Overseas
- June 17, 2008
- Fighting ‘bubble boy disease’ among Navajos, Apaches
- May 30, 2008
- A Refugee’s Refuge: Psychiatrist’s Journey Leads Him to Help Others
- April 8, 2008
- Patients Prefer Simplified Advance Directive over Standard Form
- November 1, 2007
- UCSF to Host Symposium Addressing Health Care Disparities Research
- October 17, 2007
- UCSF Diabetes Teaching Center Launches Diabetes Management Educational Website
- October 1, 2007
- Simple Tool for Improving Doctor-Patient Communication Yields Significant Health Benefits
- September 27, 2007
- The Doctors’ Doctors: Department of Medicine Names Seven Master Clinicians
- August 29, 2007
- Health Care Disparities Start at the Local Pharmacy, Study Shows
- August 15, 2007
- UCSF’s Chan Returns from Medical Mission in Afghanistan
- August 14, 2007
- Stent or Bypass: State of the Heart in Coronary Care
- August 8, 2007
- Successful Surgery Puts College Student Back on Basketball Court
- August 7, 2007
- Three UCSF Faculty Tapped as Leaders in Global Health Research
- July 20, 2007
- UCSF to Host Discussion on Peaceful Solutions to World Problems
- June 20, 2007
- Caring for Women of All Ages with Incontinence
- June 8, 2007
- Combination Malaria Therapy Effective in Treating African Children
- May 22, 2007
- African Leader Champions Women’s Health as Key to Economic Prosperity
- May 10, 2007
- International Health Diplomacy: Examining the Cuban Model
- April 23, 2007
- Resistance to Anti-HIV Drugs in Uganda Linked to Supply Problems
- April 22, 2007
- Vietnamese Strengthen Collaboration with UCSF
- April 20, 2007
- UCSF Blogs: Orthopaedic Surgeon Assists Physicians in Wenzhou, China
- April 13, 2007
- New UCSF Hospital Complex Planned at Mission Bay
- April 2, 2007
- Medical Care Just One Part of Mission Clinic Treatment
- March 23, 2007
- Peripheral Vascular Disease: Keeping the Blood Flowing
- March 19, 2007
- One Person’s Global Impact: Philip Hopewell’s Fight Against Tuberculosis
- March 19, 2007
- SFGH Surgeon: Helping the Wounded in Germany
- March 9, 2007
- Cancer Cluster: Tracking a Killer in Nevada
- March 9, 2007
- Income Gaps Between Primary Care and Specialist Physicians Threaten U.S. Health Care
- February 19, 2007
- Tobacco Industry Pressure Keeps Cigarettes Cheap for Military
- February 12, 2007
- MRI Provides Insights Into Fetal Brain
- February 2, 2007
- Test Could Predict Heart Attack, Stroke Risk
- January 31, 2007
- Facial Birthmarks Can Signal Deeper Problems in the Brain
- January 30, 2007
- Better Review of New Technology Needed to Reduce Health Costs
- January 9, 2007
- Clinical Trial Tests New Kind of Treatment for Stroke Patients
- December 20, 2006
- Patients’ Requests for Antidepressants Can Influence Physician Evaluation of Depression
- December 8, 2006
- Management of Symptoms and Psychosocial Issues Is Crucial in Cancer Care
- November 21, 2006
- Reshaping Faulty Heartbeats with Cell Therapy
- November 6, 2006
- Fact Sheet on Cardiac Electrophysiology at UCSF
- November 6, 2006
- Cardiac Electrophysiology: Shocking Hearts Back to Life
- November 6, 2006
- Evaluating Risks of Surgery for Sleep Apnea Patients
- October 25, 2006
- UCSF Study Shines Light on Pharmaceutical Marketing Practices
- August 18, 2006
- Learning How to Control Cells that Remodel and Destroy Bone
- July 31, 2006
- Nurse Recalls 40 Years of Care at UCSF Children’s Hospital
- June 16, 2006