Photo by Evelyn Semenyuk on Unsplash
Ringing in the New Year with Neck Pain?
Similar to the low back, it’s difficult to determine the definitive cause of neck pain. However, neck pain can present...
UCSF’s Ebola treatment center is a permanent commitment to treating highly infectious diseases
As UC San Francisco transitions its personnel and operations from the Mt. Zion campus to Mission Bay, one critical piece...
New lenses allow colorblind to see brilliant color
Red/green colorblindness is a genetic, X-linked trait that affects upward of 7 percent of the male population in the U.S...
UCaSeFiles: Street Drugs: There’s Nothing Sweet About Them
A young man with a known history of recreational drug use was found unresponsive and brought in by ambulance to...
Why Walgreens orthotics are just as good as customized orthotics, and other secrets
There are a few jewels I’ve come upon at my time here as a physical therapy student. Keep reading for...
EM Everywhere: 2nd Annual NorCal Emergency Medicine Student Symposium Hosted by EMIG
It has been only 35 years since emergency medicine was officially recognized as a specialty, and yet in that time...
Do You Have a Sugar Belly? UCSF’s SugarScience Educates the Public on the Truth behind Added Sugar
SugarScience is a website developed by UCSF to act as an authoritative source for the scientific evidence about the effects...
Social Histories: Physicians share stories of mortality in medicine
“Can stories teach us how to let go?” Dr. Joseph Pace queried the standing-room-only audience at “Social Histories,” an event...
6 Things Your Knees Will Thank You For
Knee pain is extremely common and annoying! Approximately 25 percent of adults have knee pain, and even scarier, the rate...