Bodies

[Originally published in Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper May 5, 1976.] Women representing women’s clinics and health organizations throughout...

“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” -Aristotle

[Originally published on May 1, 1979.] Stating that “women will be the new target of an attempt to reconstruct society...

Listen to our latest podcast episode: Dr. Bob Wachter, UCSF’s Chair of the Department of Medicine, gained a vast twitter...

In June of 1981, San Francisco saw the first cases of what eventually became known as HIV/AIDS. They were atypical...

[Originally published in Synapse on January 10, 2008.] For many people, ringing in the New Year is synonymous with setting...

[Originally published in Synapse on December 2, 1993.] David E. Smith, MD, founder and director of the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinics...

[Originally published in Synapse on November 21, 1996.] Before 1973, the year Roe vs. Wade guaranteed women the right to...

Originally published on November 15, 1990. Several prominent physicians who have devoted much of their working lives in recent years...