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[Originally reported in Synapse on March 20, 2009.] Two reports issued in February underlined the growing menace of climate change...

Shelter clinic opens every Thursday at six, First time seeing a “real” patient, I’m waiting at the door.

[Originally published on March 20, 2003.] In a political climate charged with the suddenly tangible threat of war with Iraq...

[Originally published in Synapse on March 11, 1987.] A recent Supreme Court decision upholding certain types of pregnancy leave and...

Over the years, many people have asked me what a grad student does, and I have been stumped for answers...

It’s the middle of winter and you are cut off from the world. There is no electricity or gas. The...

[ Originally authored in February 25, 1988 by Toan Truong as a third-year medical student.] I grew up in Saigon...

While rescue missions and physical first aid are necessary for victims, it is essential to recognize that psychological support is...

[Originally published on February 20, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King...

When I say I’m a resident in Dental Public Health, I typically receive two responses: #1: “Nice! What do you...

[Originally published in Synapse on February 14, 2011.] Ah, another Valentine’s Day... and I, for one, will be spending it...

A Professor Emeritus at UCSF has lost a fourth paper after an investigation by UCSF and the San Francisco Veterans...

When I found out the next patient I’ll be following is a retired army cardiothoracic surgeon in his late eighties...

After months and months of remote work, well esteemed, distinguished, Lasker awardee, national academy of sciences member, presidential medal, nobel...