When Patients Refuse Best Treatment
Editor’s Note: In the field of health science, we may sometimes encounter people and patients whose beliefs conflict with our...
Program Eases Mysterious Cancer-Related Fatigue
Two UCSF clinical nurses are breaking new ground in treating a poorly-understood condition afflicting cancer patients, and their efforts are...
Humans of UCSF: Succeeding Together
"The foggy summer in the Sunset was a difficult transition for me at first. I felt completely overwhelmed adjusting to...
A Spoonful of Bliss
One night, after a friend’s birthday dinner, we all went to one of her favorite ice cream shops. I sauntered...
How the brain forms
The human brain can process a picture in just 13 milliseconds. The cellular functions underlying this incredible processing speed involve...
The Super Bowl of Concussion Diagnoses
When Dr. Mitchel Berger watched the Super Bowl last Sunday, he wasn’t watching the plays, the catches, and the many...
Tuning Out With Tunes by Jonathan Schor
My first introduction to music was my Mom. Growing up we would always listen and sing along as she played...
Humans of UCSF: Challenging Lessons
“In addition to the challenge of learning how to teach, I went through an identity crisis. I had to go...
Practicing Family Planning Procedures on Papayas
Nursing Students for Choice and Medical Students for Choice have once again coordinated the student-led elective, Family Planning and Reproductive...
The Burning Breast by Peggy Tahir
I grew up in the San Diego area. From a young age I was interested in the arts and in...
Humans of UCSF: Dreams Come True
“I consider myself a very lucky individual because I have the job of my dreams. What may have started as...
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Talks Injustice and Health at UCSF
Join CNN correspondent Soledad O’Brien in a discussion on injustice and health on Wednesday, Feb. 24. The offices of the...
Understanding Immune Tolerance
The immune system surveys the body by sampling proteins, called antigens, from both the human host and any invaders. So...