Originally published in Synapse on Nov. 30, 2006. Tobacco tax propositions in California, Missouri and South Dakota failed in the...

Ben Mansky's "Mason" won second place in the Storytelling Contest photography category. Years ago, I was walking around North Beach...

This submission won second place in the Synapse Storytelling Contest's personal essay category. I step off the plane into the...

Originally published on October 25, 2012. On my Saturday afternoon walk across San Francisco, I ran into Abel, a young...

This submission won second place in the Synapse Storytelling Contest creative writing category. Child, I lay him supine upon the...

“What would it feel like if someone else were to come into your head?” An epilepsy patient posed this question...

Space in Moffitt Hospital’s cafeterias is now being rented to drug companies for display and advertisement of their products. On...

It was my first day off after a string of emergency department shifts as sub-intern, and I was sad. I...

This submission earned Nina Escueta the first place winner of the Storytelling Contest's creative writing category. Mangoes, ripe and green...

Originally reported in Synapse on September 29, 1988. UCSF will begin conducting heart transplants this fall, Dr. Haile Debas, chairman...

This story was originally published in Synapse on September 21, 2000. Dr. David Satcher, the sixteenth U.S. surgeon general and...

When you want to learn something new, the first order of business is practice. After putting in some effort, you...

Originally published in Synapse on September 14, 1995. On July 20 the UC Regents voted on a resolution to prohibit...

Originally published in Synapse on June 3, 2010. Top Hat, Junk Shot, Top Kill - the phrases seem like they...

Originally published in Synapse on May 25, 2006. Written by Biana Roykh. Spring means graduation here at UCSF, and all...