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By Sue Rochman Researchers have identified an approach to remove race from equations used to estimate a person’s kidney function. These equations have been criticized for potentially perpetuating racial health disparities. The findings,...

Data on Indoor and Outdoor Pollution Comes from All Inhabited Continents By Cameron Scott Air pollution likely contributed to almost 6 million premature births and almost 3 million underweight babies in 2019, according to a UC San...

UCSF-Led Study Shows Depressive Symptoms Increase Risk for Cognitive Impairment By Suzanne Leigh While research has shown that poor cardiovascular health can damage blood flow to the brain increasing the risk for dementia, a new study led...

By Dan Fost It’s time to make your voice heard. UC San Francisco is encouraging its 33,000 faculty, staff and learners to participate in a confidential survey designed to help the University better understand people’s perceptions and...

By Jessica Berthold As medical institutions around the country intensify efforts to eliminate structural racism from their systems and practices, UC San Francisco faculty have been at the forefront of this pursuit in kidney medicine. In...

Discovery Points to Radically Different Ways of Treating Menopausal Symptoms By Laura Kurtzman Scientists have known for a century that female animals become more active just as they are about to ovulate, a behavior that evolved to enhance...

UCSF-Led Study Shows Unruly Immune System May Trigger ‘Turncoat’ Antibodies By Suzanne Leigh Image of the olfactory bulb. The green in the image shows immunostained cerebrospinal fluid from one patient containing neural autoantibodies...

Electronic Health Records Compared Outcomes for Patients Across the Country By Laura Kurtzman A large analysis of health records from 87 health care centers across the United States found that people taking a class of antidepressants...