Thirdhand smoke is toxic lingering tobacco residue on surfaces that harms children most. California's new AB455 mandates ...

UCSF Health provides urgent care services at sixteen convenient locations for patients to receive care for seasonal illnesses.

Matthew Growdon's study finds "prescription cascades" where drug side effects lead to unnecessary second prescriptions, ...

UCSF researchers have made strides toward an HIV cure, showing experimental immunotherapy can help control the virus without ...

Scientists have thought that when we hear language, the brain processes it the same way, whether it's familiar or foreign. A ...

1 in 4 sexually active women has used injectable birth control, administered into the muscle by a clinician, but many may be unaware of its association with meningioma, the most common brain tumor in ...

Generalized anxiety disorder affects 1 in 20 U.S. adults. Those with serious symptoms may isolate themselves to the point they rarely leave their home and are unable to work and build meaningful ...

First Global Guidelines for Pregnancy and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Developed ...

A visionary $100 million matching grant from the Weill Family Foundation is bringing together two leading cancer centers to launch the Weill Cancer Hub West — an innovative collaboration among some of ...

In 1977, biochemist William Rutter (pictured on the right) and colleagues achieved the first major triumph of genetic engineering by isolating the gene for rat insulin and transplanting it into ...

As rates of depression and suicide in youth spike, experts are asking whether social media makes kids depressed — or whether depressed kids simply spend more time on social media? A new study provides ...