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 UCSF Cancer Grand Round Series: 2024 Best of the Year Video

UCSF Cancer Grand Round Series: 2024 Best of the Year

UCSF Cancer Grand Round Series: 2024 Best of the Year

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: A Common Cause of Spinal Pain Video

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis: A Common Cause of Spinal Pain

This practical presentation from physical and pain medicine specialist Peter I-Kung Wu, MD, PhD, MPH, takes a deep dive into diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH), a problem that particularly affects men over 50, bringing stiffness ...

Keeping a Luster in the Golden Years: What Geriatricians Bring to Aging Patients Video

Keeping a Luster in the Golden Years: What Geriatricians Bring to Aging Patients

The complex and broad-ranging needs of older adults can be difficult to meet in the primary care setting – or by specialists seeing them for a single disorder

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM): A Fresh Look at Health Impacts, Screening Tests & Management Tools Video

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM): A Fresh Look at Health Impacts, Screening Tests & Management Tools

Having experienced GDM herself while pregnant, perinatologist Jennie Duffy, MD, understands the challenges for both patients and doctors in the quest for better glycemic control.

Eating to Stay Strong: Heart-Health Facts and Real-Life Tips for Older Patients Video

Eating to Stay Strong: Heart-Health Facts and Real-Life Tips for Older Patients

When patients notice muscle loss and weight gain – and start worrying about their cholesterol – they want simple, actionable advice

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UCSF Experts Featured at Premier Orthopaedic Surgery Conference News

UCSF Experts Featured at Premier Orthopaedic Surgery Conference

Orthopedic surgery experts from UCSF Health presented new clinical research findings, cutting-edge surgical techniques, and received distinguished awards recognition at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ (AAOS) annual meeting

Paving the Way to Better Outcomes for Rotator Cuff Surgery News

Paving the Way to Better Outcomes for Rotator Cuff Surgery

Brian T. Feeley, MD, FAOSS, UCSF orthopaedic surgeon and researcher, has been awarded the 2025 Kappa Delta Elizabeth Winston Lanier Award by American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).

Felix Feng, Giant in the Field of Prostate Cancer, Dies at 48 News

Felix Feng, Giant in the Field of Prostate Cancer, Dies at 48

“Felix Feng was an exceptional scientist – a once-in-a-generation scientist – and his staggering intellect and scientific insights led to his remarkable scientific accomplishments,"

Evidence-Based, Multidisciplinary Care for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A UCSF Case Study News

Evidence-Based, Multidisciplinary Care for Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A UCSF Case Study

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) can cause long-term health problems, such as raising the risk of cardiovascular, cognitive and mental health conditions as well as poor quality of life

Delayed REM Sleep Could Be an Early Sign of Alzheimer’s News

Delayed REM Sleep Could Be an Early Sign of Alzheimer’s

Scientists have recently shown that both the quality and the amount of sleep we get may influence our risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease.