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Hematuria and Other Common Urinary Concerns: A Guide for PCPs Video

Hematuria and Other Common Urinary Concerns: A Guide for PCPs

Blood in urine is common – and stressful for patients, who want an immediate diagnosis.

High Risk for Breast Cancer: Methods and Schedules to Ensure Optimal Screening Video

High Risk for Breast Cancer: Methods and Schedules to Ensure Optimal Screening

Hematologist-oncologist Elham Vosoughi, MD, starts with an update on breast cancer stats, noting that incidence in the United States is increasing by 1% every year – with an even sharper rise for women under 50.

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

UCSF Cancer Grand Round Series: 2024 Best of the Year

UCSF Health and John Muir Health specialists in treatments for numerous cancers – including breast, lung, bladder and colon cancer – unpack last year's influential trials, several of which established new standards of care for specific patient populations.

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

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Repurposing a Diabetes Medication to Prime CAR T Cancer Targets News

Repurposing a Diabetes Medication to Prime CAR T Cancer Targets

By combining CAR T therapy with diabetes drugs, UCSF researchers improve anti-tumor activity in urothelial cancer cells.

Assessing Severe Surgical Complications from Cesarean Deliveries News

Assessing Severe Surgical Complications from Cesarean Deliveries

New UCSF research offers hospitals a way to track and ultimately reduce the risks of surgical complications.

Inhaling Cannabis May Greatly Increase Your Risk of Lung Disease News

Inhaling Cannabis May Greatly Increase Your Risk of Lung Disease

A new study in the Journal of General Internal Medicine by researchers at UC San Francisco, found that inhaling marijuana every day is associated with a 44% increased chance of developing asthma.

New Device Reduces Heart Failure Symptoms News

New Device Reduces Heart Failure Symptoms

Electrical pulses to the carotid artery help improve exercise capacity and reduce symptoms like shortness of breath and fatigue.

UCSF Health Leads Statewide Efforts to Improve Dementia Care, Diagnosis News

UCSF Health Leads Statewide Efforts to Improve Dementia Care, Diagnosis

UCSF Health provides innovative tools, guidance to improve access and awareness related to brain health and dementia detection.