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Tiny, Focused Shocks Help Many Patients Overcome Heart Arrhythmia
Pulsed field ablation uses a series of tiny electrical pulses to destroy the tissue causing the arrhythmia. The procedure takes an hour or less, compared to three or four hours for conventional treatment.
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Improving Clinical Outcomes for Venous Thromboembolism
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is serious condition that begins with a blood clot in a vein – often in the lower leg – that makes its way to the lungs, causing a pulmonary embolism with potentially fatal consequences.
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Long-term Marijuana Smoking Can Impair Blood Vessel Function
It’s been known for many years that people who smoke tobacco have poor blood vessel function. Now, a team of researchers at UC San Francisco has shown for the first that people who smoke marijuana have the same problem.
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Radioligand Therapy Plus Pembrolizumab May Benefit Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer
Immune checkpoint inhibitors have demonstrated limited efficacy in treating prostate cancer. Efforts to improve outcomes with combination therapies have mostly failed to demonstrate improvements compared to other types of cancer.
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Are New Therapies on the Horizon for Painful Skin Condition?
UCSF Health leads multi-center study of chronic inflammation of the skin that affects women and people of color disproportionately.
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What Matters Most to Patients Dealing With Stress Urinary Incontinence?
Many patients experience stress urinary incontinence (SUI) following surgical treatment for prostate cancer. To understand the impact of SUI on quality of life, a team of UCSF researchers interviewed and surveyed patients and published a series of studies.
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Nationally Recognized Health Equity Leader Appointed as Chair of UCSF Obstetrics and Gynecology Program
Andrea V. Jackson, MD, MAS, a highly regarded obstetrician, gynecologist and diversity champion, will draw on her experience in women’s reproductive health, training the next generation of caregivers and addressing systemic racism in her role as chair of UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences.
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Could a Drug Prevent Hearing Loss from Loud Music and Aging?
UCSF scientists have achieved a breakthrough in understanding what is happening in the inner ear during hearing loss, laying the groundwork for preventing deafness.
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Study Finds Significant Chemical Exposures in Women With Cancer
In a sign that exposure to certain endocrine-disrupting chemicals may be playing a role in cancers of the breast, ovary, skin and uterus, researchers have found that people who developed those cancers have significantly higher levels of these chemicals in their bodies.
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Inclusion of New Risk Factors Can Improve Prediction of Invasive Breast Cancer
UCSF researchers update Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium model to account for BMI and other familial risk factors.
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Contraceptive Game Changer: How Patients Can Benefit From the OTC Birth Control Pill
Family physician Montida Fleming, MD, who played a role in norgestrel (Opill)'s road to FDA approval, presents what providers need to know about this soon-to-be-available option, from mechanisms of action to the data on efficacy and safety.
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Focused Ultrasound Technology May Overcome Barrier to Brain Tumor Treatments
The blood-brain barrier protects the brain from many viruses, bacteria, and other harmful small molecules that could be circulating throughout the body. However, this same barrier prevents many cancer therapies from reaching brain tumors.
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UCSF Cancer Researcher Thomas Martin Receives $4.6 million CIRM Grant
UC San Francisco’s Thomas G. Martin, MD, a leading expert in blood cancers, has received a grant of nearly $4.6 million from the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) to produce a CAR T cell therapy for multiple myeloma, the second most common malignancy among blood cancers.
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Prominent Orthopaedic Surgeon and Researcher to Lead UCSF Orthopaedics Program
C. Benjamin Ma, MD, a highly regarded orthopaedic surgeon and advanced imaging researcher, has been appointed as chair of the UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Ma assumed his new role on January 1, 2024.
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Improving Prediction of Advanced Breast Cancer Among Women of Different Races and Ethnicities
While regular screenings may decrease the chance of diagnosis of advanced breast cancer in some women and lead to a 20% reduction in breast cancer mortality, other women will be diagnosed with advanced breast cancer despite screening at regular intervals.
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UCSF Health’s Eric Small, MD, Elected ASCO President for 2025-2026 Term
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has elected Eric J. Small, MD, FASCO, to serve as its president for the term beginning in June 2025.
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Streamline Your Approach to Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: An Expert on Diagnostic Tactics and Effective Care
In just 20 minutes, orthopedic surgeon Lauren Shapiro, MD, MS, presents what clinicians need to know to identify CTS, from symptoms to simple in-office strength and screening tests, providing criteria for when to pursue electrodiagnostic studies.
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Better Management of Lung Nodules: Cutting-Edge Diagnostic and Therapeutic Tools
Interventional pulmonologist Diana H. Yu, MD – who performed the first robotic bronchoscopy at UCSF – presents the case for more aggressive lung screening in California and throughout the country, then offers an exciting look at the latest ultrasound and robotic techniques for detecting lesions, assessing risk of malignancy and performing biopsies.
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Why Do Some Long Covid Patients Continue to Have Difficulty Exercising?
While some patients recover from the effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection, others have experienced the aftereffects of COVID-19 long after the initial infection. One of these long COVID symptoms is reduced exercise capacity.
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Cancer Immunotherapy Toxicity Evaluation (CITE) Program
UCSF Health’s new Cancer Immunotherapy Toxicity Evaluation (CITE) Program is a valuable resource for both patient care and provider consults.
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Erectile Dysfunction: Guide to Diagnosis and Complete Care for a Common Condition
This presentation from urologist John Lindsey, MD, lays out the numerous contributing factors as well as treatments for erectile dysfunction, which affects about 30 million men in U.S. but isn’t always discussed during regular checkups
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New Perspectives on Persistent Opioid Dependence: Reasons Patients Struggle, Routes to Better Care
Pain medicine specialist Chris R. Abrecht, MD, explains why the clinical focus on the physical pain of opioid withdrawal may be hampering effective treatment
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Treating Brain Aneurysms: How a Savvy Neurosurgical Team Individualizes Care
In this short video, vascular and endovascular surgeon Ethan Winkler, MD, PhD, explains the factors that go into determining the right treatment for different cases involving dangerously bulging blood vessels in the brain.
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Millions of Long-Term Smokers Have Lung Disease that Defies Diagnosis
Millions of Americans with tobacco-related lung disease have symptoms that do not fit any existing tobacco-related disease criteria – including the most common of those, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
