University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

UC San Francisco’s Industry Documents Library, in partnership with the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, has made public nearly 700 internal documents from a Midwest retailer as part of the state’s lawsuit alleging the company ignored an internal warning before selling firearms to a straw buyer. The Aug.

Three decades after UC San Francisco pioneered “active surveillance” for patients with low-risk prostate cancer, a new study has found that the vast majority of veterans with the diagnosis pursued this option instead of treatment.

Three decades after UC San Francisco pioneered “active surveillance” for patients with low-risk prostate cancer, a new study has found that the vast majority of veterans with the diagnosis pursued this option instead of treatment.

UCSF is celebrating continued recognition for its commitment to supporting the health and well-being of its workforce. For another year, UCSF has earned Gold Status from the American Heart Association’s Well-being Works Better™ Scorecard, a national assessment that recognizes organizations with comprehensive strategies to support employee health, well-being, and engagement.

Habitual cannabis users experienced about 9% fewer premature heartbeats on days they inhaled cannabis compared with days they abstained, a counterintuitive finding that adds to the complex and evolving understanding of how cannabis affects the heart, new UC San Francisco-led research found. The study, published Aug. 12 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, is among the first to examine the acute cardiovascular effects of inhaled cannabis in people living their normal daily lives.

Nirav Pandya, meets with a UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals patient at an outpatient clinic. Photo by Steve Babuljak As the school year begins, fields, courts, and pools fill with young athletes eager to return to practice. For many, that excitement comes with a rapid increase in fitness training, which places new demands on growing bodies.

A new UC San Francisco study helps explain why people with HIV remain at elevated risk for type 2 diabetes despite effective suppression of the virus with modern medications. To investigate, the team compared blood samples and fat biopsies of 46 people living with well-controlled HIV to those of 74 people without HIV. None of the participants were obese or had diabetes.

Since its discovery in Japan in 2009, a deadly fungus has emerged in hospitals around the world. The pathogen, known as Candida auris, lives silently on the skin. But it can be deadly if it reaches the bloodstream, and kills about 3,000 patients in hospitals and long-term care facilities a year in the U.S. A new UC San Francisco study explains why. To understand what allows C.

Aparajita Singh, MD, meets with patient Bill Shea, who was previously diagnosed with colon cancer. Photo by Deanne Fitzmaurice UCSF Health-UCSF Medical Center has been named to the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll for adult care for the 30th consecutive year, reflecting excellence across a broad range of specialties, procedures, and conditions.