After Don Onken suffered a stroke at 78, a quick response by doctors at the UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus Heights helped him get back on his feet quickly – and back to the golf course.
Irvine, Calif. — With a five-year, $8 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, the University of California, Irvine has earned designation as one of CIRM’s Alpha Clinics. The goal of the statewide network is to accelerate the development of promising stem cell and gene therapies and expand…
Why is ditching junk food so hard? I know I should have an apple instead of a doughnut, but when I crave a snack, I don’t reach for the fruit bowl. Making and then breaking the promise to eat healthy makes me feel like a failure. How can a junk…
October is National Spina Bifida Awareness Month. Spina bifida is a birth defect that affects the spine and brain. Three UC Davis Health experts share developments that over the years have improved the quality of life for many patients and their families.
The UC Davis MIND Institute has installed a Peace Pole, a 9-foot-tall public art piece that celebrates neurodiversity, the concept that neurological differences are not deficits. The pole was designed and painted by more than 100 community members and was dedicated in a ceremony this week.
Respiratory therapists Veronica Encarnacion and Mallorie Mullendore are working with post-COVID patients at the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program. They provide a wide range of care, including monitored and supervised exercise and education to empower patients to improve their quality of life.
A new diagnostic method that applies machine learning to advanced genomics data from both microbe and host to identify and predict sepsis cases was developed by researchers at UCSF, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, and CZ Biohub.
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