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The Kids Are Not All Right

UCSF Health — January 11, 2023

Most hospitals don’t adequately treat children’s pain, say UCSF experts. Can their unique approach help stop the suffering?

Five Questions for Diane Havlir

UCSF Health — January 11, 2023

Diane Havlir, MD, UCSF’s Weiss Professor, an AIDS pioneer, and an infectious disease leader, is partnering with the local Latinx community to protect vulnerable San Franciscans from COVID-19 and other diseases.

Trip Therapy

UCSF Health — January 11, 2023

Could psychedelics become mainstream medicines?

Big Little Lives

UCSF Health — January 11, 2023

Trillions of invisible organisms make up the human microbiome. Now, medical scientists want to put these bugs to work.

The Case of the Suspicious Swelling

UCSF Health — January 11, 2023

A grandmother showed telltale signs of a common endocrine disorder. But a puzzling lab result put the detective skills of physicians Joan Addington-White, MD, and Rob Weber, MD ’19, PhD ’17, to the test.

Mission: A Tobacco-Free World

UCSF Health — January 11, 2023

With vaping taking over the youth market, Pamela Ling, MD ’96, MPH, applies her research-driven social media and marketing expertise to beat the tobacco industry at its own game.

How Much Can We Control Our Own Fertility?

UCSF Health — January 11, 2023

People trying to conceive are bombarded with advice meant to improve their odds. But how much power do we really have over our fertility?

Colonoscopy prep is unpleasant, but necessary

UCLA Health — January 11, 2023

I’m having my first colonoscopy in a few months. My friends say it’s unpleasant, and I’m already dreading it. I think it would help if I knew what’s going to happen. How often do you need to get a colonoscopy? And is there any way around having to use that…

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