Even before she enrolled at the UC Davis School of Medicine, Angelica Martin was a champion for the underserved, rallying hundreds of advocates to change health care policies. Now a fourth-year student, she’s on a mission to persuade classmates to do the same.
A study analyzed the risk of heart failure in women and its link to their BMI, waist circumference and age they entered menopause. It urged clinicians to consider a patient's weight and menopausal history when evaluating their risk of heart failure.
UCLA infectious disease doctors say that most people who get infected do not require hospitalization and the chance of contracting it remains “very low.”
The Hospital Council of Northern and Central California, local emergency services, and the four major hospital systems in Sacramento have launched a campaign to help educate the community about the appropriate use of the 911 system and emergency departments.
UCSF researchers are part of a $200 million global consortium to develop new diagnostics, therapeutics, containment and control strategies to reduce the suffering from tuberculosis (TB) around the world.
The UC Davis School of Medicine welcomed 133 new students at a well-attended induction ceremony where hundreds of family members and close friends cheered from their seats at the Mondavi Center for Performing Arts.
World Lung Cancer Day is August 1 and UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center wants to do something about low rates of lung cancer screening in California. The cancer center urges the public to leverage new guidelines meant to catch lung cancer earlier.
The BulletPoints Project has launched a free online course to help health care providers and others reduce gun violence. The hour-long training teaches clinicians how to identify at-risk patients and how to intervene according to the type and level of risk of firearm violence.
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