UC San Diego Health is first in the nation to offer a new injectable medication to patients with nerve damage caused by hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis, a rare disease that can be fatal without management. Previously, patients with this systemic disease were tethered to long, intravenous...
UC Davis chief of fetal and pediatric surgery Shinjiro Hirose was appointed surgeon-in-chief of UC Davis Children’s Hospital. He has served as chief of pediatric surgery, vice chair of surgery and founder and director of the UC Davis Fetal Care and Treatment Center.
According to a new UCSF study, screening for depression at the primary care level could dramatically increase the likelihood of treatment for those who are traditionally undertreated — racial and ethnic minority individuals, older adults, those with limited English proficiency and men.
The UC Davis CTSC and community partner Urban Advocates and Achievers are offering the Youth Community Scientist Academy in Health Research, a 10-week educational program for high school-age students in the Oak Park, Del Paso Heights, and other Promise Zone neighborhoods of Sacramento. Registration is now open.
The UC Davis MIND Institute’s annual Summer Institute on Neurodevelopmental Disabilities attracted hundreds of attendees from around the world. The learning program brought together professionals, advocates, caregivers and families to talk about the transition to life after high school.
UCLA psychologist Martie Haselton and Jaimie Arona Krems, from Oklahoma State University, explain how evolutionary social science influences the debate.
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