Disruptive events in the world, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may increase the risk for child physical abuse. Therefore, researchers looked at emergency department encounters at nine hospitals to examine the impact the pandemic has had on child physical abuse.
The UC Davis School of Medicine has received $5 million from Sacramento businessman Jim Anderson to launch the Office of Wellness Education. Opened on July 1, it is a first-of-its-kind commitment to addressing the area of well-being for the UC Davis Health community.
Cardiothoracic surgeons at UCSF have performed the first robotically assisted mitral valve surgery in San Francisco on a 63-year-old patient who had mitral valve prolapse.
Severe restrictions and bans on abortion access may have life-changing and even life-threatening consequences in as many as 28 states for women of childbearing age with conditions like migraine, multiple sclerosis (MS) and epilepsy.
People with neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism, are often not given the tools to create romantic relationships in a meaningful, safe way. This puts them at risk for sexual abuse. A new educational program, tested in partnership with the UC Davis MIND Institute, may help foster healthy, romantic relationships.
The Safeway Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to a UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher. The funding will help examine the relationship between food insecurity and the survival of breast cancer patients.
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