A Q&A with Margot Kushel, director of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, in the wake of the Supreme Court decision that opens the door for cities and counties, including in California, to begin clearing homeless encampments and imposing penalties for violations.
IN THE NEWS: Relying on the presence or absence of a single symptom to diagnose neurological conditions such as autism or concussion is a concerning trend in pediatrics, writes child neurologist Dr. Sharief Taraman in Psychology Today. The potential for misdiagnosis and delayed treatment increases when certain hallmark symptoms of…
IN THE NEWS: The recent FDA approval of a new oral medication provides an effective therapy for people suffering from severe hair loss, said UCI Health dermatologist Dr. Natasha Mesinkovska. On July 26, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the oral JAK inhibitor Leqselvi™ (deuruxolitinib) to treat adults with…
UCSF Health welcomed 1,800 teammates and community physicians from two historic San Francisco hospitals today as they officially joined the nonprofit health system.
Irvine, Calif. — The Institute for Clinical & Translational Science at the University of California, Irvine has been awarded $28,394,693 over seven years from the National Institutes of Health as part of its Clinical & Translational Science Awards Program. Marking the fourth highly competitive and successful funding cycle for UC…
Cardiologists performed the institution’s first renal denervation procedure for resistant hypertension becoming the first hospital in Northern California to do so outside of a clinical trial.
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