A professor of physiological nursing explains the differences between genetic predisposition and lifestyle factors for type 2 ...

The UCSF community is saddened at the passing of former UCSF faculty member William Rutter, PhD, whose collaborative and ...

Visual auras, like those that occur in migraines, may be signs of small injuries to the brain’s visual cortex, according to a clinical trial at UC San Francisco that tracked the appearance of these ...

The Byers Award recognizes outstanding research by faculty members in the middle of their careers. Martin Kampman’s honorary ...

It’s been recognized for some time that Alzheimer’s disease affects brain regions differently and that tau — a protein known to misbehave — plays an important role in the disease. Normally, tau helps ...

A study found that the newer generation of much more effective diabetes medications are reaching only a fraction of the patients who are recommended to take them based on new guidelines.