UCSF psychiatrists may have documented what is likely the first case of AI psychosis in a peer-reviewed journal. He tells us ...

Historically, studies on stressors like bullying or child abuse examined mental and physical health outcomes in isolation.

Close to 40% of adult patients receive post-acute care (PAC) when they are discharged from a hospital. That can include receiving help at home or going to a specialized facility, including a skilled ...

UCSF scientists engineered old fibroblast cells to turn their genes on and off in the same way as young fibroblasts. The old ...

UCSF researchers have discovered a way to identify deadly lung infections with improved accuracy by pairing AI with a unique genetic signal. This could revolutionize ICU care and prevent thousands of ...

Women are dramatically more likely than men to suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a chronic condition causing abdominal pain, bloating, and digestive discomfort. Now, scientists at UC San ...

Combining genetic risk with cardiovascular disease risk factors — such as high LDL cholesterol, obesity, and hypertension — may predict who is more likely to develop dementia, according to a new study ...

Roughly a quarter of all cancerous tumors are caused by mutations in the KRAS gene, which fosters cell growth. For more than three decades, scientists believed these mutations were impervious to ...

In his 2025 State of the University address, UC San Francisco Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS, reflected on the pivotal moment UCSF faces as it ascends a curve of remarkable success — a critical ...

The ticking of the biological clock is especially loud in the ovaries — the organs that store and release a woman’s eggs. From age 25 to 40, a woman’s chance of conceiving each month decreases ...

Alan Zambeli-Ljepovic, MD, MHS, sits at the arcade-like console like a church organist. He places his feet on the machine’s pedals and slips the middle finger and thumb of each hand into delicate ...

A visionary $100 million matching grant from the Weill Family Foundation is bringing together two leading cancer centers to launch the Weill Cancer Hub West — an innovative collaboration among some of ...