Nina Shah, MD, may not be able to move mountains by herself, but she's willing to hike over them or around them—and across glaciers too—if it means advancing treatment for multiple myeloma. Earlier this month, Shah joined other myeloma patients, caregivers, and clinical providers on ...

UCSF Medical Center has been recognized among the nation’s elite hospitals in U.S. News & World Report’s 2019-2020 Best Hospitals survey, marking the 21st year that UCSF Health has been listed among the top 10 hospitals in the prestigious listings and best in Northern California. In this ...

Use of medical imaging during pregnancy increased significantly in the United States, a new study has found, with nearly a four-fold rise over the last two decades in the number of women undergoing computed tomography CT scans, which expose mothers and fetuses to radiation. Pregnant ...

Summer's here and that means it is time to bust one of the biggest sun protection myths out there: that people with darker skin don't need sunscreen.

The new watchword for the frontlines of cancer treatment is “precision.” Whether here at the University of California, San Francisco or other leading centers around the world, the field’s best minds are probing more deeply than ever into the cellular and molecular underpinnings of cancer, and working to harness vast amounts of new data to revolutionize everything from diagnosis to the most effective drugs and the costs of care.