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The Road to Rejuvenation

Fortified stem cells. Enhanced memory. A longevity hormone. UCSF researchers are finding out whether we can cancel – or at least delay – old age.

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How to Grieve – and How to Help Others Through Times of Loss

A grief facilitator and chaplain shares some advice.
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Mythbuster

What’s the Truth Behind Popular Online Dental Myths?

Get the real story instead of social media’s oral health hype.
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Artificial Intelligence: A Revolution for Health Care?

Could AI make nurses’ jobs – and our health care – better?
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Mythbuster

Which Skin Care Products Do We Really Need?

UCSF dermatologists share the must-haves to keep our skin healthy.

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Can Neuroscience Help Stem the Tide of Teen Depression?

A new treatment approach draws on research into the unique teenage brain.
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You’ll Soon Be Able to Get a Blood Test for Alzheimer’s

Will you want one?
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Science

The Cancer Breakthrough Boom

A flurry of innovations could change how we confront cancer.
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Science

The Surgeon Set on Curing Genetic Diseases Before Birth

Tippi MacKenzie is leading groundbreaking clinical trials.
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Science

Trip Therapy

Could psychedelics become mainstream medicines?
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The Radical Compassion of Awake Brain Surgery

On the operating table and inside the lab of a rising star in cancer neurosurgery.
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Big Little Lives

Trillions of invisible organisms make up the human microbiome. Now, medical scientists want to put these bugs to work.
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Health

Training the Eye to See Disease On Dark Skin

Most dermatologists aren’t adequately taught to treat patients of color. UCSF’s Jenna Lester wants to fix that.
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Preparing for a Post-Roe America

What happens once abortion is illegal in half the country?

 

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Increasing Equity in Med School Admissions

Applying to medical programs as a first-generation student can be both pricey and overwhelming. Abdikarin Abdullahi, MD ’23, is on a mission to ease the struggle.

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