A study showed that daily "micro-acts" promote wellbeing and health. These include acts of kindness, self-reflection, gratitude, positive reframing, and experiencing awe.

In one of the largest and most comprehensive studies of its kind, a research team led at UC San Francisco has identified the regions where dementia occurs most often. Using the Mid-Atlantic as the ...

From hydration to ovulation, health trackers keep tabs on nearly 1 in 4 Americans. But wearable devices like these are just one piece of the ever-expanding medical “internet of things” — a universe of ...

Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body’s internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need ...

Scientists at UC San Francisco have discovered how pancreatic cancer cells thrive in the lungs or liver, environments that are as distinct to cells as the ocean and desert are to animals. The spread ...

An off-the-shelf drug developed for smallpox, a cousin of mpox, proved safe for mpox patients but ineffective at curing the ...

The Alumni Association of UCSF(AAUCSF) announced the recipients of the 2025 UCSF Alumni Achievement Awards, recognizing outstanding alumni from UCSF’s Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, and ...

As rates of depression and suicide in youth spike, experts are asking whether social media makes kids depressed — or whether depressed kids simply spend more time on social media? A new study provides ...