The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is making it harder for primary care doctors who work with immigrant patients to do their jobs, a UCSF study finds.

Kids who have their own smartphones at age 12 are more likely to develop eating disorder symptoms than those who don’t, according to a new study.

To get drugs and devices out faster, the FDA lets companies conduct studies of safety or efficacy after the products are approved. In many cases, such “postmarket” studies are behind schedule or overd...

Boomers are retiring from health care just as their own medical needs rise. A UCSF health economist unpacks the shortage and what it will take to fix it.

Some seriously ill patients improve on hospice. About 1 in 16 patients enrolled in hospice care lose eligibility as a result. Here's how to get appropriate care.

The number of abortions is up in the United States. Is it because fewer people are using birth control pills?

…Or for a week, at least.

The rise of the team-based model for primary care delivery can be a practical and effective response to the mismatch between supply and demand for these services—so long as each clinician feels tha | ...

Welcome to the new Wild West of peptides.

A teenager’s lawsuit against the food industry shows us the path to a better food system.

The cost of long-term care is perhaps the greatest Great Wealth Transfer wild card. Here are details on what these costs look like in the Bay Area — from premium life plan communities to in-home...

The company can now market flavored pouches as less harmful than cigarettes, alarming health experts.

Twenty flavored ZYN products are included in the authorization, which says the pouches put users at lower risk for several health problems compared to smoking.

Opinion: It’s called downcoding. And it’s a trend that has started to reemerge with the advent of AI, writes UCSF’s Maria Raven.

A team of UCSF scientists who interviewed more than 100 older adults found that roughly a third of them showed signs of mild cognitive impairment and were not diagnosed.

A study from University of California, San Francisco released this week found Big Tobacco played a part in designing food that is marketed to children. A UCSF study found tobacco giant Philip Morris u...

A new UC San Francisco study reveals how Philip Morris Companies Inc. used cigarette research, flavor engineering, and behavioral science to turn Lunchables into one of America's most successful ultra...

Leading scientists and nonprofits who say they — and the public — are fed up with regulatory inaction back a new movement to spur reform on ultraprocessed foods.

The supply of high-potency opioids is expanding through products sold legally as herbal supplements in gas stations, vape shops, and convenience stores. The most prominent is 7-hydroxymitragynine, als...

The industry says it's unable to discharge certain patients who need long-term intensive care.

Gen Z actors and pop stars are increasingly unafraid of getting papped with a Parliament.

These chemicals have fancy names like bisphenol A, phthalates and polybrominated diphenyl ethers — and unfortunately, they are pretty much everywhere.

"Youth Mental Health First Aid empowers educators to support students in distress and serve as a bridge to ongoing, holistic care."

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Sometimes, because of the current political pushback, one can get the false impression that the academic attention that has recently been paid to increasing a university’s diversity, equity and inclus...

OPINION: 32 people died in U.S. immigration custody in 2025, the highest recorded number of deaths in more than two decades — and most died in hospitals near detention centers.

Roughly half of adults 65 and older have no dental insurance, and they may soon have more company.