Scientists Find Target for Resveratrol Resveratrol, a compound found most famously in grapes and red wine, seems to ward off several age-related diseases. However, its mechanism of action has been elusive. Researchers have now found a direct molecular target for the compound. The finding may lead to drugs that can prevent certain age-related health problems. […]

New health care law helps expand primary care physician workforce National Health Service Corps awards $9.1 million to place physicians in medically underserved communities The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) awarded $9.1 million in funding to medical students in 30 States and the District of Columbia who will serve as primary care doctors and help […]

A very special small package: Three-pound baby receives pacemaker My colleague Erin Digitale tells the remarkable story today of a tiny Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital heart patient named Jaya Maharaj. Weighing just 3.5 pounds, with a heart slightly bigger than a walnut, the baby received a pacemaker shortly after birth and was “smaller than any pacemaker recipient ever reported in the […]

Ask Stanford Med: Neuroscientist taking questions on pain and love’s analgesic effects When you ask someone to describe the physical sensation of love, chances are you’ll get an answer like falling head-over-heels, having butterflies in the stomach or walking on sunshine. As it turns out, and as described in a recent Stanford study, those intense, consuming […]

Genes Affect Sex Differences in Behavior Men and women can seem like they’re from different planets sometimes. Hormones help drive those differences. A new study shows how genes pass on the message. Hormones are the body’s signaling molecules. They affect many aspects of development and biology. Researchers have long known that the sex hormones, such […]

Ombuds Works as a Neutral Party to Keep the Peace Across UCSF Randy Daron, PsyD, recently appointed UCSF Ombuds, finds himself frequently explaining the meaning of the word “Ombuds” to members of the UCSF community. Randy Daron, PsyD Beyond the origin of the word, he also explains the role at UCSF, since understanding of what […]

New Method Builds Bone Researchers have developed a way to direct the body’s own stem cells to the outer bone to build new, strong bone tissue. The method, developed in mice, may lead to new treatments for osteoporosis and other bone diseases that affect millions of people. Scanning electron micrograph of osteoporotic bone. Image by David […]

Glide Health Services Recognized as National Model James Irvine Foundation Recognizes UCSF’s Patricia Dennehy … UCSF’s Patricia Dennehy, director of the nurse-managed Glide Health Services center, is among five Californians to receive the 2012 James Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards for applying proven, innovative approaches to some of the state’s most difficult problems. Dennehy, a clinical […]

Packard Children’s has smallest child yet to get pacemaker Jaya Maharaj was 15 minutes old when she was sent to surgery at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital and given a pacemaker that saved her life. The tiny girl — born nine weeks early, weighing 3.5 pounds, with a heart slightly bigger than a walnut — had been diagnosed […]

Secrets of ancient Chinese remedy revealed Two-thousand-year-old herb regulates autoimmunity and inflammation “This compound could inspire novel therapeutic approaches to a variety of autoimmune disorders,” said Harvard School of Dental Medicine Professor Malcolm Whitman (from left), the senior author on the new study. Also pictured are Tracy Keller, the first author on the paper and […]