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Could Quitting Ultra-Processed Food Boost Your Mental Health?

A UCSF study that found people with serious depression had significantly improved symptoms when they switched to a diet consisting of less utlra-processed food.
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Can Psychedelic Clinical Trials Be Better? Researchers Say Yes

UCSF researchers are weighing in on one of the biggest challenges in psychedelic science, arguing that clinical trials need more convincing control treatments to better measure the drugs' true effects ...
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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals Earn Strongest US News Rankings

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals earned its strongest-ever showing in the 2026-27 U.S. News Best Children’s Hospitals ...
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UCSF Wins Big, From Gamechangers to Startups to Life Achievement

UCSF researchers earned four UC Regents Innovation Awards for breakthroughs in precision cancer treatment, rapid diagnostics, ...
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Brain Activity Can Predict a Risky Decision Before It’s Made

How does your brain decide whether to hit “send” on a risky email or delete the draft? Two neighboring parts of it argue with ...
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UCSF Expands Transit Pass Program Across its Workforce

UCSF is expanding Clipper BayPass to 36,000 employees and students, offering affordable, unlimited public transit across 24 ...
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A Gift to Help Scientists Predict How Drugs Behave in the Body

OpenADMET, helmed by Jaime Fraser, will receive funding from the OpenAI Foundation in pursuit of an efficient, affordable, ...
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FDA Approves PET Imaging Agent for Brain Cancer Based on UCSF Data

UC San Francisco study data was instrumental in today’s approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of a PET imaging agent that helps physicians evaluate gliomas, a form of brain cancer.The ...
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To Work Their Best, Busy Body Tissues Call on Bigger Cleanup Crews

UCSF researchers discover how some of our hardest-working organs stay healthy: by recruiting immune macrophages to dispose of ...
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Two New Guides Released to Help Older Patients with Cancer

While cancer diagnoses have been increasing among younger adults, cancer is still more common in older adults, particularly those 60 years and older. As the population ages, the number of cancer cases ...