Doctors Discover Why Lupus Symptoms Improve With Age
Summary of Doctors Noticed Lupus Patients Get Better With Age. Now We Know Why: A UCSF study suggests that aging may alleviate lupus symptoms. It found that immune overactivity in…
Find Happiness in a Week: Scientists Share a Simple Method
Summary of Too Busy To Focus on Your Happiness? Scientists Recommend This Simple One-Week Method: A study led by UC San Francisco found that a one-week web-based program called the…
Science Says Social Media May Increase Depression in Kids
Summary of Science Confirms: Social Media Could Be Making Kids Depressed: Recent research from UC San Francisco highlights that social media use tends to exacerbate depressive symptoms in preteens. With…
Study Unveils Heart Risks of Smoking and Edibles
Summary of Weed Could Be Wrecking Your Heart – Study Uncovers Dangers of Smoking and Edibles: Chronic cannabis use, whether smoked or consumed as edibles, significantly impairs blood vessel function,…
Could These Proteins Trigger Dementia in Your 40s or 50s?
Summary of Could These Proteins Be Behind Dementia in Your 40s or 50s?: Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) often affects individuals in middle age and is frequently misdiagnosed. A recent UCSF-led study,…
Mushroom Compound May Aid Parkinson’s Symptom Relief
Summary of Natural Mushroom Compound Shows Promise in Treating Parkinson’s Symptoms: A pilot study by UCSF found that psilocybin therapy significantly improved mood, cognitive function, and motor symptoms. Psilocybin, a…
New Drug Candidates for Addiction and Depression: More Powerful Than SSRIs
Summary of More Powerful Than SSRIs – Scientists Develop Two New Drug Candidates That Could Treat Addiction and Depression: Scientists have developed two new drug candidates that can potentially treat…
PFAS Makers Hid Hazards of Forever Chemicals
Summary of Makers of PFAS "Forever Chemicals" Covered Up the Dangers: UC San Francisco researchers have analyzed documents from chemical companies DuPont and 3M dating from between 1961 and 2006,…
Sleep Spindles Aid PTSD Cycles
Summary of Breaking the Cycle – How Sleep Spindles Can Help With PTSD: A recent study has suggested that sleep spindles, brief bursts of brain activity that occur during a…
Childhood Viruses Tie to Severe Hepatitis Outbreak
Summary of Common Childhood Viruses Linked to Severe Hepatitis Outbreak: A recent study led by researchers at UC San Francisco has linked a puzzling outbreak of severe acute hepatitis among…