SF News New Study Says Pot Could Protect Brain Cells From Alzheimer's Forget everything you think you know about the effects of marijuana. A study published in the journal Nature proposes that THC, the main active ingredient in the devil's weed, may help prevent Alzheimer's
SF News In Long Road To HIV Vaccine, Local Clincal Trials Begin With New Approach A new approach in the enduring search for a vaccine to eradicate HIV is the focus of clinical trials beginning in San Francisco among other cities and serves as the subject for an
SF News UC Berkeley Nobel Prize Winner Humblebrags Win On Facebook It's nice to know that even Nobel Prize winners are prone to the occasional humblebrag, superpower smarts and all. Shortly after winning the 2013 prize for medicine on Monday, UC Berkeley's Randy Schekman
SF News Steve Jobs Regretted Trying Alternative Medicine Before he died, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs wanted to world to know that he deeply regretted "wasting time" on alternative medicine while trying to combat his pancreatic cancer. During a recent interview with
SF News UCSF Researcher Nabs Nobel Prize For Medicine Elizabeth H. Blackburn, 60, a molecular biologist at the University of California at San Francisco, won the Nobel Prize for medicine today. Just what , exactly, did Blackburn do to win this this fancy
SF News Mission District Doctor Guilty of Sexual Assaults Jose Rosas, 56, a general practitioner, was found guilty yesterday of sexually assaulting three patients inside his Mission District office. The violations occurred from 2002 to 2007. Caring for mainly Spanish-speaking patients, Rosas,
SF News California Health Department Issues Penality to UCSF The California Department of Public Health announced today that 13 California hospitals were slammed with "administrative penalties of $25,000 per violation" due to said hospitals failed to comply with licensing requirements that
