Patient Care

Rapid genome sequencing could revolutionize health care for acutely ill babies

Mon Jun 11, 2018

Some Medicaid patients can’t get nicotine patches at pharmacies on first try

Tue May 29, 2018

Data for a difference

Tue May 22, 2018

Elisabeth Fall

Rada Savic, PhD

Low-cost drug treatments can cure TB and malaria. Why, then, do these diseases claim so many lives?

Research outlines challenges for adoption of new genetic tests

Fri May 11, 2018

Elisabeth Fall

Kathryn Phillips, PhD

Every day, on average, ten new genetic tests become commercially available to help doctors and patients make more informed decisions about health care.

Phillips discusses insurance coverage for genomic testing

Tue Apr 24, 2018

Elisabeth Fall

Kathryn Phillips, PhD, discusses insurance coverage for genomic testing in her recent articles published in JAMA and Science.

Stebbins empowers patients to heal themselves

Thu Apr 5, 2018

Elisabeth Fall

Marilyn Stebbins, PharmD

Moving back home after a stay in the hospital or other acute-care setting is a precarious time, especially for an elderly patient or one who is living alone. With so many people underinsured and underserved by transportation, medical care, and other social services, it’s no surprise that nearly 20...

What Doctors Should Ignore

Mon Dec 11, 2017

UCSF lab sends filters to hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico

Mon Nov 27, 2017

staff member holds one water filter and a thank you note.

Centro Neumologia Pediatrica, Puerto Rico

Clinic staff member at Centro Neumologia Pediatrica, Puerto Rico’s largest pediatric pulmonary clinic, expressed thanks for the delivery of 484 water filters. Each filter can clean up to 295 gallons of water per day.

Burchard Lab colleagues step up to help residents of the island get fresh water.