Persons with mental health conditions are found more likely to use nicotine-delivery devices.

Researchers urge same restrictions for e-cigarettes as the tobacco variety.

Annual colloquium addresses need for heightened collaboration to increase quality, lower costs across the system.

UC's five academic medical centers are at an inflection point, according to Dr. Sam Hawgood, UC San Francisco interim chancellor and medical school dean.

Study shows cognitive improvements in old mice when connected to the circulatory system of younger rodents.

People who take the cholesterol-lowering drugs appear to have developed a false sense of security that could lead to heart disease and other obesity-related illnesses.

Patients who receive clot-busting drug within first hour of symptoms are more likely to survive, preserve brain function and reduce disability.

$100 million from Lynne and Marc Benioff, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will fund 10-year program to reduce childhood death from prematurity.

Study in rats shows that a common hypertension drug can nearly eliminate the epilepsy that often follows severe head injury. Nearly one in five cases of epilepsy is the result of head trauma.

UC has played a significant role in the development of vaccines that have saved countless lives.

Despite its potentially harmful effects in children, codeine continues to be prescribed in U.S. emergency rooms.

Veterinary clinic provides free services — and holiday gift baskets — for animals whose humans are down on their luck.