Creativity, curiosity and extraordinary storytelling are on full display in the winners of the eighth annual Synapse ...

Health equity has become a key focus in healthcare and biomedical research. However, in clinical trials, equity is often only addressed during the recruitment phase, when clinicians discuss with ...

Originally published in Synapse on May 25, 1989. The eyes of medical professionals and legislators throughout the nation will be trained on New York this summer as unprecedented regulations limiting ...

Last month, Dr. Jennifer Cocohoba from the School of Pharmacy set out to answer this question as UCSF’s 2026 Last Lecture awardee, which was nominated by student vote. And judging by the attendance, ...

A week before I gave birth last February, the research team I work with published a study in a prominent scientific journal on how paid family leave affects maternal and child health. The study found ...

I returned to the Patient Support Corps this past year as a medical student and was reminded that many of the formative lessons that I learned about healthcare in general were ones I learned before my ...

Every time you step into a political argument, you’re not simply debating another person – there is a battle happening in your mind that you can’t quite see: it isn’t a clash between political ...

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in healthcare refer to specific measurable performance metrics assessing the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality of care provided by organizations to understand ...

Hunger is a natural part of life, but have you ever stopped to consider why you’re feeling hungry? Understanding the difference between physiological and psychological hunger can help you make more ...

In his essay “Resistance to Civil Government, or Civil Disobedience,” Henry David Thoreau writes: “Can there not be a government in which the majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but ...

In the quiet uncertainty of an emergency department, a woman in gut-wrenching pain arrives, unable to catch a breath. Within a matter of minutes, Dr. Sally Graglia completes a point-of-care ultrasound ...

A 6-year-old girl rushes into an emergency room (ER) on a gurney, her chest violently heaving as her lungs beg for oxygen. Her uncontrollable wheezing indicates something more severe as she is placed ...