UCSF Medical Center

San Francisco First: Experimental Surgery, Superhero Foundation Myth

U.C. San Francisco Reports Young Rapscallion Book-Selling Scam

U.C. San Francisco has put out the word that anyone who receives an offer to buy books to supposedly benefit the city's Children's Hospital should do what those confronted with books did in Ray Bradbury's Farenheit 411: Call the authorities. Hospital officials have received reports of young men goin ... More >>

Bogus UCSF Hospital Booksellers Just the Latest Scammers From Shady Company

On Monday, we noted that San Franciscans were reporting door-to-door booksellers claiming to be fund-raising for UCSF Children's Hospital -- which was news to hospital officials. The UCSF Police have since confirmed that Terry Brisendine of the Michigan-based magazine clearinghouse World Wide Circul ... More >>

In Sickness and in Wealth

It's merge or be merged out for teaching hospitals like Stanford's and UCSF's

Stem-cell stalemate: The push for cures may produce only disappointment - or worse

It's merge or be merged out for teaching hospitals like Stanford's and UCSF's

Whistleblower

By most accounts, David Kessler's four years as UCSF's medical school dean were a rip-roaring success. So why was he fired?

UCSF Is First Hospital in California with a Musician in Residence

By most accounts, David Kessler's four years as UCSF's medical school dean were a rip-roaring success. So why was he fired?

Roll of the Die - Human Life Speculators Bet on Elder Deaths

By most accounts, David Kessler's four years as UCSF's medical school dean were a rip-roaring success. So why was he fired?

Sex and Sensuality

Touchy-feely “researchers” want to build community through the practice of orgasmic meditation — one stroke at a time

Psycho Dogs

What makes canines go crazy? The answer is in their genes.

Grave Anatomy

What makes canines go crazy? The answer is in their genes.

Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man

The painter, the landlord, and the $80,000 dispute over a life's work

Letters to the Editor

Week of Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Letters and the Editor

Messages from a repellent AIDS "activist" and other items of interest, put in self-serving context by Weekly Editor John Mecklin

Best Cheap Food Court

Milberry Student Union Plaza

Do the Right Thing

Everything we know we've learned from documentaries

Best Children's Hospital

UCSF Children's Hospital

Best Walk

Edgewood Avenue

Too Young to Die

They are the "AIDS babies." Born before doctors learned how to prevent HIV transmission to newborns, hundreds of California kids are growing up under the burden of a deadly disease.

Dog Bites

They are the "AIDS babies." Born before doctors learned how to prevent HIV transmission to newborns, hundreds of California kids are growing up under the burden of a deadly disease.

Let's Make Appeal

UCSF-Stanford merger challenged directly in appellate court

Vital Vidal

A serious talk with Sassoon on his official day in S.F.

Unspun

A serious talk with Sassoon on his official day in S.F.

Daring Daylght Merger

A serious talk with Sassoon on his official day in S.F.

Giving Away the Hospital

University of California regents are set to vote next week on finalizing a merger of the UCSF Medical Center with Stanford University's health service. Supporters claim the merger -- a transfer of $380 million in public assets to the private sector -- is

The Merger's Tangled Web

University of California regents are set to vote next week on finalizing a merger of the UCSF Medical Center with Stanford University's health service. Supporters claim the merger -- a transfer of $380 million in public assets to the private sector -- is

The Grid

University of California regents are set to vote next week on finalizing a merger of the UCSF Medical Center with Stanford University's health service. Supporters claim the merger -- a transfer of $380 million in public assets to the private sector -- is

The Jerk-Off Boys

Crank callers beseige crisis lines, and little can be done to stop -- or help -- them

SF Gov InAction: Peace Between Bloggers and Journalists for Our Time!

Print journalists and bloggers are feuding again. It's a quiet feud so far -- an incendiary article here, a subtle dig in a blog post there -- but it's real, it's between people I know and respect, and it makes me want to hide under the bed the way I did when the monsters attacked mommy and dad ... More >>

Activist's Blackberry Stolen From His Bedside at UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion Hospital Room -- Authorities Suspect Employee

Photo | Bonnie Powell / UC BerkeleyGideon Sofer On the evening of May 10, Gideon Sofer lay in a UCSF Medical Center Mount Zion hospital bed. A 23-year-old U.C. Berkeley graduate, noted advocate for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), and stamp collector, Sofer recently created his o ... More >>

Mount Zion Won't Fully Reimburse Patient For Blackberry Stolen From Hospital Room

Photo l Bonnie Powell / UC Berkeley Gideon Sofer​ ​The investigation into the mysterious disappearance of Gideon Sofer's Blackberry from his hospital room at UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion is ongoing. But in the meantime, patient relations has offered Sofer just $100 to replace t ... More >>

Tomorrow, the Crookedest Street in the World Becomes Candy Land

Lombard Street will look something like this on Wednesday.​If you pass by the windy bit of Lombard Street tomorrow morning and see visions of lollipop trees and gumdrop lanes, don't worry: It isn't a bad acid trip. SFist reports that the iconic portion of the boulevard will be closed down and deco ... More >>

State Agency Grants Signal Shift Away from Embryonic Stem Cells

In an April cover story, we looked at the dilemma facing the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state agency created through Proposition 71 to fund stem-cell research: Should the landmark agency direct the remainder of its $3 billion in research funds towards "adult" stem cel ... More >>

Your Farmers' Market Shopping Guide

In an April cover story, we looked at the dilemma facing the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state agency created through Proposition 71 to fund stem-cell research: Should the landmark agency direct the remainder of its $3 billion in research funds towards "adult" stem cel ... More >>

Matt Smith: S.F.'s universal health care program creates long lines

In an April cover story, we looked at the dilemma facing the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the state agency created through Proposition 71 to fund stem-cell research: Should the landmark agency direct the remainder of its $3 billion in research funds towards "adult" stem cel ... More >>

Copper Wire Thefts Leave City Powerless -- Literally

The path to riches, or premature death -- or both? ​Scrap dealers on the lookout for a stolen 600-pound church bell can now keep their eyes peeled for more hot metal -- the city is undergoing a spate of copper wiring thefts. San Francisco Police have been called in to at least a dozen copper wire ... More >>

Mount Sutro battle pits tree lovers against native-plant lovers

The path to riches, or premature death -- or both? ​Scrap dealers on the lookout for a stolen 600-pound church bell can now keep their eyes peeled for more hot metal -- the city is undergoing a spate of copper wiring thefts. San Francisco Police have been called in to at least a dozen copper wire ... More >>

LGBT Equality: Bay Area Hospitals Are Leading the Country

Human Rights Commissioner Cecilia Chung stars in the video on LGBT healthcare equality. ​Here is some good news coming on the heels of Gay Pride: Hospitals in the Bay Area -- San Francisco in particular -- are way ahead of the curve when it comes to how they treat LGBT patients, according to a Hum ... More >>

UCSF Medical Center, SF General Fined for Surgical Screw-Ups

​UCSF Medical Center and San Francisco General Hospital have both been fined tens of thousands of dollars for operating-room mishaps, the California Department of Public Health announced today.The two are among 14 major hospitals against which state health officials issued sanctions, including top ... More >>