Tobacco companies hook kids on sugary drinks
March 15, 2019
Tobacco conglomerates that used colors, flavors and marketing techniques to entice children as future smokers transferred these same strategies to sweetened beverages when they bought food and drinks companies starting in 1963, according to a study by researchers at UC San Francisco. The study,... 
Michael Cabana appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
February 22, 2019
Congratulations to Michael Cabana, MD, MPH, chair of pediatrics and national asthma expert, on his appointment to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force! Cabana's work with the Task Force will serve children's health by making evidence-based recommendations on preventive services.
Dr. Cabana is... 
The average sticker price for U.S. childbirth: $32,093
February 01, 2019
The U.S. is the most expensive country in the world to give birth. But most hospitals won’t tell patients how much delivery and care costs until after the baby is born.
Why it matters: The average sticker price for childbirth in the U.S. is $32,093, and even insurance doesn’t take care of all of it... 
State Preemption to Prevent Local Taxation of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
January 25, 2019
The beverage industry is using a strategy called preemption that poses a serious threat to the ability of localities to levy a soda tax on sugary beverages which reduces consumption and generates revenues to promote public health. Published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Dr. Margot Kushel, MD, and Susan Chapman, new directors of the National Clinician Scholars Program
January 20, 2019
UC San Francisco is partnering with the National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP), an interdisciplinary research consortium for physicians and nurses, to drive innovation and improvements in health equity and health care.Dr. Margot Kushel, MD, of the School of Medicine, and faculty member of the... 