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  • Need access to pediatric care? USCF hospitals introduce mobile care vans

    Need access to pediatric care? USCF hospitals introduce mobile care vans
    2025/06/10
    KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health, presents As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. Pediatric care is hitting the road this summer, as UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals will have vans going directly to children in Contra Costa and Alameda counties. KCBS Radio news reporter Bret Burkhart spoke with Joyclyn Garrette, the "Federally Qualified Health Center Director" at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, about the mobile care van.
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    9 分
  • UCSF speaks on holistic care for cancer survivors

    UCSF speaks on holistic care for cancer survivors
    2025/06/04
    KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health presents, As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. Friday is National Cancer Survivor Awareness Day, a day highlighting the day-to-day life of people who have beaten cancer. KCBS Radio news reporter Bret Burkhart spoke to UCSF Health nurse practitioner Angela Laffan about it.
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    9 分
  • Researchers developing new, more accurate ways to assess brain injuries

    Researchers developing new, more accurate ways to assess brain injuries
    2025/05/27
    KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health, presents As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. Trauma centers nationwide are testing a new way to assess traumatic brain injuries, with hopes of getting more accurate diagnoses and better treatments. KCBS radio anchor and reporter Bret Burkhart spoke with UCSF Neurosurgeon Geoff Manley, who was involved in developing this new framework.
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    9 分
  • UCSF to introduce IBD care specifically for children

    UCSF to introduce IBD care specifically for children
    2025/05/20
    KCBS, in partnership with UCSF Health, presents As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. After offering intestinal ultrasounds to adult patients with IBD, UCSF Benioff Children's will be offering it to its pediatric patients later this year in Walnut Creek. KCBS' Bret Burkhart spoke about it with UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals Dr. Sabina Ali.
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    9 分
  • What are pelvic floor disorders, and why is pelvic health so important?

    What are pelvic floor disorders, and why is pelvic health so important?
    2025/05/13
    KCBS in partnership with UCSF Health presents As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts from UCSF Medical center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals. Pelvic floor disorders affect many women, often bringing symptoms that make day to day life uncomfortable. KCBS Radio reporter Bret Burkhart asks UCSF Health urogynecologist Dr. Abigail Shatkin-Margolis what is defined as a pelvic floor disorder.
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    9 分
  • UCSF opens the first youth wellness center for chronic conditions in the country

    UCSF opens the first youth wellness center for chronic conditions in the country
    2025/05/06
    UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital has a new wellness center to help young patients who are managing chronic conditions. KCBS Radio news reporter Bret Burkhart asks its founder and director Dr. Emily von Scheven about what the Wellness Center for Youth with Chronic Conditions does.
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    8 分
  • Doctors at UCSF Health implant first total artificial heart

    Doctors at UCSF Health implant first total artificial heart
    2025/04/29
    USCF Health has just implanted its first total artificial heart. KCBS Radio reporter Bret Burkhart spoke with Dr. Jason W. Smith, the surgeon who completed the procedure.
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    9 分
  • As Prescribed: Caring for aging loved ones

    As Prescribed: Caring for aging loved ones
    2025/04/23
    Geriatricians play an important role for many older adults to help them continue living a fulfilling life. KCBS’ Bret Burkhart spoke to Dr. Anna Chodos – a geriatrician and professor at UCSF School of Medicine – on this week’s episode of As Prescribed.
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    8 分