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As Prescribed: Homelessness is on the rise for baby boomers
When Dr. Margot Kushel, a professor of medicine and director of the Center for Vulnerable Populations and Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative at UCSF, set out with her colleagues to study homelessness, they made an interesting discovery.
As Prescribed: The road to insulin equity
“With respect to achieving insulin affordability, I think we’re getting closer all the time,” Dr. Suneil Koliwad, an Endocrinologist and an Expert in Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism at UCSF, told KCBS Radio’s “As Prescribed” host Alice Wertz.
UCSF’s BLOOM clinic addresses racial inequity starting in infancy
As racial inequity was thrown into the spotlight in 2020, a group of medical professionals at UCSF began working on a way to improve the lives of Black Americans from infancy. They recently opened a clinic focused on this goal.
San Francisco woman in critical condition after getting pinned under self-driving car
Police are investigating an incident that saw a woman seriously injured after she was hit by a car in a hit-and-run and then pinned under a driverless autonomous taxi in San Francisco on Monday.
As Prescribed: Clearing up COVID, RSV and flu confusion
Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, a professor of medicine at UCSF, joined “As Prescribed” to clear up confusion about COVID-19, the flu and RSV during the first year vaccines are available for all three viral illnesses.
Liam's List: Hands Across The Valley Fundraiser, Valley of The Moon Vintage Festival, Give for Morocco
KCBS Radio’s Foodie Chap Liam Mayclem is here to discuss this Weekend’s events from the Hands Across The Valley Fundraiser to the upcoming Valley of The Moon Fundraiser.
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