UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland

Study allows families to try food as medicine

By Drew Costley | November 2, 2017

Sherrie Lowe, right, cooks jambalaya from scratch for the first time while her daughter, Armajah Elliott watches. Lowe and her family recently participated in a study in which researchers at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland delivered "food prescriptions" to the homes of prediabetic and diabetic children and their families.

A new study from UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland and All In Alameda researched the effects of providing “food prescriptions” to prediabetic children and their families.

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Raiders visit Children’s Hospital Oakland

By Allie George | October 1, 2015

Amari Cooper joins in a game of Jenga with seven-year-old Melania Bevu (far right) and her siblings, Ruth (left) and Jim.

A visit from Oakland Raiders football players brightened the day for patients, families, and medical staff at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.

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Children’s Hospital’s new center to focus on preventive healthcare programs

By Noelia González | May 8, 2015

The Center for Community Health and Engagement (CCHE) will work inside Children's Hospital Oakland. Photo by Noelia González.

After almost two years of planning, on April 28, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland announced that its Center for Community Health and Engagement had been born. What they call “The Center” will function within Children’s Hospital to coordinate programs focusing on preventive healthcare for children and their families. “The hospital has a huge community benefit portfolio,”…

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