In Wisconsin, a successful Halloween was measured by the stack of loot you took home. Stuff like Snickers or What-cha-ma-call ...

Props serve a key democratic role between the public and lawmakers, allowing voters to directly impact policymaking in the ...

A single ring slid back and forth across its knuckles. Its arms were thin and around its neck it wore an amulet made of ...

On Oct. 8, dozens of UCSF students wearing scrubs, white coats, lab coats and stethoscopes, laid motionless across the ...

Originally published in Synapse on November 3, 2011.

Third place winner in the Synapse Storytelling Contest poetry category. They walked long and sinuous paths Alone on the roads, away from the past Shoulder to lean on at the inn A hand to hold tight in ...

A 6-year-old girl rushes into an emergency room (ER) on a gurney, her chest violently heaving as her lungs beg for oxygen. Her uncontrollable wheezing indicates something more severe as she is placed ...

Not a day goes without me wondering about how messy an affair it is to be human. The emotional turmoil, the pain, the resentment, the anxieties of it all. [Third place winner in the Synapse ...

Originally published in Synapse on October 14, 1993. Greg Hayner, PharmD (UCSF class of ‘77), has been working at the Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic Detox Center for 14 years — 10 as chief ...