-
Monday, June 26, 2017
A transformative report published May 22 by a United Nations-backed group will set the health and human rights agenda for women, children and adolescents over the next decade. Calling for bold leadership and action to realize rights “to health and through health,” the report was endorsed as a blueprint for action by... Read More »
-
Monday, June 26, 2017
Can a fish with a malformed jaw tell us something about hearing loss in mice and humans? The answer is yes, according to a new publication in Scientific Reports. In a twist of evolution, the structures supporting the jaws of ancestral fish gave rise to three tiny bones in the... Read More »
-
Monday, June 26, 2017
Vaughn A. Starnes, MD, Distinguished Professor and chair of surgery, and H. Russell Smith Foundation Chair for Stem Cell and Cardiovascular Thoracic Research at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has appointed Craig J. Baker, MD, professor of clinical surgery (educational scholar), to the position of chief of the... Read More »
-
Monday, June 19, 2017
Researchers have determined that the fossils of an extinct species from the Triassic Period are the long-missing link that connects Kermit the Frog’s amphibian brethren to wormlike creatures with a backbone and two rows of sharp teeth. Named Chinlestegophis jenkinsi, the newfound fossil is the oldest relative of the most... Read More »
-
Friday, June 16, 2017
Hundreds of cancer survivors, caregivers, friends and family members gathered June 3 for the 27th Annual Festival of Life, a yearly celebration of health and hope at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, and held on the Health Sciences Campus. The event, led by Art Ulene, MD, USC Norris Ambassador,... Read More »
-
Friday, June 16, 2017
Sixteen of the world’s top Alzheimer’s disease researchers shared their unpublished research at a symposium designed to fast track prevention, treatment and a cure for the debilitating disease that affects 1 in 3 seniors. Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC and director of... Read More »
-
Friday, June 16, 2017
On May 18, Pasadena Magazine partnered with Keck Medicine of USC and BMW of Monrovia to host the biannual “Women in Business Luncheon.” Shawn Sheffield, MBA, MHSA, chief strategy officer of Keck Medicine, opened the luncheon and welcomed guests including best-selling author Lian Dolan; Kristen Miller, head of content innovation at... Read More »
-
Friday, June 16, 2017
Author Samantha Dunn sat down with Sunita Puri, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and medical director for palliative care at Keck Medical Center of USC, to discuss Dunn’s memoir Not by Accident: Reconstructing a Careless Life, which chronicles the author’s sudden,... Read More »
-
Friday, June 16, 2017
Jay R. Lieberman, MD, chair and professor of orthopaedic surgery at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has received a five-year, $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases to research gene therapy to enhance repair of extensive bone... Read More »
-
Friday, June 16, 2017
Enrollment is now underway for a pilot study of the world’s first smartphone app capable of collecting large amounts of clinical, imaging and genetic data for people with multiple sclerosis (MS). [caption id="attachment_7226" align="alignright" width="159"] (Image/Keck School of Medicine of USC)[/caption] myMS is user-friendly app, developed by Daniel Pelletier, MD,... Read More »
-
Friday, June 16, 2017
Imagine yourself relaxing at the beach when the worst happens — someone notices a boy in trouble in the water. In the mad rush to get him to shore, you have two choices: wait for emergency responders to arrive or start administering CPR yourself. Your decision could be the difference... Read More »