• A doctor from the Project Wildfire research team checks the lungs of a woman affected by LA Wildfires

Keck School researchers to launch Project Firestorm

February 19th, 2025

Researchers from Keck School of Medicine of USC are embarking on a rapid-response epidemiological study to investigate the immediate and long-term health impacts of wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires. The goal is to build an evidence ... Read More »

  • A Medicare Part D enrollee considers the cost of his prescription drugs

Medicare beneficiaries face much higher drug costs as plans shift to coinsurance

February 18th, 2025

According to new research from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, expected out of-pocket costs for commonly prescribed brand-name medications have grown substantially for Medicare Part D beneficiaries as drug plans increasingly tie ... Read More »

  • Kimiko Yamada, DPT, associate professor of clinical physical therapy with the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy.

USC Oncology Physical Therapy Residency Program director earns award

February 11th, 2025

Kimiko Yamada, DPT, director of the Oncology Physical Therapy Residency Program at the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy, is receiving national recognition for her efforts to promote and advance physical therapy as a ... Read More »

  • Alcohol stands on a bar shelf

Why some heavy drinkers develop advanced liver disease, while others do not

February 11th, 2025

A new study from Keck Medicine of USC has found that heavy drinkers with either diabetes, high blood pressure or a high waist circumference are as much as 2.4 times more likely to develop advanced liver ... Read More »

  • At Keck Medical Center of USC, Healthcare Center 2 is one of several buildings illuminated red for National Wear Red Day.

Keck Medical Center of USC lights up red to raise awareness of heart disease

February 7th, 2025

What do the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, the Santa Monica Pier Ferris Wheel, the Forever Marilyn sculpture in Palm Springs and Keck Medical Center of USC have in common? They are among Southern California landmarks ... Read More »

  • Sun Young Lee, MD, PhD, of the USC Roski Eye Institute (left) with patient Stephen Singer

After a dozen failed eye surgeries, a patient finds hope and healing

February 5th, 2025

Stephen Singer had endured more than a dozen eye surgeries, and he was still facing the prospect of complete vision loss. He was eventually referred to the USC Roski Eye Institute, where Sun Young Lee, ... Read More »

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