Since the second-wave feminist movement of the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s to the debate over reproductive rights and the global phenomenon of #MeToo, a number of social and political factors have brought increased attention to issues of sexual violence and … Read More »
If you’re looking to shed a few pounds, you might be tempted to try out popular new approaches like the keto diet or fasting.
But you might be unwittingly worsening a problem you don’t even know you have: a fatty liver.
Doctors … Read More »
In the string of small farm towns that stretches south from California’s Salton Sea toward the border with Mexico, pretty much everyone knows someone with asthma.
As many as three of every 10 people report having the disease in … Read More »
Meredith Braskie, PhD, assistant professor of neurology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been named director of education for the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (INI) effective Aug. 1. Braskie, who studies … Read More »
Researchers from the street medicine team at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed “HOUSED BEDS,” the first published tool designed specifically to help outreach teams clearly assess the situation of unsheltered homeless patients. This … Read More »
USC President Carol L. Folt announced the selection of Charles F. Zukoski as the university’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, effective Oct. 1. He will hold the Shelly and Ofer Nemirovsky Provost’s Chair.
A skilled administrator, researcher … Read More »
Nurse Gabrielle Johnson grabs a backpack bursting with medical supplies from the backseat of her Chevy Colorado and jogs across under a freeway overpass in Boyle Heights to see her first patient. Brett Feldman, MSPAS, PA-C, a … Read More »
Scientists at USC and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) have discovered a potential novel target for treating glioblastoma, the deadly brain cancer that took the life of U.S. Sen. John McCain and kills 15,000 Americans a year.
The target … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC is proud to be named the official orthopaedic medical partner of the Los Angeles Kings hockey team. Esteemed physicians from the USC Epstein Family Center for Sports Medicine at Keck Medicine will treat … Read More »
Nearly one in 30 Americans over the age of 40 experience low vision — significant visual impairment that can’t be corrected with glasses, contact lenses, medication or surgery.
In a new study of patients with retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited degenerative … Read More »
Taking their first steps in the journey to become Doctors of Pharmacy, the 197 members of the Class of 2023 walked into the annual USC School of Pharmacy White Coat Ceremony on the Harry and Celesta Pappas Quad on Aug. … Read More »
The USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy’s Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Class of 2022 donned their white coats for the first time at the 2019 White Coat Ceremony on Aug. 22. The ceremony, held on the Broad Lawn … Read More »
On Friday, Aug. 23, at USC’s Health Sciences Campus, 161 Trojan occupational therapy graduate students donned white coats for the first time and pledged an oath to uphold professional values during the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational … Read More »
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) Health Equality Index (HEI) designated Keck Medicine of USC’s hospitals as LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leaders. Both Keck Medical Center — which includes Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital — … Read More »
On the afternoon of Aug. 19, Broad Lawn, located in the center of USC’s Health Sciences Campus, was transformed into a giant candy land. Surrounded by towering cardboard cupcakes and lollipops, visitors milled about, partaking in a variety of sweet … Read More »
Sandy Alcala, MPH, has spent 11 years — as a volunteer, then as a full-time employee — making Keck Medicine of USC a better experience for everyone. Her secrets to success? A deep desire to help people, and a … Read More »
A team of experts at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, in collaboration with The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), has just added a crucial new element – RNA sequencing data — … Read More »
Have you ever wondered how a scientific discovery in the laboratory becomes a new medical treatment for patients in the hospital?
At the public symposium “Bringing Stem Cells to Patients – Treating Age-Related Blindness,” students, families, patients and local community members … Read More »
Better access to on-demand transportation could help older adults miss fewer medical appointments as well as reduce their social isolation to improve their overall health, suggests a new study published in the Journal of mHealth by … Read More »
Jennifer Hsia, USC Student Health’s new behavioral health consultant, knows there are students who don’t seek the help they need for mental health issues.
It could be due to cultural or gender expectations, social pressure to present an image of infallibility … Read More »