New study implicates flavored e-cigs in teen vaping epidemic

A new study has found that teens who vape candy- or fruit-flavored e-cigarettes are more likely to stick with the habit and vape more heavily, implicating flavors in the teen vaping epidemic.

The study — published online Oct. 28 in Read More »

October 29th, 2019|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Open enrollment begins for 2020 benefits through Nov. 18

USC benefits-eligible employees have a chance to re-enroll in benefits during this year’s open enrollment during the sign-up period, which began Oct. 28 and runs through Nov. 18.

By enrolling during the open period, employees have access to discounts via the Read More »

October 28th, 2019|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Keck Medicine offers telemedicine appointments for patients

As one of the clinicians in the Cancer Survivorship Program at USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Yasmeen Khan, PA-C, guides patients through their next steps after completing their cancer treatment. By sitting down with each patient, she is able to Read More »

October 28th, 2019|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

To fix hearing loss, patient follows department chair to Keck Medicine

As a husband and father, an emergency medicine physician and volunteer medic with the San Luis Obispo Sheriff ’s Office Special Enforcement Detail, Kristopher Lyon, MD, had an increasingly busy life. And a noisy one. 

Then one Read More »

October 24th, 2019|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

New study reveals why breast cancer spreads to the brain

Most cancers kill because tumor cells spread beyond the primary site to invade other organs. Now, a USC study of brain-invading breast cancer cells circulating in the blood reveals they have a molecular signature indicating specific organ preferences.

The findings, which Read More »

October 24th, 2019|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|