Many autistic children have particular preferences for specific sensory stimuli, like focused interest on the flicker of fluorescent lights, pronounced discomfort from a scratchy T-shirt tag or deep cravings for bear hugs. And yet, while every child with autism has … Read More »
When Rong Lu, PhD, joined the University of California as an assistant professor of stem cell biology and regenerative medicine in 2014, she knew that earning tenure would figuratively require blood, sweat and tears. But after becoming a … Read More »
Newsweek has named Keck Hospital of USC’s Acute Rehabilitation Unit (ARU) one of the top physical rehabilitation centers in California. At No. 13 in the rankings for California, Keck Hospital reached the top 10% … Read More »
Some of the largest public health and medical organizations in the country have declared racism itself a public health crisis, drawing attention to racial discrimination’s harm to health.
Experts from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and across the university have … Read More »
“Rate your pain from 1 to 10.”
Most people who have been to the doctor have probably been asked to answer this question. A new field known as narrative medicine argues that this momentary question misses the point … Read More »