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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States has a heart attack — 805,000 Americans annually. For 75% of those individuals, it’s their first heart attack, making it difficult to act quickly in response to symptoms. At the same time, silent heart attacks (SMIs) account for 45% of heart attacks, meaning... Read More »
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Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Outdoors at Lincoln Park Recreation Center, across the street from the USC Health Sciences Campus, first-year pharmacy student Gabriela Dutra-Clarke carefully administered a dose of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to Jeannie Garcia, a certified nursing assistant. Garcia, who works for Project Homekey — a state program that provides long-term housing for... Read More »
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Tuesday, January 19, 2021
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a few Keck Medicine of USC employees recited a portion of Dr. King's most famous speech, "I Have a Dream," and shared their vision for Keck Medicine. In an email to the Keck Medicine community, the Diversity & Inclusion Executive Steering Committee... Read More »
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Friday, January 15, 2021
Nearly 38 million people around the world are living with HIV, which, with access to treatment, has become a lifelong chronic condition. Understanding how infection changes the brain, especially in the context of aging, is increasingly important for improving both treatment and quality of life. In January, researchers at the... Read More »
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Thursday, January 14, 2021
Sarah Castillo* witnessed firsthand how convalescent plasma — plasma from individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 — can help patients hit hard by the virus. The USC graduate student was living with her parents, brother and uncle in small-town Illinois in May when her uncle became concerned that he may... Read More »
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has spiraled out of control as a more contagious version of the virus spreads, increasing the urgency to quickly vaccinate as many people as possible. Just this week, Los Angeles County and Orange County designated Dodger Stadium and Disneyland as vaccination supersites. Yet polling over the last... Read More »
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States suffers a stroke, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And while stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States, it is much more likely to cause serious disability requiring physical therapy treatment. Physical therapists could... Read More »
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Using stem cells to regenerate parts of the skull, USC scientists partially corrected a skull deformity and reversed learning and memory deficits in young mice with craniosynostosis, a condition estimated to affect 1 in every 2,500 infants born in the United States. The only current therapy is complex surgery within the... Read More »
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Wednesday, January 13, 2021
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital welcomed a New Year's baby and the first child born in 2021. Baby Thomas Vartanian was born to mother Julyana Tekin and father Arbi Vartanian at 4:48 a.m. on Jan. 1. In addition to being able to bring home their newest member, the family also received... Read More »
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Thursday, January 7, 2021
As Keck Medicine of USC has started distributing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine based on guidelines by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), two Keck Medicine experts held a press briefing on Jan. 6 to offer an update on staff vaccinations and future patient and community vaccination efforts. Krist... Read More »
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Tuesday, January 5, 2021
If you’ve ever had a bad case of jet lag, you know how a disruption to your body’s circadian rhythm makes it difficult to function. Molecular circadian “clocks” exist in cells throughout the body, governing more than just sleep and wake cycles — they are crucial to many aspects of... Read More »