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Thursday, October 13, 2016
It might surprise you to learn that your cranium is not one continuous smooth bone encasing your brain. It’s actually composed of eight bones, separated by fibrous joints, to give your skull flexibility. That’s the reason babies have “soft spots” and your brain was able to continue growing unabated throughout... Read More »
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
[caption id="attachment_6307" align="alignright" width="262"] Some 5 percent of all epilepsy cases (and 20 percent of symptomatic epilepsy cases) arise from traumatic brain injury, such as blows to the temporal lobe (shown in red).(Image/Arthur W. Toga, USC Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, USC Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute)[/caption] The USC Laboratory of... Read More »
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
[caption id="attachment_6299" align="alignright" width="300"] Judith D. Tamkin welcomes guests to the first annual USC Judith D. Tamkin International Symposium on Elder Abuse held in Los Angeles on September 15 and 16. (Photo/Claire Norman)[/caption] Guests were welcomed from across the globe to gather in Los Angeles recently for the first annual... Read More »
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Wednesday, October 12, 2016
A prestigious national student organization has established a new chapter at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Twenty-five members of the Keck School’s class of 2017 were inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society (GHHS) on Sept. 7 in Aresty Auditorium on the Health Sciences Campus. The GHHS is... Read More »
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Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Leaders from Keck Medicine of USC and the Keck School of Medicine of USC were on hand Sept. 14 to formally welcome Steven Siegel, MD, PhD, as chair of the Department of Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences. At a reception held in the Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center Auditorium,... Read More »
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Friday, October 7, 2016
[caption id="attachment_6295" align="alignright" width="200"] From left, David Lee, Terence Sanger (seated) and USC President C. L. Max Nikias smile during the installation of the David L. Lee and Simon Ramo Chair in Health Science and Technology, held Sept. 29 at the Broad CIRM Center Auditorium.[/caption] A new chair named in... Read More »
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Thursday, October 6, 2016
To honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a cancer survivor joined a team of physicians and staff from Keck Medicine of USC on the field during the Oct. 1 USC Trojan football game against Arizona State, while a group of nurses presented the game ball and administered the coin toss. Annette... Read More »
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Tuesday, October 4, 2016
A new farmers market has opened at Hazard Park, offering fresh fruits and vegetables, flowers and hot food from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays on Norfolk Street across from Keck Hospital Gold Lobby. The market is open to the public and a portion of the market’s proceeds will benefit... Read More »
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Tuesday, October 4, 2016
The winners of the 2016 Meira and Shaul G. Massry Prize are a trio of scientists — Gero Miesenboeck, Peter Hegemann and Karl Deisseroth — whose research paved the way for a breakthrough technology called optogenetics that has revolutionized the way scientists study the brain. Optogenetics allows scientists to turn... Read More »
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Monday, October 3, 2016
When it comes to eating healthfully and staying active, not all neighborhoods are created equal. [caption id="attachment_6276" align="alignright" width="199"] USC Fit Families is among the dozens of programs that benefit from the Good Neighbors Campaign. (Photo/Dietmar Quistorf)[/caption] The community just east of USC’s Health Sciences Campus is one of L.A.’s... Read More »
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Friday, September 30, 2016
The Family Medicine Interest Group (FMIG) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC recently received a Program of Excellence Award based on their commitment to engaging students interested in pursuing family medicine. One of only 10 schools to be awarded for overall excellence nationally, the Keck School of Medicine... Read More »