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Thursday, March 3, 2016
Cyber attacks against health care systems are on the rise, putting sensitive patient data at risk and law enforcement authorities on alert. Hackers penetrating networks and then demanding money for encrypted information is a growing trend. In February, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center paid a $17,000 ransom to attackers who had... Read More »
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016
By the time you finish reading this article — about four minutes — someone in America will have had a stroke. In fact, nearly 800,000 people have strokes in the United States every year. It’s the fifth leading cause of death and one of the leading causes of disability, according... Read More »
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Wednesday, March 2, 2016
USC Capital Construction and Development (CCD) recently modified traffic lanes on Alcazar Street as part of the ongoing HSC Beautification Project. The modifications will be in place through May to accommodate sidewalk and street construction on the south side of Alcazar between San Pablo and Soto streets. Employees entering the... Read More »
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016
The USC School of Pharmacy announced the grand opening of its new Walgreens Conference Room with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Feb. 26. Nearly 18 months in the making, the state-of-the-art conference and learning center, located on the second floor of the John Stauffer Pharmaceutical Sciences Center on the Health Sciences... Read More »
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Tuesday, March 1, 2016
We can learn a lot from fly brains, according to Ismael Fernández-Hernández, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Michael Bonaguidi, PhD. Fernández-Hernández is an accomplished researcher who showed that adult fruit flies have the potential for replenishing brain cells lost to disease, injury or aging.... Read More »
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Monday, February 29, 2016
Conducting hepatitis B screenings at local health fairs is one way that members of the Keck School of Medicine’s Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) give back. The students join forces with the Asian Pacific Liver Center to check for the disease, which touches the lives of Asian and... Read More »
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Monday, February 29, 2016
Once a month, up to 60 local high school students join volunteers from the Primary Care Physician Assistant (PA) Program at Keck School of Medicine of USC for the Pipeline Program, which teaches these students knowledge and skills that could transform their future careers. This program was one of the... Read More »
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Sunday, February 28, 2016
As the chief diversity officer for the American Association of Medical Colleges, Marc Nivet has a message you’d never expect: Diversity is not good. “There is nothing inherently good about diversity, there’s nothing magical about diversity,” Nivet said during a Feb. 17 lecture at Mayer Auditorium. “What is required to... Read More »
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Sunday, February 28, 2016
Building and supporting a diverse campus community is a cornerstone principle of the Keck School of Medicine of USC. The School has a multi-pronged plan to support that principle — building a pipeline of interested and qualified students, supporting those students when they come to the Keck School, and attracting... Read More »
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Friday, February 26, 2016
For patients in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, a routine check-up can bring up topics out of the norm for practicing physicians. As a result, students from the Keck School of Medicine of USC are taking strides to improve health care workers’ understanding of the issues. [caption... Read More »
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Friday, February 26, 2016
Even the most diverse student body can feel alienated and underrepresented if there isn’t a diverse faculty to match it. The Keck School of Medicine of USC has a proud heritage of diversity and is taking steps to further develop and maintain a diverse faculty and staff. Jeffrey Upperman, MD,... Read More »