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Monday, May 4, 2015
When it comes to sweeteners, one indulgence makes our brains predisposed to do it again, according to a new study by researchers at Keck Medicine of USC. [caption id="attachment_4019" align="alignright" width="150"] Researcher Kathleen Page, MD, assistant professor of Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC[/caption] In a paper... Read More »
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Friday, May 1, 2015
Keck Medicine of USC is joining with the Demeter, Hubanks and Stoneman Otolaryngology Practice to form USC Otolaryngology Associates in the communities of La Cañada Flintridge and Glendale. As part of the USC Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, the practice becomes part of a world-class team that offers medical... Read More »
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Friday, May 1, 2015
Characterizing associations between socioeconomic factors and children’s brain development, a team including investigators from nine universities across the country reports correlative links between family income and brain structure. Relationships between the brain and family income were strongest in the lowest end of the economic range – suggesting that interventional policies... Read More »
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Thursday, April 30, 2015
A Los Angeles-area health care executive with significant experience in health systems leadership has been appointed as the chief operating officer of Keck Medicine of USC. Rod Hanners will also serve as CEO of Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital, effective June 15. Hanners formerly worked for... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015
Wednesday, May 6 Nursing Awards Reception: Celebrate yourself and your colleagues as we recognize all your hard work. 2:30 p.m., Hoffman Café at Keck Hospital Thursday, May 7 Nursing Excellence Fair: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and 9 – 11 p.m., Silver Room, 1st Floor, Norris Inpatient Tower Friday, May... Read More »
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Monday, April 27, 2015
Longtime community outreach services providers and stakeholders have been convened by HSC Community Partnerships in Civic Engagement at HSC to meet regularly and exchange ideas, discuss best practices and form collaborations. Represented are the School of Pharmacy, Keck Medicine of USC, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, USC Civic Engagement and... Read More »
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Saturday, April 25, 2015
Children are more likely to develop autism if their mothers were diagnosed with gestational diabetes early in pregnancy, a new study shows. Women who receive a new diagnosis of gestational diabetes by the 26th week of pregnancy were 42% more likely to have a child diagnosed later with autism, according... Read More »
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Friday, April 24, 2015
Keck Medicine of USC will soon begin information and training sessions related to a new coding system for reporting of medical diagnoses and in-patient procedures set to begin Oct. 1. The ICD-10, the latest edition and 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases published by the World Health Organization,... Read More »
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Friday, April 24, 2015
Lisa Schamber of the Keck School of Medicine of USC is one of 14 medical students chosen to participate in a two-week ethics program this summer in New York, Germany and Poland. Now in its sixth year of operation, the Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics (FASPE)... Read More »
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Friday, April 24, 2015
A new project will promote early intervention services for children with hearing loss. UniHealth Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to a USC-Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles unit that provides audiology and speech language pathology services to children with hearing loss from birth to adulthood. The Center for Childhood Communication,... Read More »
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Thursday, April 23, 2015
When Norman Levan, MD, passed away at the age of 98, he left a gift totaling $12 million to the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Levan, a professor emeritus and former chief of Dermatology at the Keck School, left $10 million upon his death in May 2014 to support... Read More »