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Monday, April 13, 2015
If there’s a cure for male pattern baldness, it might hurt a little. A team led by USC Stem Cell Principal Investigator Cheng-Ming Chuong, MD, PhD, has demonstrated that by plucking 200 hairs in a specific pattern and density, they can induce up to 1,200 replacement hairs to grow in... Read More »
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Monday, April 13, 2015
Over the last few months, the Ramona Gardens housing development in the Boyle Heights neighborhood has been home to a community-wide movement led by local residents-turned-health educators, known in Spanish as promotoras. As part of an evidence-based health education program on heart disease, diabetes and cancer, aptly named “Ahora es... Read More »
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Monday, April 13, 2015
In Las Vegas, where good luck is everyone’s dream, a chance meeting in 2013 put two men — one a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist, the other a renowned physician and author — on a path that they hope will change medicine and save the lives of countless cancer patients.... Read More »
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Sunday, April 12, 2015
Celebrated Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko recently recited a selection of his work at the 5th Annual Vladimir Zelman Distinguished and Endowed Lectureship presented by the Department of Anesthesiology at Keck School of Medicine of USC and sponsored by the Guilford and Diane Glazer Foundation. Among Yevtushenko’s readings was the poem... Read More »
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Friday, April 10, 2015
Keck Medicine of USC and Cerner Corporation recently hosted more than 100 nursing leaders from across the country during the 2015 CNO Forum. Participants received education on industry topics related to nursing and spent time networking with peers during the three-day conference that began March 31 with a welcome reception... Read More »
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Friday, April 10, 2015
U.S. health care is in dire need of repair, said David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, during a March 31 talk titled “Creating a High Performing Health System” in the Keck School of Medicine’s Dean’s Distinguished Lecturer Series. A former national coordinator for health information technology in the Obama Administration, Blumenthal has... Read More »
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Friday, April 10, 2015
A web-based app that monitors and displays an array of surgical data in real time has been unveiled at Keck Hospital of USC. The Perioperative QlikView App displays data for the 24 operating rooms in the Main OR. The app allows physicians and staff to view and analyze data related... Read More »
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Friday, April 10, 2015
In an emergency, life-saving information will now appear in the first place you’re likely to look — your smart phone. KeckAlert, a new mobile emergency information app, is available solely for the use of Keck Medicine of USC staff members. The app will allow users across the enterprise to access... Read More »
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Friday, April 10, 2015
Stephen B. Gruber, MD, director of USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, recently hosted physicians and researchers from the National University Singapore’s Cancer Science Institute. The first Bi-National Cancer Symposium, USC-Singapore, was held March 26. The delegation from Singapore included Khay-Guan Yeho, MMed, deputy chief executive of the National University Health... Read More »
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Friday, April 10, 2015
Fresh from a meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House, American Medical Association President Robert Wah, MD, stopped by Keck Medical Center of USC to discuss the Affordable Care Act, regulatory hurdles facing physicians and historic legislation that could impact health care payments. “The cost of health care... Read More »
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Friday, April 10, 2015
Jay R. Lieberman, MD, is the new president of the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons (AAHKS). He is professor and chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and director of the Institute of Orthopaedics at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and an internationally renowned total joint... Read More »