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Monday, March 9, 2015
A 20-year study by Keck Medicine of USC scientists has found that millennial children in Southern California breathe easier than ones who came of age in the `90s. The gains in lung function paralleled improving air quality in the communities studied — and across the L.A. basin — as policies... Read More »
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Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Los Angeles city and county policymakers and educational institutions laid the groundwork for a biotechnology strategy at a Feb. 26 summit on the USC Health Sciences Campus. The Los Angeles Biotech Summit drew leaders from business, academia and government to discuss ways to build the industry and, in turn, create... Read More »
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Friday, February 27, 2015
Keck Medicine of USC physicians have been awarded funding to explore the effectiveness of new non-invasive ultrasound-based techniques to screen liver transplant patients for potentially deadly disease. This is one of the several investigator-initiated research grants secured recently by the Department of Radiology. Edward Grant, MD, chair of the Department... Read More »
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Friday, February 27, 2015
Older people who have sleep problems found more relief from a mindful meditation program than from a conventional sleep education program, Keck Medicine of USC researchers have found. In a clinical trial of 49 people in Los Angeles 55 and older, scientists from USC and UCLA discovered that participants in... Read More »
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Friday, February 27, 2015
It sounds like something straight out of science fiction: Robots zap danger surrounding them. But for Keck Medical Center of USC, the new devices are powerful tools in the fight against the spread of disease and infection. Xenex ultraviolet robots, which stand about five feet tall and emit pulses of... Read More »
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Friday, February 27, 2015
Emeritus Professor Shaul G. Massry, MD, was awarded the Distinguished Faculty Award and two graduates of the Keck School of Medicine of USC received alumni awards at the second Keck Scholarship Gala on Saturday, March 7, at Town & Gown on the University Park Campus. The annual celebration of donors... Read More »
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Friday, February 27, 2015
Heart health goes mobile and social with the release of BioGram, a new mobile app that is the first to allow heart rates to be shared with a photo. Created by the cardiologist experts at the USC Center for Body Computing (CBC) along with collaborators at the USC Viterbi School... Read More »
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Friday, February 27, 2015
When it comes to fresh fruit and veggies, East Los Angeles can be a desert of unhealthiness. That’s why USC’s Fit Families program is an oasis of sorts in places like Boyle Heights, El Sereno and Lincoln Heights, where fast-food outlets far outnumber grocery stores. The free health-and-wellness program every... Read More »
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Friday, February 27, 2015
More than a dozen speakers from Keck Medicine of USC and other medical institutions shared their research and insights with attendees during the Diabetes and Obesity Research Symposium held Feb. 17-18 on the HSC campus.... Read More »
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Saturday, February 14, 2015
A multi-institutional team of hearing and communication experts led by the Keck School of Medicine of USC is breaking sound barriers for children born without a hearing nerve in a clinical trial backed by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Launched in March 2014, the three-year study has enrolled five... Read More »
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Friday, February 13, 2015
The Keck School of Medicine of USC climbed 30 spots in two years to join the country’s 10 highest funded medical schools by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for 2014 otolaryngology research, according to an independent analysis by the non-profit Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research. [caption id="attachment_3533" align="alignright"... Read More »