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Friday, June 7, 2013
Discovering that mouse hair has a circadian clock — a 24-hour cycle of growth followed by restorative repair — researchers suspect that hair loss in humans from toxic cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy might be minimized if these treatments are given late in the day. The study, which appeared May 20... Read More »
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Friday, June 7, 2013
By Josh Grossberg The frequency of childhood infections is a determinant of adult height, according to a new study recently conducted by a team of researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC led by Wendy Cozen, professor of preventive medicine and pathology, and conducted by Amie Hwang, post-doctoral... Read More »
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
[caption id="attachment_350" align="alignright" width="414"] Photo courtesy Los Angeles County Medical Association[/caption] At a recent Los Angeles County Medical Association mayoral roundtable focusing on health care are, from left: Donald Larsen, chief medical officer and medical director for external health affairs, Keck Medical Center of USC; Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles mayor-elect;... Read More »
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
By Amy E. Hamaker Glen Miller could never have guessed that a 15-year-old X-ray from a snowmobile accident would lead him to the USC doctor who would change his life. [caption id="attachment_347" align="alignright" width="197"] Excellent care and kind treatments prompted Glen Miller and his wife Wendy to help establish the... Read More »
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
As USC celebrates the 40th anniversary of the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Weekly will run in each issue through the end of the year items highlighting key moments in the history of the institution. [caption id="attachment_344" align="alignright" width="265"] Right, donor Kenneth T. Norris Jr. (left) and Denman Hammond,... Read More »
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
By Mike McNulty With one touch last summer, what was just another day in the life of a Trojan graduate student suddenly became something much more. [caption id="attachment_341" align="alignright" width="224"] Caryn Roach[/caption] “It was the third day of school and I was in class, touching my neck,” recalled Caryn Roach,... Read More »
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
By Josh Grossberg It’s such a dreaded thing that people often refer to it only by its initial — the C word. But at the Festival of Life on June 1, the letter stood for a lot more than cancer. There was also courage, care and mostly, celebration. [caption id="attachment_334"... Read More »
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Thursday, June 6, 2013
The American Thoracic Society awarded its highest recognition, the Edward Livingston Trudeau Medal, to Jonathan M. Samet, professor and Flora L. Thornton Chair in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, at its annual meeting May 19. (more…)... Read More »
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Monday, June 3, 2013
By Josh Grossberg For patients and visitors to USC Norris Cancer Hospital, the effect of new photographs in the lobby can be subtle, but for the man who took the photographs, they can bring some calm to people during a very stressful time in their life. [caption id="attachment_328" align="alignright" width="216"]... Read More »
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Monday, June 3, 2013
By Paul Karon Whether producing movies that change women's attitudes toward cervical cancer screening, or using mobile technology to keep people with diabetes out of the emergency room, public health research is complex and painstaking work. In many cases, however, the hard part is not the science, but finding the... Read More »