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Friday, June 7, 2013
By Leslie Ridgeway Some are the first in their families to graduate from college or earn an advanced degree. Some are parents bringing their small children along while they conduct research, or fitting in classes while working full-time. They come from varied backgrounds with one common purpose — to help... Read More »
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Friday, June 7, 2013
The Albert Schweitzer Fellowship recently named seven USC students to its 2013-14 class of Los Angeles Schweitzer Fellows. (more…)... Read More »
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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 »