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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Compared to Black and Asian people, white and Hispanic people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias were more likely to be diagnosed with symptoms like depression and agitation, according to a new study from the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics. White and Hispanic people with these diagnoses... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have found that iron is a key regulator of energy usage by immune cells in the lungs, and that targeting iron uptake could help treat asthma and other allergic diseases. The findings show that that iron serves as a gas pedal... Read More »
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Monday, May 13, 2024
In honor of Mother’s Day, the ambulatory infusion teams have distributed roses to patients who visited USC Norris Cancer Day Hospital, the Norris Healthcare Center Treatment Center and Women’s Specialty Care Clinic, as well as Keck Medicine of USC treatment centers in Arcadia, Buena Park, Koreatown, Santa Clarita, Newport Beach... Read More »
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Thursday, May 9, 2024
Keck Medicine of USC has launched the USC Nursing Institute to promote education, leadership development, clinical expertise and research among nurses. The institute will support nurses across the health system’s four hospitals and more than 100 clinic locations to ensure nurses have access to the tools, education and training to provide... Read More »
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Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Keck Medicine of USC hospitals and USC Student Health, part of Keck Medicine, received the ‘LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader’ designation in the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2024 Healthcare Equality Index (HEI). The HEI is the leading national benchmarking survey of health care facility policies and practices dedicated to the equitable treatment and inclusion of... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024
A global team of researchers led by Sook-Lei Liew, PhD, of USC’s Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute, has revealed that areas of age-related damage in the brain relate to motor outcomes after a stroke — a phenomenon that may be under-recognized in stroke research. The study was... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Darius Lakdawalla, PhD, director of research for the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, has become a regular advisory presence on Capitol Hill. In his most recent testimony before the U.S. Senate, he informed lawmakers on drug pricing practices, touched on the idea of the free market and... Read More »
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Monday, May 6, 2024
The Keck School of Medicine of USC's five commencement ceremonies will feature four renowned leaders in medicine, research and public policy. (California’s Surgeon General Diana E. Ramos MD, MPH, MBA, will speak at two ceremonies.) In keeping with the school's tradition and values, these distinguished guests will offer graduates a... Read More »
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Monday, May 6, 2024
Arash Motamed, MD, medical director for operating rooms at Keck Hospital of USC and medical director of sustainability for Keck Medicine of USC, is making Keck Hospital operating rooms more sustainable. [caption id="attachment_15305" align="alignright" width="165"] Arash Motamed, MD (Photo/Ricardo Carrasco III)[/caption] In early 2021, Motamed started an initiative to phase... Read More »
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Wednesday, May 1, 2024
For the eighth time in five years, Keck Hospital of USC has earned an “A” Hospital Safety Grade from The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization. The Leapfrog Group ratings, released every fall and spring, are based on over 30 measures of errors, accidents, injuries, infections and the systems... Read More »
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Tuesday, April 30, 2024
As part of a program commemorating National Donate Life Month, the USC Transplant Institute hosted a flag-raising ceremony on April 17 in front of Keck Hospital of USC. The event aimed to recognize and celebrate eye, organ, and tissue donors, recipients and the physicians who make these donations possible. Every... Read More »