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Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Air pollution can wreak havoc on the respiratory systems of healthy people, so it's to be expected that it would have an even more damaging effect on people with COVID-19. A recent study by the Keck School of Medicine of USC investigated the seriousness of the problem and found startling... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Duke Han, PhD, director of neuropsychology in the Department of Family Medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has led a team of researchers in a study measuring the vulnerability of older adults to financial exploitation. Their research concluded that the key predictor is social dissatisfaction, such as... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Cheaper generic alternatives to brand-name drugs are supposed to save consumers and the healthcare system money. But a new USC Schaeffer Center white paper highlights tactics used by intermediaries in the pharmaceutical distribution system — including pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) and insurers — that are making what should be inexpensive medicines... Read More »
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Stewart Fordham, MD, a former physician and faculty member in radiology at the University of California and its then partnering hospital — Los Angeles County and USC Medical Center — has a vision: a day when every individual has an annual MRI to detect disease early, when it is most... Read More »
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Narsing Rao, MD, one of the University of California's foremost educators, researchers, clinicians and leaders, has ensured that his passion for teaching will impact generations to come by making a generous gift to establish the Narsing Rao, MD, Endowed Lectureship Fund at the USC Roski Eye Institute, part of Keck... Read More »
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022
To better understand health disparities among underserved communities, biomedical engineer Ritika Chaturvedi, PhD, has led the creation of American Life in Realtime, a first-of-its kind comprehensive digital health dataset representative of all demographic populations in the United States. “Leaving out large portions of the population in these studies inevitably leads... Read More »
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022
When administered soon after the onset of acute ischemic stroke, current approved treatments for the condition can dramatically improve patient outcomes. However, not all patients are cured, and approved treatments also carry risks, including cerebral hemorrhage or bleeding into the brain. Now, a novel second-generation variant of a naturally occurring... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Lisa W. Goldstone, PharmD, MS, associate professor of clinical pharmacy at the USC School of Pharmacy, is an expert in matters of mental health. She has over 25 years of experience working as a board-certified psychiatric pharmacist and is a national leader in psychiatric pharmacy. She served as president of the College... Read More »
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Up to three out of every 1,000 infants in the United States are born with profound hearing loss. Typically, infants with hearing loss are first treated with hearing aids, and if these fail to help them develop early language and speech skills, they then become eligible for cochlear implants at... Read More »
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Thursday, May 19, 2022
According to the American Cancer Society, one in eight men will receive a prostate cancer diagnosis in his lifetime and about one in 40 will die as a result. A Keck Medicine of USC research team has now developed an innovative treatment for prostate cancer, known as synthetic immune receptor... Read More »
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Thursday, May 19, 2022
Populations underrepresented in clinical trials face worse health outcomes that will cost the United States trillions of dollars over the next three decades, according to a new report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine. The committee relied on economic projections developed using the USC Schaeffer Center’s Future Elderly Model... Read More »