An estimated 5.5 million people in the United States live with Alzheimer’s disease, which is the most common form of dementia.
Keck Medicine of USC is enrolling individuals in an international Phase 3 clinical trial to examine … Read More »
USC faculty members Estela Mara Bensimon, EdD, Yang Chai, DDS, PhD, Steve Kay, PhD, and Shrikanth Narayanan, PhD, have been named University Professors, and Susan Forsburg, PhD, Sherman Jackson, PhD, Behrokh Khoshnevis, PhD, Mahta Moghaddam, PhD, … Read More »
The Health Sciences Campus is playing a special role in the 2020 general election as a vote center for the surrounding community.
The five-day vote center will be located on the first floor of the Soto 1 building at 2001 N. … Read More »
A new Alzheimer’s disease study found that impaired blood flow in the brain is correlated with the buildup of tau tangles, a hallmark indicator of cognitive decline.
The work, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, suggests that … Read More »
Physicians from Keck Medicine of USC again have been recognized by Pasadena Magazine in its annual Top Doctors issue.
The Top Doctors issue lists practicing physicians in Pasadena and surrounding cities in the San Gabriel Valley who are considered by their peers to … Read More »
The emergence of jaws in primitive fish allowed vertebrates to become top predators. What is less appreciated is another evolutionary innovation that may have been just as important for the success of early vertebrates: the formation of covers to protect … Read More »
The same stem cells that heal broken bones can also generate arthritic bone spurs called osteophytes, according to a new study in the Annals of Rheumatic Diseases.
“Although these stem and progenitor cells promote healthy bone repair in other … Read More »
For those responsible for employee health at Keck Medicine of USC, everything changed on Friday the 13th.
On that date in March, they tested the first Keck Medicine worker suspected to have COVID-19.
“That’s when everything exploded,” said … Read More »
Keck Medicine is proud to be listed on the honor roll of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals, but how are those rankings achieved? And how does physician voting play a role?
The Best Hospitals rankings identify medical centers nationwide that … Read More »
Vaughn Starnes, MD, is Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery, and the H. Russell Smith Foundation Chair for Cardiovascular Thoracic Research at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. He is surgeon-in-chief at USC Norris Cancer and … Read More »
Keck Hospital of USC earned an “A” grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national patient safety watchdog, during the Fall 2019 release of the Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades. This rating places Keck Hospital among the safest hospitals in the … Read More »
The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center once again partnered with USC Athletics on Nov. 2 for the annual Cancer Awareness football game. A team of physicians, administrators and patients took the field during halftime of the game against the University … Read More »
Reuters has ranked the University of Southern California (USC) No. 8 on its 2019 list of the Most Innovative Universities in the World. The annual list identifies and ranks educational institutions doing the most to advance … Read More »
A new USC study shows that mint was the most popular flavor of e-cigarettes used by U.S. teens in 2019, a finding that could impact proposed federal regulations intended to rein in soaring e-cig use among youth.
The research, which appeared … Read More »
USC researchers have completed a detailed deconstruction of the kidney, revealing for the first time an intimate portrait of gender differences and more in the organ.
The findings could benefit 37 million Americans suffering from kidney disease by helping to distinguish … Read More »
On Oct. 26, USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH), in conjunction with the YMCA of the Foothills, hosted its free annual health fair for the community in the hospital’s lower parking lot. The yearly event is one of the hospital’s largest … Read More »
November is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, and many people don’t realize that of the 5.8 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease, nearly two-thirds are women. The reason for this striking discrepancy isn’t yet known, and proposed theories range from differences in … Read More »
Most people know that problems with memory and cognition are an early hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, but fewer are aware that in up to 88% of patients, neuropsychiatric issues like depression, anxiety and apathy are also among the first symptoms … Read More »
A new study published in Lancet Oncology reveals that the internet popularity of health awareness campaigns may not always translate into a greater interest in related health behaviors.
Researchers at the Keck School … Read More »
It wasn’t the launch into retirement Mike Fleisher expected. He had just retired on Oct. 1, 2017, and had plans to celebrate the end of his six-days-a-week work schedule by traveling to South America and the Galapagos Islands with his … Read More »