About 80 million Americans have fatty liver disease unrelated to alcohol abuse. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is associated with obesity and diabetes, and can lead to more severe liver damage such as nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), cirrhosis and liver cancer. … Read More »
Despite widespread access, there are still wide discrepancies in COVID-19 vaccine coverage in communities across the U.S. Researchers with the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics and Johns Hopkins University assessed the relationship between county COVID-19 vaccination rates … Read More »
USC Research Professor Skip Rizzo thought his mother might like a trip to Rome.
She put on a virtual reality headset, and soon her face was aglow: “Oh! Carl and I used to love this little bar that was right … Read More »
A decade ago, genome sequencing revealed a big surprise: about 50 percent of human cancers are linked to mutations in what are known as epigenetic regulators, which control the activity of genes.
Cataloguing the brain’s many billions of cells is no small feat, but it’s an ambitious goal of the National Institutes of Health’s BRAIN Initiative. To that end, the BRAIN Initiative launched its Cell Census Network (… Read More »
Vizient, Inc., a leading health care performance improvement company, has awarded Keck Hospital of USC the Rising Star Award for its performance in Vizient’s annual Quality and Accountability Scorecard. The hospital ranked number 18 out of 101 comprehensive academic … Read More »
People are naturally motivated to do their best work when their emotional, physical, financial, social, and spiritual needs are reasonably met, and they feel safe to be their full selves at work or at school.
Those are the words of Chantal … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC recently announced the Time of Healing program, a six-week initiative designed to encourage health system employees and clinicians to reflect on the difficulties of the past 19 months, as well as how to restore physical and … Read More »
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide with a poor 5-year survival rate in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer treated with first-line standard-of-care chemotherapy have shown to have poor outcomes.
Now, results … Read More »
There are currently more than 3.8 million breast cancer survivors living in the U.S., yet three out of 10 women with invasive breast cancer will develop metastasis in their lifetime, meaning cancer that has spread to other organs. This is … Read More »
Major depressive disorder is a mental health issue with a substantial footprint across the globe, affecting nearly 300 million people each year. Even with strides in awareness seen in recent years, too often people facing depression avoid or delay seeking … Read More »
USC benefits-eligible employees have a chance to re-enroll in benefits during this year’s open enrollment sign-up period, which begins Oct. 25 and runs through Nov. 8.
By enrolling during the open period, employees have access to health assessment discounts, can open … Read More »
In a new USC study on the health effects of a low-calorie diet that mimics fasting in the body, researchers found regular five-day cycles of the diet in mice seemed to counteract the detrimental effects of their usual high-fat, high-calorie diet.
The study, published Oct. 14 in Nature Metabolism, analyzed the diet, health and … Read More »
Jessica Santos was full of optimism heading into mock negotiations at the APRU Student Global Climate Change Simulation. The USC Master of Public Health candidate quickly discovered it was going to be more challenging than she anticipated — much like … Read More »
Lizards can regrow severed tails, making them the closest relative to humans that can regenerate a lost appendage. But in lieu of the original tail that includes a spinal column and nerves, the replacement structure is an imperfect cartilage tube. … Read More »
USC, in partnership with Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, has won a $24.5 million NIH grant to launch a center aimed at fighting obesity and related chronic diseases in Latino children and families across Southern California.
This new regional center will establish … Read More »
Liver and kidney transplant recipients have a higher risk of severe COVID-19 and/or death should they become infected because the medication they take to ensure a successful transplant suppresses their immune systems.
Keck Hospital of USC performs some 300 … Read More »
Armand Dorian, MD, MMM, has been named CEO of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC-VHH), part of Keck Medicine of USC. He has served as interim CEO since March 2021 and will begin his … Read More »
The USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (USC Stevens INI) is one of three institutions partnering in a five-year, $31.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to merge many types of … Read More »
The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has awarded a $10 million grant to a consortium of academic institutions focused on identifying the best diagnostic techniques for predicting recovery and long-term consequences of concussion among children. Researchers at the … Read More »