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Researcher makes strides in gel to regrow tooth enamel

Around the globe, dental cavities are the leading source of disability and pain: they affect 35 percent of the world’s population, with an economic impact in the hundreds of billions of dollars. Still, the methods for treating cavities generally involve Read More »

April 9th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

At USC’s Junior Faculty Mini-Symposium, stem cell scientists build to understand

When physicist Richard Feynman died in 1988, he left a message scrawled across his chalkboard: “What I cannot create, I do not understand.” Twenty years later, scientists in a very different field repeatedly invoked his words at the Junior Faculty Read More »

April 6th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Using mathematical models to determine the best chemotherapy schedules

Can mathematical models predict how can cancer cells respond to varied chemotherapy schedules? In other words, should cancers associated with fast-growing tumors, like brain cancer, be treated using a low drug dose administered continuously, as opposed to a high drug dose Read More »

April 6th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Advocacy urged to support women’s health

On March 30, Thomas Gellhaus, MD, led an obstetrics and gynecology grand rounds stressing that caring for patients does not end in the exam room or the surgical suite. Gellhaus, an obstetrician gynecologist at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Read More »

April 5th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

The type of sugar you eat may trigger fullness — or cravings for more food

Sugar gets a lot of bad press, and for good reason. Too much of it increases the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart attack and stroke. And Americans tend to eat a lot of it — more than 60 Read More »

April 4th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Researchers test stem cell–based retinal implant for common cause of vision loss

Physicians and researchers at the USC Roski Eye Institute have collaborated with other California institutions to show that a first-in-kind stem cell–based retinal implant is feasible for use in people with advanced dry age-related macular degeneration. The results of Read More »

April 4th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet, Press Page|

Students learn to stop the bleeding

A person who is bleeding can die from blood loss within minutes. In fact, according to BleedingControl.org, 20 percent of people who have died from traumatic injuries could have survived with immediate bleeding control. Bystander knowledge of proper bleeding control techniques, including Read More »

April 3rd, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Three Keck Medicine hospitals receive LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader designation

Keck Medical Center of USC, which consists of Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital received the LGBTQ Healthcare Equality Leader designation from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the educational arm Read More »

April 3rd, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Children’s rights activist shares perspective at Visions and Voices event

One of today’s strongest activists for ending child poverty recently spoke to an overflow crowd of students, faculty and staff from across USC. Marian Wright Edelman, founder of Children’s Defense Fund, gave the lecture March 29 about the state of Read More »

April 2nd, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Social work student uses art to heal with Art Rx

Breana Wiles walked into the workshop curious.

A part of a USC student-led initiative called Art Rx, the workshop aimed to bridge physical and emotional pain with art. Today’s was focused on scars.

Blue ink was rolled up and down Read More »

March 30th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Why I Choose USC: Justin Trop, medical student

At Los Angeles County + USC Medical Center, we have a large homeless patient population. I’ve heard stories about people who come in again and again to the hospital, and while their immediate medical problems may be addressed, the psychosocial Read More »

March 30th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

PT researchers team up with MLB to predict injuries before they happen

In the past 15 years, Major League Baseball (MLB) players on the disabled list accounted for $7 billion in lost wages. And while multiple studies have researched possible causes of shoulder and elbow pain in the sport, injuries continue to Read More »

March 29th, 2018|Announcements|

USC STAR/EHA Program honored by Los Angeles City Council

A USC program that brings together university scientists and engineers with Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School students was honored at Los Angeles City Hall on March 21 by L.A. City Councilmember Paul Krekorian. Receiving special recognition was Bravo High Read More »

March 29th, 2018|Announcements|

Keck Medicine expanding to Koreatown

Keck Medicine of USC has acquired the LA Cancer Center, a practice offering hematology and oncology services in Koreatown.

Sang-Hoon Ahn, MD, MPH, has joined Keck School of Medicine of USC as clinical associate professor of medicine (practitioner); Clan Hahn, MD, Read More »

March 28th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Physicians learn about spine at symposium

More than 170 physicians attended the 2018 USC Spine Symposium recently, to learn about the management of spinal disorders.

Coordinated by the USC Spine Center and the Keck School of Medicine of USC Read More »

March 28th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Physicians use gene therapy to restore patient’s vision

Surgeons of The Vision Center at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles completed a revolutionary gene replacement procedure at 9:20 a.m. March 20, to restore vision in a patient with retinal degeneration, using the first gene therapy ever approved for a genetic Read More »

March 28th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Lung cancer survivor’s free screening at USC is a life-saver

Lung cancer survivor Deborah Mosby doesn’t get to see radiologist Christopher Lee, MD, much these days. But when the two get together, it’s a happy reunion.

“I saw Dr. Lee not long ago,” Mosby said. “He wanted to see Read More »

March 28th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

In memoriam: Philanthropist Joseph Aresty, 95

Business magnate and longtime supporter of USC Joseph Aresty died March 13. He was 95.

Aresty and his wife, Catherine, have been longtime, generous benefactors to USC, supporting the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Read More »

March 26th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet|

Rao announced as chair of ophthalmology

The Keck School of Medicine of USC has appointed Narsing Rao, MD, professor of ophthalmology, as the chair of the Department of Ophthalmology, effective March 26. Rao, who joined the Keck School Read More »

March 26th, 2018|Announcements, Keck Net Intranet, Press Page|

Does flossing work? The answer, and other truths about taking care of your teeth

From flossing possibly getting the kibosh to getting cavities on a sugar-free diet, it is easy to get confused when it comes to dental care.

HSC News spoke with experts from the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC to Read More »

March 26th, 2018|Announcements|