Keck Medicine of USC showed its heart on Valentine’s Day.
Physicians, nurses and staff members across the health system purchased more than 2,000 Valentine’s Day grams for $1 each, showing appreciation for their colleagues while generating money to support the local … Read More »
The Keck School of Medicine USC recently hosted an inaugural one-day resident and fellow training on the comprehensive management of subcortical lesions using the NICO BrainPath Approach, a tool developed by the NICO Corporation for removing deep-seated brain tumors using … Read More »
While medical home care may be improving primary care for children, these youngest patients may be disadvantaged by this team-based health care approach in other ways, according to a new study.
Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC examined … Read More »
A new location of the USC Eye Institute is now open at the University Park Campus, offering faculty, staff and their dependents, as well as USC students, a convenient location for their eye care and optical needs.
The office, at 3335 … Read More »
The USC Westside Center for Diabetes, under the direction of Anne Peters, MD, CDE, professor of medicine, Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been awarded a $1.25 million grant from The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust … Read More »
Advanced Glaucoma Surgery, co-edited by Rohit Varma
Rohit Varma, MD, MPH, has released a new educational book, Advanced Glaucoma Surgery.
Varma, the director of the USC Eye … Read More »
Last August, the Davila family was given devastating news: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) cardiologists confirmed that their 27-week-old fetus suffered from hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) with restrictive atrial septum, which prevented blood returning from the fetus’s lungs from … Read More »
Latinas who eat processed meats such as bacon and sausage may have an increased risk for breast cancer, according to a new study that did not find the same association among white women.
The study, published Feb. 22 in … Read More »
Antidepressants can shrink and stunt cancerous brain tumors that are otherwise difficult to treat, an international team of researchers has found.
USC School of Pharmacy researchers who led the study on mice found that the drugs stifle the growth of brain … Read More »
Cyber attacks against health care systems are on the rise, putting sensitive patient data at risk and law enforcement authorities on alert.
Hackers penetrating networks and then demanding money for encrypted information is a growing trend. In February, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical … Read More »
By the time you finish reading this article — about four minutes — someone in America will have had a stroke.
In fact, nearly 800,000 people have strokes in the United States every year. It’s the fifth leading cause of death … Read More »
USC Capital Construction and Development (CCD) recently modified traffic lanes on Alcazar Street as part of the ongoing HSC Beautification Project. The modifications will be in place through May to accommodate sidewalk and street construction on the south side of … Read More »
The USC School of Pharmacy announced the grand opening of its new Walgreens Conference Room with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Feb. 26.
Nearly 18 months in the making, the state-of-the-art conference and learning center, located on the second floor of the … Read More »
We can learn a lot from fly brains, according to Ismael Fernández-Hernández, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Michael Bonaguidi, PhD.
Fernández-Hernández is an accomplished researcher who showed that adult fruit flies have the potential for … Read More »
Conducting hepatitis B screenings at local health fairs is one way that members of the Keck School of Medicine’s Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association (APAMSA) give back. The students join forces with the Asian Pacific Liver Center to check … Read More »
Once a month, up to 60 local high school students join volunteers from the Primary Care Physician Assistant (PA) Program at Keck School of Medicine of USC for the Pipeline Program, which teaches these students knowledge and skills that could … Read More »
As the chief diversity officer for the American Association of Medical Colleges, Marc Nivet has a message you’d never expect: Diversity is not good.
“There is nothing inherently good about diversity, there’s nothing magical about diversity,” Nivet said during a Feb. … Read More »
Building and supporting a diverse campus community is a cornerstone principle of the Keck School of Medicine of USC. The School has a multi-pronged plan to support that principle — building a pipeline of interested and qualified students, supporting those … Read More »
For patients in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, a routine check-up can bring up topics out of the norm for practicing physicians. As a result, students from the Keck School of Medicine of USC are taking strides … Read More »
Even the most diverse student body can feel alienated and underrepresented if there isn’t a diverse faculty to match it. The Keck School of Medicine of USC has a proud heritage of diversity and is taking steps to further develop … Read More »