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 »
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, part of Keck Medicine of USC, has launched a global registration, phase 2 clinical trial investigating the efficacy of a potential new breast cancer therapy called ARX788.
The trial is … Read More »
In 2013, Colombia had one of the highest HPV immunization rates in the Americas with 90 percent coverage among its target population. By 2016, uptake among eligible girls had declined to 5 percent. The cause? Emotional contagion.
The viral spread of … Read More »
When Randy Beatty, a 68-year-old professor of accounting in the USC Marshall School of Business, decided to go on a ski vacation, he never imagined a pre-trip checkup would result in surgery instead of schussing the powder.
“My primary care physician … Read More »
Marty Sargeant has been named CEO of Keck Medical Center of USC, comprised of Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital. He has served as interim CEO since July 2020 and will begin his new … Read More »
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital partnered with community organizations during Breast Cancer Awareness Month to encourage people of color to get a mammogram. The campaign, which includes a flyer, infographic and … Read More »
More than 110,000 people in the United States are on the waitlist for lifesaving organ transplants. However, there is a national shortage of available viable kidneys and livers for people on the transplant waitlist, highlighting the need for more living … Read More »
Five of Los Angeles County’s largest nonprofit health systems with hospitals, clinics and facilities regionwide announced the newest campaign for their bettertogether.health coalition. With a mission to convince Angelenos to put health first and access care when … Read More »
USC’s hub for environmental health sciences research has secured a key grant to continue its work in Los Angeles and beyond well into 2025.
The Southern California Environmental Health Sciences Center received a five-year, $8 million grant from the National … Read More »
Vanessa Ho was just beginning her Saturday morning when she suddenly felt intense pain and blurry vision in her right eye. She had experienced these symptoms once before when she suffered an acute angle closure attack – a condition that … Read More »
There’s an invisible, unpaid workforce caring for the 6 million Americans currently living with Alzheimer’s disease. The USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics estimates that 11 million family caregivers bear this emotional, physical and financial burden, mostly … Read More »
Minority populations in the United States with multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases experience poorer outcomes due to modifiable social conditions, according to a new USC study. Social determinants of health (SDOH) — things like where people are born, grow … Read More »