Even with COVID-19 dominating the news, the epidemic of opioid use remains a nationwide threat. While public awareness and efforts to stop addiction and overdoses have intensified, some communities reported higher rates of opioid-related deaths in 2020 than ever before. … Read More »
The physicians of Keck Medicine of USC once again have been recognized by Pasadena Magazine in its 2021 Top Doctors issue.
Pasadena Magazine’s Top Doctors issue honors practicing physicians in Pasadena and surrounding cities within the San Gabriel Valley who are … Read More »
California bars kids from cannabis dispensaries and shields them from cannabis marketing, but those statewide restrictions aren’t working as well as policymakers had hoped.
That’s according to a new study in JAMA Pediatrics that evaluates how these regulations designed to protect minors … Read More »
By 2030, 71 million Americans will be 65 and older. Along with the joys of aging, many older adults experience complex and chronic health problems that may result in disability. It is not surprising that, as a group, older adults … Read More »
Anyone who has watched a child face a doctor with a needle knows how stressful those moments can be for all involved. For children with serious medical conditions undergoing frequent procedures like blood draws and catheter placements, the ongoing anxiety … Read More »
A new USC study finds that a class of environmental pollutants known as “forever chemicals” may increase the risk of type 2 diabetes in Latino girls. The pollutants, called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), are a group of … Read More »
On Aug. 27, at USC’s Health Sciences Campus, 314 Trojan occupational therapy graduate students from both the Master’s class of 2022 and the class of 2023 donned their white coats during the USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational … Read More »
Erin Trish, PhD, a health economist whose work focuses on the intersection of public policy and health care markets, has been named co-director of the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics. She joined … Read More »
Already at crisis levels before the arrival of COVID-19, homelessness in Los Angeles County now affects more than 66,000 people. The vast majority of them never see a doctor, even when they have serious health issues – last year, more … Read More »
For decades, research has shown the risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease in the United States is dramatically higher among African American populations than in non-Hispanic white populations. Scientists have suspected a variety of contributing factors, but the underlying reasons have … Read More »
As students moved to campus for the start of classes, nearly 27,000 passed through USC Student Health’s “pop testing” sites at Jefferson Lot, Pardee Marks, Pappas Quad and the Eric Cohen Health Center.
To fulfill the Trojan Check requirements for weekly … Read More »
On Aug. 19, the USC Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy inducted 151 students into its Doctor of Physical Therapy program with its annual White Coat Ceremony.
“By putting on this white coat today, you enter a profession of … Read More »
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended all pregnant women and those who plan on getting pregnant get the COVID-19 vaccine. Currently, however, only some 23% of pregnant women have received at least one dose of a vaccine, … Read More »
When it comes to building a kidney, only nature possesses the complete set of blueprints. But a USC-led team of scientists has managed to borrow some of nature’s pages through a comprehensive analysis of how kidneys form their filtering units, … Read More »
USC Transportation and KMC Transportation Services announced changes to the bus schedules that serve the Health Sciences Campus. Beginning Aug. 23, 2021, USC Transportation is increasing service for various shuttles while some temporary Keck Medicine supplemental shuttles, meant to support … Read More »
Steve Kay, PhD, has added another title to his impressive resume at the Keck School of Medicine: He has been named the David L. Lee-Simon Ramo Chair in Health Science and Technology.
The endowed post is for an … Read More »
The USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center (USC Norris) at Keck Medicine of USC renewed its comprehensiveness designation by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the highest federal rank for a cancer center in the nation. This designation accompanies funding through the Cancer … Read More »
The Los Angeles Business Journal has honored several leaders from across Keck Medicine of USC, the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC School of Pharmacy in several categories at the 2021 Health Care Leadership Panel & Awards … Read More »
The treasured tradition of the annual White Coat ceremony — marking the beginning of the USC School of Pharmacy’s Doctor of Pharmacy students’ journey to joining the profession — returned to campus with a dual celebration on Wednesday, Aug. 18.
In … Read More »
At all levels of government, the most seasoned legislators know that vibrant communities depend upon sound public policy – and that at the heart of effective policy is meaningful and reliable data. Gathering, synthesizing and analyzing that data has been … Read More »