Researchers at six of the nation’s top ophthalmology institutions, including the USC Eye Institute, have discovered that a drug intervention commonly used for Parkinson’s disease may also significantly delay or prevent age-related macular degeneration — the leading cause of blindness … Read More »
President Barack Obama will bestow the National Medal of Technology and Innovation to Mark Humayun, MD, PhD, at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., early next year.
Humayun, who holds joint appointments at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the … Read More »
Teenagers with moderate mental health problems who may not have considered smoking conventional cigarettes are turning to electronic cigarettes, a new USC study has found.
Mental health and behavioral problems such as alcohol and drug abuse are well-documented risk factors that … Read More »
In a first study of its kind, USC researchers have found that colorectal cancer risk in Californian Latinos varies widely depending on their country of origin.
Latinos are the largest and fastest growing minority ethnic group in America. Some … Read More »
Carols and candy canes brought the holiday spirit to the Health Sciences Campus on Friday, Dec. 18, as hundreds of employees from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC School of Pharmacy attended the annual … Read More »
On Dec. 16, volunteers from Keck Medicine of USC and the USC Department of Public Safety visited Santa Teresita Elementary School in Los Angeles as part of their annual Holiday Toy Drive.
Keck Hospital of USC and the USC Norris Cancer Hospital will have a new leader as Alice Issai, MBA, has been named the new chief operating officer of Keck Medical Center of USC beginning Dec. 21.
Issai will report to Rod … Read More »
To do what’s best for a patient, sometimes a combined effort is the best approach. That was the case recently at Keck Medical Center of USC, where an experienced neurosurgeon and an expert in robot-assisted urologic surgery teamed up successfully … Read More »
Christine Hovagimian was hoping her colleague would win.
But as the annual Employee of the Year Award was announced Dec. 9 at the 2015 Holiday Party, Hovagimian heard her own name called.
“It was very surprising,” Hovagimian said of winning the Keck … Read More »
A team of physicians from Keck Medicine of USC recently returned from a trip to China, where they signed a collaboration agreement with officials from Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province.
Jeffrey Wang, MD, and John C. Liu, MD, co-directors … Read More »
Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often have difficulty recognizing and interpreting how facial expressions convey various emotions — from joy to puzzlement, sadness to anger. This can make it difficult for an individual with ASD to successfully navigate social … Read More »
The holidays are an opportunity to give thanks and celebrate life. They also can be a time of danger.
Overindulgence of alcohol or drugs is an increased health threat during the holidays, experts at Keck Medicine of USC say, as is … Read More »
Three patients entered a new era of prostate cancer treatment recently, as Keck Medicine of USC became the first academic medical center in the nation to use new energy-based robotic ablative technology in an outpatient procedure for a prostate cancer … Read More »
“Ask questions. Do not assume anything.”
This was the advice of Keck School of Medicine of USC Dean Carmen A. Puliafito, MD, MBA, at a Dec. 11 discussion featuring leading experts in patient care.
The panel, which was part … Read More »
Los Angeles area hospital management expert Keith M. Hobbs, MBA, FACHE, has been named CEO of USC Verdugo Hills Hospital, effective Jan. 4, 2016. Hobbs has been at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), holding multiple leadership positions over more than … Read More »
The arrival of farm-fresh fruits and vegetables signals the beginning of a new season. In Lincoln Heights, the scent of such produce has given rise to the neighborhood’s curiosity over a relatively new phenomenon.
Funded by the USC Good … Read More »
The first time that Russ Romano, associate athletic director for athletic medicine, asked Stephen Reischl to come look at one of his athletes was in 1999.
One of the Trojan football players had been sidelined with a bad ankle, and Reischl, … Read More »
Keck Medicine of USC’s Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute is examining whether Christmas carols could help people with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia recover memories.
Music to Remember, a program that ZNI and the LA Opera started in 2012, sends … Read More »
Eric L. Chang, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, has been selected along with 16 other distinguished members to receive the Fellows designation by the American Society for … Read More »
USC researchers have developed a mathematical model to forecast metastatic breast cancer survival rates using techniques usually reserved for weather prediction, financial forecasting and surfing the Web.
For decades, medical schools have taught doctors that the best way to treat cancer … Read More »
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