An elderly woman races to pick up her ringing landline.
“Hello?” she says.
“Grandma!”
“Bill?”
“Yeah, it’s Bill,” the caller says in an urgent voice. “Listen, don’t tell Mom and Dad, they’ll be so mad at me. But I’m in Mexico and got caught … Read More »
Do the effects of the Daylight Savings switch seem to linger all year long? You’re not alone.
According to the National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep Health Index, more than four in 10 Americans had their daily activities significantly impacted by poor or … Read More »
USC is once again the No. 2 school in the United States to major in public health, according to new rankings compiled by College Factual, a higher education research firm.
The ranking refers to the … Read More »
Siddhartha Mukherjee, a physician who has redefined public discourse on human health, will deliver the main address at USC’s 135th commencement ceremony May 11.
Mukherjee is best known for his 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of … Read More »
Retain a sharp, healthy brain and reduce your risk of Alzheimer’s disease by following five simple rules. Some of the tips are scientifically proven, while others show promise but require further investigation.
1. Mediterranean diet — MAYBE
Healthy eating can delay aging … Read More »
The Keck Medicine of USC Specialty Pharmacy has earned Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC) Accreditation in Specialty Pharmacy, effective March 1, 2018 to March 1, 2021, administrators announced recently. URAC is the independent leader in promoting health … Read More »
As a second-year medical student, I had come to the certainty that I wanted to help children with special needs in state dependency and delinquency systems. But to effect change in the huge systems that serve vulnerable children would require … Read More »
Most high schools don’t offer neuroscience classes, but Los Angeles area high school students can still learn about the brain. On Feb. 3, local teens converged on USC’s Health Sciences Campus for the Los Angeles Brain Bee, a day of … Read More »
An online tool that helps older people monitor their brain health has been developed at the Keck School of Medicine of USC with other medical groups.
The free website addresses a major obstacle to finding early Alzheimer’s treatments for a disease … Read More »
USC is redoubling its commitment to upholding the crucial values of higher education, said USC President C. L. Max Nikias in his annual State of the University Address.
Speaking to faculty and staff at the University Park Campus on Feb. 26 … Read More »
Humanity crossed a line in 2009: For the first time in history, more people in the last decade died from non-communicable disease than from all the plagues in the world combined. We’ve entered what science pundit Steve Jones has, … Read More »
Researchers at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center are recruiting patients at both the precancerous and most advanced stage of cervical cancer to participate in clinical trials developing new immunotherapies for the disease.
One of these potential therapies treats the lesions … Read More »
Heroin is worse than other drugs because people inject it much sooner, potentially resulting in increased risk of injection-related epidemics such as hepatitis C and HIV, a Keck School of Medicine of USC study shows.
As more people use opioids, many … Read More »
The USC Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (USC ATRI) brought together the top minds working to find a cure for a disease that affects more than 5 million Americans at its annual partnership meeting in San Diego early this month.
More … Read More »
The Keck School of Medicine of USC recently held a celebration of pilot funding programs that are available for researchers. The event, held Feb. 7 on the Health Sciences Campus, was hosted by the Keck School’s Office of Research Advancement … Read More »
Researchers who have attended the Data Science Innovation Lab, a one-week residential training workshop led by members of the USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute at the Keck School of Medicine … Read More »
Life changed for Andrés Martín last September. Through genetic testing, he discovered that he’ll probably develop Alzheimer’s disease within 10 years. At the same time, he found a powerful ally in USC neurologist and Alzheimer’s researcher John Ringman, MD, … Read More »
Stroke is the leading cause of disability in adults, affecting more than 15 million people worldwide each year, according to the World Health Organization. Researchers are increasingly using brain imaging to assess the damage caused by stroke and to predict … Read More »
A Keck School of Medicine of USC professor was awarded an inaugural anthropology award by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on Feb. 17.
Erik Seiffert, PhD, professor of clinical integrative anatomical sciences, was awarded the Robert W. … Read More »
I didn’t always want to be a doctor — in fact, I had no idea what I really wanted to do — but even as a child, I struggled to understand why many of my relatives passed away early, … Read More »