Recent News
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Surgeons go ‘beyond the book’ to save patient’s hand
Tuesday, April 20, 2021
It started in 2019 as just a dime-sized lump on his wrist. Jose Contreras had no idea that it would eventually lead him to two world-class specialists at Keck Medicine of USC. The lump wasn’t painful and didn’t bother him, so Contreras, a busy EMT and emergency services field training... Read More »
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L.A.’s legacy of oil drilling impacts lung function in residents living near active and inactive wells
Friday, April 16, 2021
A new USC study links living by urban oil wells with wheezing and reduced lung function, symptoms disproportionately borne by people of color in Los Angeles. In some cases, the respiratory harm rivals that of daily exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke or living beside highways spewing auto exhaust, researchers say.... Read More »
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Keck Medicine launches USC Cardiac and Vascular Institute
Thursday, April 15, 2021
Keck Medicine of USC announces the launch of the USC Cardiac and Vascular Institute (CVI), which brings together cardiovascular services at the academic medical center under one unified structure. Vaughn Starnes, MD, surgeon-in-chief at Keck Hospital of USC, has been named executive director of the institute. “The development of the... Read More »
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When COVID-19 vaccinations began, the USC community sprang into action
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
The numbers tell the story: Since the first COVID-19 vaccine received emergency approval in mid-December, quick efforts by USC have contributed to more than 800,000 people in Los Angeles getting inoculated. “This moment calls for teamwork, and everyone is coming together to play their part,” said Vassilios Papadopoulos, DPharm, PhD, dean... Read More »
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CHLA receives $6.1 million to study treatment of anxiety in children, adolescents
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Anxiety disorders affect one in five youth. Generally, a child is treated with either cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) or medication. But despite the high prevalence of anxiety, there is no study-based evidence to compare the success rate of medication versus CBT. Some success has been demonstrated with each treatment type... Read More »
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Physical therapy student finds connection with high school student through Med-COR program
Monday, April 12, 2021
When Stephanie Contreras, was a little girl, her parents — muscles aching from physically demanding embroidery factory work — would ask her to walk gently on their backs, working out the weariness that had accumulated throughout the day. That experience was among the first to lead Contreras, now 17, to... Read More »
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Computer model fosters potential improvements to ‘bionic eye’ technology
Monday, April 12, 2021
There are millions of people who face the loss of their eyesight from degenerative eye diseases. The genetic disorder retinitis pigmentosa alone affects 1 in 4,000 people worldwide. Today, there is technology available to offer partial eyesight to people with that syndrome. The Argus II, the world’s first retinal prosthesis,... Read More »
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Music videos provide far-reaching, under-the-radar advertising for vaping products
Friday, April 9, 2021
Vaping device companies are getting billions of eyeballs on their products and potentially influencing young adults with unrestricted advertising in music videos, an unregulated and relatively cheap promotional platform, a pair of USC studies show. The studies were published April 6 in Health Education & Behavior and in the December 2020 issue... Read More »
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Rapid COVID tests used twice weekly could detect most contagious kids
Wednesday, April 7, 2021
Last year, the U.S. government purchased 150 million BinaxNOW rapid antigen COVID-19 tests and began distributing them. One of the goals was to safely reopen schools. However, little data was available on how well these tests performed, especially among asymptomatic school-age children. A new USC study addresses that knowledge gap.... Read More »