
Research reveals why breast cancer spreads to the brain
USC researchers have determined how cancer cells target certain organs, which could help develop treatments to slow or stop the disease from spreading.
USC researchers have determined how cancer cells target certain organs, which could help develop treatments to slow or stop the disease from spreading.
USC’s University Park Campus hosts an upcoming fundraising 5K thanks to the advocacy of an energetic Keck School of Medicine neuroscientist.
According to USC research estimates, general ERs that prescribed similarly to pediatric ERs would have given out 28 million fewer opioid prescriptions.
Through interviews with Rohingya refugees who fled Myanmar, USC emergency physician Parveen Parmar and others document brutal attacks against the Muslim minority group.
Maryam Shanechi of USC Viterbi expands upon her revolutionary research into treating neuropsychiatric disorders via brain-machine interfaces.
Treatment of serious diseases like cancer is often described as a war or battle, but USC experts say that aggressive language might cause more harm than good.
Carl Martellino, the associate vice provost for student affairs and career services, describes how easy it is to get properly vaccinated.
A decade after the USC Saks Institute’s Student Scholars program began, students and alumni reminisce on how it has advanced an understanding of mental health.
The award — granted by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine — is designed to advance California as a hub of medical breakthroughs.
A new USC study examines how to identify the people most at risk of opioid addiction and how to best treat those already addicted.
Low testosterone can affect men’s mood, sex life and health. USC scientists say they’ve hit upon a potential new solution.
Though over-the-counter “T boosters” are a popular choice for men looking to raise their testosterone levels, new research indicates these supplements have little or no known effect.
USC and UCLA researchers seek to better understand urologic chronic pelvic pain syndrome, which affects more than 10 million Americans.
The collaboration aims to expand occupational therapy research, education and practice in China.
People with complex epilepsy in Central and Southern California have a new team of medical experts to turn to.
Thanks in part to the work of dentist James Tom, the American Dental Association has adopted dental anesthesiology as its 10th recognized dental specialty.
Testing will be provided at student health centers on both the University Park and Health Sciences campuses, and is available to undergraduate and graduate students.
The technique involves uncoiling twisty DNA molecules, and it could have a major impact on understanding disease development at a cellular level.
Follow along as one group of first-year Keck School of Medicine students visits the Downtown Women’s Center to serve healthy meals and embrace members of the local community.
USC and Duke researchers propose the Alzheimer’s Disease Exposome to address gaps in understanding how environmental factors interact with genetics to increase or reduce risk for the disease.
USC Leonard Davis Professor Mara Mather, co-author of a new study on the locus coeruleus, explains its role in the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline.
Both Keck Medical Center — which includes Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital — and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital received the maximum score from the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.
A major step in reducing reliance on opioids is empowering surgical patients to make informed, educated decisions about their health, a USC expert notes.
A new USC study has found that most older Americans do not meet with a dementia specialist and the use of dementia specialty care is particularly low for Hispanics and Asians.