How to stay healthy, and maybe find a career, in the age of biotech
Pioneering USC surgeon shares wellness tips and talks about biotech opportunities at East L.A. College health fair.
Future dentists, hygienists hit the road with mobile dental clinic
Listen in as students and faculty from the Herman Ostrow School serve more than 100 kids in Pasadena. For many of the kids, it was their first time in a dentist’s chair.
Fit Families program has healthy focus, from exercise routines to eating right
For participants in the free, USC-sponsored weekly sessions, payoffs include a positive outlook and some impressive weight loss.
USC and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles receive nearly $37 million grant
The National Institutes of Health award allows scientists to continue work in patient and community health.
Fifteen percent of Medicare patients go home with pain-relieving prescriptions
Hospitals with higher rates of opioid prescription also had the best ratings for pain management, study finds.
Why does childhood obesity have a greater impact on low-income, urban kids?
USC’s MADRES Center studies the effects of exposure to pollution and social stresses.
Zika virus, microcephaly, Guillain-Barré syndrome and Catholicism
Key things to know about current health concerns around the world.
USC Price alum puts priority on water in hometown public service role
Thomas Wong provides oversight for San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District board.
USC engineers earn national recognition for forecasting outbreaks
The team is invited to meet and discuss their data with government officials.
LA environmental success story: cleaner air, healthier kids
Children’s lungs grew stronger as pollution declined in LA and throughout the basin over the past two decades.
To prevent the spread of HIV among the homeless, researchers turn to math
Algorithm helps social workers determine how best to get their message to those at risk.
Bringing sports to children with special needs
At Kicks for Kids events, developmental or physical disabilities don’t matter.
Keck Medicine to oversee ambulatory centers with surgical services provider
Partnership provides a model for sustainable growth and quality care at affordable costs.
In memoriam: Gail Victor Anderson, 88
The ‘father of emergency medicine’ launched the new medical specialty at USC in 1971.
Promotion leads to a ‘position of influence’
USC Price student’s new job will allow her to protect, promote and advance the nation’s health.
Neighbors dance, jog and walk their way to health at former General Hospital
Keck Medicine of USC boosts a kickoff for The Wellness Center on the Eastside.
Executive will bring health expertise to USC School of Pharmacy
Kermit Crawford, who led a transformation of the pharmacy experience at Walgreens, will serve as executive in residence.
Orange County oncology practice joins Keck Medicine of USC
Acquisition is part of a cancer treatment network allowing Orange County patients to see physicians closer to home.
New chair appointed at USC School of Pharmacy
Steven Chen heads department focused on patient-centered care and socioeconomic analysis.
New gift expands community outreach in dental, social care
Two USC schools are on a mission to broaden smiles and boost well-being in Los Angeles.
USC physician develops culturally tailored research
Growing up, Joyce Javier saw too many of her peers grapple with drug use, depression and even suicide.
Studies explore ACA’s effects on Americans with HIV/AIDS
A series of papers in Health Affairs examines how the Affordable Care Act could affect two sectors of the nation’s most vulnerable people.
Veterans face myriad challenges, former Army official says
Unprecedented health and social challenges face today’s returning military service members, according to former U.S. Secretary of the Army Togo West Jr.
Relationships ease transitions for vets coming home
“Duty of Care” features a keynote address by a retired U.S. Army colonel along with a panel of experts focusing on veterans and military issues.