USC researchers believe their monitoring technology could easily be used with other types of transplant or critical care patients, fulfilling a major need during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A USC study finds that teens who vape — especially those who use modifiable e-cigarette devices — end up smoking far more cigarettes than those who don’t.
USC-led international study shows asthma can make young people more susceptible to other health problems later in life.
Social media survey reveals new undetectable device is more likely to hook kids on nicotine than free adults from cigarettes.
USC scientists developing new treatments and cures for pulmonary diseases will benefit from a $12.5 million donation from the Hastings Foundation.
Electronic tablet allows patients to log medical information and view educational videos, which leads to fewer problems and readmissions.
$6.9 million NIH grant allows Keck School of Medicine of USC team to study the regeneration of lung cells.
USC-led study suggests that tiny, dirty airborne particles known as PM2.5 invade the brain.
Even after accounting for exercise, asthmatic children may be more at risk of obesity.
A new study will follow patients who receive palliative care at home and in clinics.
Public health expert Jonathan Samet provides insight to a chapter on e-cigarette policy.
A combination of stressors and inflammation-provoking particulates could mean more cognitive impairment for vulnerable older adults, USC researcher says
Experimentation with e-cigarettes could become nicotine addiction for youth who have never used any other tobacco products, USC study suggests.
Lead investigators from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda collaborate with USC and Addis Ababa University to establish a Global Environmental and Occupational Health Hub.
Bronchitic symptoms on the decline as pollution levels drop in Los Angeles region over the past two decades.
Too little snoozing takes a toll on our well-being, but USC doctors and scientists have some tips for getting more ZZZs.
The illegal product is a popular search target five years after its ban, Keck School of Medicine researchers find.
Investigating the impact of air pollution on the human brain is a new area of environmental neurosciences, Keck School researcher says.
The center will focus on lung injury, repair and regeneration in an effort to discover new treatments and cures for pulmonary diseases.
Study identifies molecule critical to asthma-causing cell’s survival.
USC was one of 39 participating sites in a landmark clinical trial of the Alair Bronchial Thermoplasty System.
USC President C. L. Max Nikias has appointed Barry Boehm and Jonathan Samet as Distinguished Professors and Eileen Crimmins as University Professor.
Asthma is the most common chronic childhood disease in the United States, its airway-constricting attacks striking 14 percent of all children in the country.
Hundreds of faculty members, students, alumni and community partners gathered on March 9 at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center for the 23rd Occupational Science Symposium hosted by the Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC.