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Released: 1-Apr-2020 4:30 PM EDT
Keck Medicine of USC and USC Launch Care for the Caregiver Program to Assist Staff During COVID-19 Pandemic
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Keck Medicine of USC and USC have launched a comprehensive program to ease the job stress that Keck Medicine health care workers are experiencing during the coronavirus pandemic

Released: 25-Mar-2020 9:00 AM EDT
Those Living in Rural Areas, Uninsured or on Medicaid Less Likely to Receive Recommended Lung Cancer Treatment
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Keck Medicine of USC study reveals that non-small cell lung cancer patients with pathologic N1 disease were less likely to receive chemotherapy if they lived in rural areas or were on Medicaid or uninsured.

Released: 19-Mar-2020 10:30 AM EDT
Keck Medicine of USC Announces New Measures to Combat COVID-19
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In response to the growing number of COVID-19 cases in California, Keck Medicine of USC is taking several new measures to combat the virus.

Released: 12-Mar-2020 11:00 AM EDT
Keck Medicine of USC Takes Precautionary Measures to Reduce Spread of COVID-19
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In response to the COVID-19 outbreak and the rising number of cases in California, Keck Medicine of USC has taken precautions to protect staff and patients and reduce the spread of the disease.

Released: 10-Mar-2020 6:05 AM EDT
New Clinical Trial Examines a Potential Noninvasive Solution for Overactive Bladders
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Keck Medicine of USC urologists are launching a clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation in patients with an overactive bladder due to neurological conditions, such as a spinal cord injury or stroke, and idiopathic (unknown) causes.

Released: 19-Nov-2019 4:40 PM EST
Keck Medicine of USC announces launch of USC Epilepsy Care Consortium to serve epilepsy patients throughout Southern and Central California
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Keck Medicine of USC announces the launch of the USC Epilepsy Care Consortium, a unique partnership of six independent epilepsy centers serving patients in Los Angeles County, Orange County and the Central Valley.

Released: 7-Nov-2019 6:00 AM EST
Keck Hospital nationally recognized with an ‘A’ hospital safety grade
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Keck Hospital of USC earns an "A" grade from The Leapfrog Group, a national patient safety watchdog.

Released: 30-Oct-2019 7:30 PM EDT
It takes more than a catchy headline for health awareness campaigns to inspire action
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A Keck School of Medicine of USC study compared the Pinktober and Movember movements, showing that reach and engagement do not always lead people to research screening options

Released: 1-Oct-2019 6:05 AM EDT
Tammy Capretta named chief transformation and risk officer for Keck Medicine of USC
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Keck Medicine of USC names Tammy Capretta chief transformation and risk officer

Released: 26-Jun-2019 9:35 AM EDT
Are testosterone-boosting supplements effective? Not likely, according to new research
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New research points toward testosterone-boosting supplements as having little or no known effect

     
Released: 24-Jan-2019 12:05 PM EST
Jimmy Kimmel to speak at Keck School of Medicine of USC 2019 commencement ceremony
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Jimmy Kimmel, renowned philanthropist and comedian will speak at Keck School of Medicine of USC 2019 commencement ceremony.

Released: 23-Jan-2019 1:30 PM EST
The Keck School of Medicine of USC appoints associate dean for Office of Social Justice
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The Keck School of Medicine's Ricky Bluthenthal, a renowned researcher in epidemiology and disease prevention will lead social justice education, research and advocacy

   
Released: 20-Dec-2018 10:30 AM EST
New research shows how a diet high in fat and cholesterol can lead to life-threatening liver disease
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A new USC study provides new insight on how dietary fat and cholesterol drive the development of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), a serious form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Released: 17-Dec-2018 1:05 PM EST
The Keck School of Medicine of USC appoints chair of Department of Family Medicine
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The Keck School of Medicine of USC appoints skilled physician as chair of Department of Family Medicine

Released: 5-Nov-2018 6:05 AM EST
USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center Appoints First Associate Director of Community Outreach and Engagement
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USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center has appointed Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati as the first associate director of community outreach and engagement to help reduce the cancer burden in surrounding communities.

Released: 22-Oct-2018 7:05 PM EDT
Adult Cystic Fibrosis Clinic at Keck Hospital of USC Receives $1 Million Gift From Anton Yelchin Foundation
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The newly named Anton Yelchin Cystic Fibrosis Clinic was unveiled today at a ceremony with the actor's family and friends at Keck Hospital of USC.

Released: 5-Oct-2018 11:00 AM EDT
Could Treating Psoriasis in the Future Be as Easy as Going Online?
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New research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC finds that an online care delivery model is equivalent to in-person care for improving psoriasis symptoms.

Released: 1-Oct-2018 2:00 PM EDT
Innovators present recent advances in digital health care at the 2018 Annual Body Computing Conference
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Hosted by the USC Center for Body Computing, the 2018 Annual Body Computing Conference highlighted findings from two landmark studies and addressed how to protect digital health data.

Released: 28-Sep-2018 8:00 AM EDT
USC Verdugo Hills Hospital Receives National Recognition for Emergency Nursing Certification
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USC Verdugo Hills Hospital is the first in California to be awarded BCEN Honorary Certification Recognition for supporting emergency nursing certification.

Released: 27-Sep-2018 4:00 AM EDT
Keck Medicine of USC’s Jeffrey C. Wang Appointed President of the North American Spine Society
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Jeffrey C. Wang, MD, an internationally renowned spine surgeon and co-director of the USC Spine Center at Keck Medicine of USC, has been appointed president of the North American Spine Society for 2018–2019.

Released: 12-Sep-2018 9:00 AM EDT
Keck School of Medicine of USC receives $100,000 donation for the Selena Gomez Fund for Lupus Research
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The Keck School of Medicine of USC has received a generous $100,000 donation from PUMA for the Selena Gomez Fund for Lupus Research, two years after the singer/actress established the fund.

Released: 11-Sep-2018 6:05 AM EDT
Decoding Robotic Surgery Skills
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Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC are looking to technology to help deconstruct expert surgeons’ robotic surgery skills so they can create an objective, standardized way to train the next generation of surgeons.

Released: 7-Sep-2018 5:00 AM EDT
A Joint Effort to Understand Cartilage Development
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Anyone with arthritis can appreciate how useful it would be if scientists could grow cartilage in the lab. To this end, Keck School of Medicine of USC scientists in the USC Stem Cell laboratory of Denis Evseenko, MD, PhD, collaborated with colleagues at several institutions to provide new insights into how gene activity drives the development of cartilage. Their findings appear today in Nature Communications.

Released: 14-Aug-2018 6:00 AM EDT
Keck Medicine of USC Ranks Highest in Southern California for Cancer Care
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Keck Medicine of USC leads as Southern California’s highest-ranked cancer care provider, with cancer mortality rates that are the second-lowest in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals report.

Released: 14-Aug-2018 12:05 AM EDT
Keck Medicine of USC Hospitals Ranked Among the Country’s Best for 10th Year in a Row
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U.S. News & World Report’s 2018–2019 Best Hospitals rankings place Keck Medicine of USC hospitals among the top 50 nationwide in nine specialties, the top three in Los Angeles and the top seven in California.

Released: 18-Jul-2018 4:00 PM EDT
Keck Hospital of USC Achieves Magnet Recognition for Nursing Excellence
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Keck Hospital of USC has joined a select group of health care facilities in achieving Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), one of the highest honors in nursing excellence.

Released: 17-Jul-2018 10:00 AM EDT
$26.5 Million Grant to Fund First Large-Scale Study on African-American Men with Prostate Cancer
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The Keck School of Medicine of USC is leading a $26.5 million effort to conduct the first large-scale, multi-institutional study on African-American men with prostate cancer.

Released: 10-Jul-2018 1:30 PM EDT
Patients with Early Kidney Cancer See Significant Benefits with Robotic Partial Nephrectomy
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A comprehensive study by the Keck School of Medicine of USC has found that robotic partial nephrectomy offers significantly better patient outcomes as compared with open or laparoscopic techniques.

Released: 17-Jun-2018 8:00 PM EDT
A diabetes diagnosis later in life may signal early pancreatic cancer in African-Americans and Latinos
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A new study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC shows that African-Americans and Latinos who are diagnosed with diabetes after age 50 have a more than threefold risk of developing pancreatic cancer.

Released: 14-Jun-2018 6:05 AM EDT
A topical gel for women with dense breast tissue could be the next weapon in the fight against breast cancer
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USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center is actively recruiting for a clinical trial examining a topical gel that may lower breast density and potentially even the risk of breast cancer.

Released: 17-May-2018 5:15 PM EDT
Keck School of Medicine of USC Urologists Present Latest Research at the American Urological Association 2018 Annual Meeting
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From robotics and machine learning to new applications for MRIs, Keck School of Medicine of USC scientists will present research highlighting the impact of technology on patient outcomes and the field of urology at the American Urological Association 2018 annual meeting May 18–21 in San Francisco.

Released: 7-May-2018 3:40 PM EDT
Simple Treatment May Minimize Hearing Loss Triggered by Loud Noises
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New research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC reveals how traumatic noise damages hearing and identifies a potential way to preserve it

Released: 4-May-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Keck School of Medicine of USC Receives $4 Million for Arthritis Research
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Denis Evseenko, MD, PhD, receives $4 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health and U.S. Department of Defense for research about the development and treatment of osteoarthritis.

   
Released: 27-Apr-2018 6:05 AM EDT
The Future Is Now: USC Roski Eye Institute Scientists Present Latest Research at the ARVO 2018 Annual Meeting
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USC Roski Eye Institute scientists will present research on everything from nanophotoswitches and lipid nanoparticles to mapping the part of the brain responsible for visual processing at the ARVO 2018 annual meeting.

Released: 4-Apr-2018 2:00 PM EDT
Researchers Test Stem Cell–Based Retinal Implant for Common Cause of Vision Loss with Encouraging Results
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Physicians and researchers at the USC Roski Eye Institute have collaborated with other California institutions to show that a first-in-kind stem cell–based retinal implant is feasible for use in people with advanced dry age-related macular degeneration.

Released: 21-Mar-2018 9:35 AM EDT
Keck Medicine of USC’s M. Victoria Marx Appointed President of the Society of Interventional Radiology
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M. Victoria Marx, MD, an interventional radiologist at Keck Medicine of USC, has been appointed president of the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) for 2018–2019.

Released: 20-Mar-2018 12:30 PM EDT
The Keck School of Medicine of USC Names Donna Elliott as Vice Dean for Medical Education
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The Keck School of Medicine of USC has appointed Donna Elliott, MD, EdD, as vice dean for medical education and chair of the Department of Medical Education.

Released: 9-Feb-2018 12:05 AM EST
Workplace Stress Can Take a Toll on Your Brain Surgeon, Too
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A new study by the Keck School of Medicine of USC finds that two-thirds of neurosurgeons experience burnout during training, and stressors at work are partly to blame.

Released: 7-Feb-2018 9:00 AM EST
Small Molecule Could Make a Big Difference for Arthritis Patients
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Scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC have discovered a molecule that enhances cartilage regeneration and decreases inflammation.

Released: 11-Jan-2018 9:00 AM EST
New Norris Healthcare Center Opens on USC’s Health Sciences Campus
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Keck Medicine of USC is significantly expanding its patient care services and health care facilities with the opening of the new Norris Healthcare Center, a seven-story, state-of-the-art facility providing multidisciplinary ambulatory care.

9-Jan-2018 5:00 AM EST
Deep Sea Creatures Provide a Guiding Light in the Quest to Develop Cancer-Fighting Therapies
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Scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC use enzymes responsible for marine animal bioluminescence to help researchers test whether cancer immunotherapies work.

   
Released: 19-Dec-2017 6:05 AM EST
The Virus That Conquered the World: 100 Years Later
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Nearly a century after the influenza pandemic of 1918–1919 ravaged communities worldwide, the threat of another pandemic looms large as the scientific and global health communities find ways to prepare for, and battle, future outbreaks.

Released: 11-Dec-2017 6:05 AM EST
‘Black Box’ Recorder Puts Surgeons’ Robotic Surgery Skills Under the Microscope
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A new study from Keck Medicine of USC finds that data from a novel recorder can be used to objectively measure surgeons’ proficiency in robotic-assisted prostate cancer surgery.

   
6-Dec-2017 2:00 PM EST
Combating Eye Injuries with a Reversible Superglue Seal
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A team of scientists and engineers at USC has developed an on-the-spot, temperature-sensitive gel that could seal eye injuries on the battlefield.

Released: 16-Nov-2017 2:00 PM EST
Old World Monkeys Could Be Key to a New, Powerful Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy
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A study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC finds that a peptide only found in Old World monkeys has the potential to stop rheumatoid arthritis progression better than established treatments.

Released: 10-Nov-2017 6:05 AM EST
USC Roski Eye Institute Experts Present Breakthrough Research at AAO 2017
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USC Roski Eye Institute experts will present advances in stem cell–based therapy, biopsy techniques, diabetic retinal detachment repair and more at the American Academy of Ophthalmology 2017 meeting in New Orleans, Nov. 10-14.

Released: 7-Nov-2017 5:00 PM EST
IUDs May Have a Surprising Benefit: Protection Against Cervical Cancer
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A new study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC has found that IUD use is associated with a dramatic decrease in the incidence of cervical cancer.

Released: 1-Nov-2017 1:30 PM EDT
USC Norris Cancer Hospital receives 2017 Press Ganey NDNQI Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality
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The nurses of USC Norris Cancer Hospital have been recognized for their exceptional care with a 2017 Press Ganey NDNQI Award For Outstanding Nursing Quality at an academic medical center.


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