An interdisciplinary team of researchers developed a tiny pacemaker for unborn babies with a fatal heart problem called fetal heart block. Fetal heart block is a condition that causes an extremely slow heart rate, which may not be adequate to sustain the circulation. Babies with…
In a pilot investigation, Wei Li, PhD, professor of dermatology, Keck School of Medicine of USC, showed that heat shock protein 90alpha, found widely in cells throughout the human body, significantly improves healing when applied to skin ulcers in diabetic patients. The research…
Transgender individuals experience some of the greatest health disparities in our communities. While research investigating their health is limited, we do know that they experience challenges in accessing culturally appropriate care and have some of the highest rates of human im…
Individuals with serious mental illness are less likely to get regular preventive health care and more likely to use the emergency rooms than are people without mental illness. As a result, people with serious mental illness generally report poorer health and more physical ailme…
A multidisciplinary team from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the USC School of Cinematic Arts produced a short film, “The Tamale Lesson,” and demonstrated the power of narrative storytelling to educate women from various cultural backgrounds about cervical cancer.
USC researchers are exploring ways to use mobile phones and text-messaging to improve compli¬ance with diabetes regimens for patients seen in the emergency department at LA County + USC Medical Center.
Latino and African American children are less likely to receive a timely autism diagnosis than their white counterparts. Delays in diagnosis lead to delayed treatment, which in turn decreases the chances of good long-term outcomes. So under¬standing and reducing disparities in t…
The Southern California city of Long Beach is home to American’s second largest port, a large municipal airport, and some of the busiest free¬ways in the country. As a result, Long Beach has some of the highest rates of both air pollution and asthma in the United States; 30% of …
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