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7 Common Questions About Clinical Trials
Feeling nervous about joining a clinical trial? Learn more about what to expect.
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Tried and True
Digital Tools Connect USC Patients to Clinical Trials That Make a Difference
Clinical trials need patients to advance medical knowledge, but it’s tough to recruit volunteers. Technology may have answers.
After a diagnosis of colon cancer, Ryan D'Cunha and his family tried an innovative treatment plan at Keck Medicine. (Photo Courtesy of Ryan D'Cunha)
Cancer Quest
Turning the Immune System Against Colon Cancer
Patient Ryan D’Cunha was devastated when he learned a genetic mutation resulted in colon cancer. But he found hope at USC.
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Cancer Quest
The Idea That Changed Cancer Treatment Forever
Four Keck Medicine of USC oncologists share how they’re fighting cancer through personalized medicine.
PHOTO BY RICARDO CARRASCO
Healthy Support
W.M. Keck Foundation Builds on USC Legacy by Naming Health Care Center
The foundation boosts its longstanding support for medicine with the Willametta Keck Day Healthcare Center.
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Changing Minds
Paul Aisen Aims to Find and Treat Alzheimer’s Early
The USC Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Institute Director leads the fight to end a disease that affects millions.
At Keck Medicine of USC, surgeons are pioneering technology once unimaginable. | Illustration by Chris Gash
Super Surgeries
From Robots to Regrowing Bone, Physicians Take Surgery Where It’s Never Gone Before
At Keck Medicine of USC, surgical research leads to leaps in innovative care in operating rooms.
This might look like a cave, but think smaller. It's a sweat pore, magnified. Everyone has millions of these pores, which help you skin keep your body cool. | PHOTO BY SPL/SCIENCE SOURCE
More Than Skin Deep
Keck Medicine Dermatologists Tackle the Toughest Skin Problems
Skin can be your body’s first line of defense against disease. Here’s how physicians keep it healthy.
Illustrations by Chris Gash
Medical Matters
Your Health Depends on More Than Your DNA
Nature and nurture both matter in the move to personalized medicine.
The Best Medicine
Reality Check for Health Care
The Schaeffer Center teams up with the Brookings Institution to advance better U.S. health care policies.
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Elder-Care Apps
Tech-Savvy Trojan Creates Apps for Seniors
A gerontologist brings tech to an overlooked demographic: seniors.
Illustration by Carlo Giambarresi
Respect Our Elders
A Geriatrician’s Mission to End Elder Abuse
Meet the doctor who’s on a mission to change how Americans care for seniors.
A cochlear implant means Shane Lundie can now hear his mother’s voice. Photo by Steve Cohen.
Hear, and Now
Restoring Sound Perception After Hearing Loss
The newly named USC Tina and Rick Caruso Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery helps children and adults experience the world of sound.
Pillow Talk
The Science of Sleep
Too little snoozing takes a toll on our well-being, but USC doctors and scientists have some tips for getting more ZZZs.
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The Best Medicine
USC Stakes Its Future on Medicine
Health care is in growth mode across Southern California, and USC has staked its future on academic medicine.
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Vision for Vitality
Live Long and Prosper
Researchers at USC are untangling the biological processes of aging so we can enjoy longer, healthier lives.
Visionary Science
Restoring Sight to the Blind
At USC Eye Institute, stem cells, wearable computers and biomedical implants are doing what was once impossible—restoring lost sight.
Lisa Kulik, wearing the Argus II. Photo by Gus Ruelas
Visionary Science
See the Road Ahead with Artificial Vision
After receiving FDA approval, the Argus II is fitted for its first patient at USC.