Main USC news site published by the University Public Relations office. http://uscnews.usc.edu/ en-us Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:42:35 -0800 A federal agency that highlights groundbreaking health care research has featured USC School of Social Work professor Kathleen Ell’s innovative efforts to improve depression treatment among low-income Hispanics with diabetes. In 2005, Ell spearheaded a study that examined the effectiveness of a socioculturally tailored program designed to improve treatment adherence]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/federal_agency_features_professors_research_on_depression.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/federal_agency_features_professors_research_on_depression.html#72666 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:11:39 -0800 A researcher at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has published a study highlighting the importance of physicians listening to parental reports of gastrointestinal (GI) problems in their autistic children and screening these children for gastrointestinal dysfunction (GID). Pat Levitt, director of the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute at the Keck]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/study_produces_new_findings_on_autism_and_gi_dysfunction.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/study_produces_new_findings_on_autism_and_gi_dysfunction.html#72650 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:13:53 -0800 The Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC took part in the national Give Kids a Smile Day service event on Feb. 3 by providing free dental screenings and oral health education to local elementary school children. This year - the 10th year of participation for the Ostrow School - dental]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/ostrow_school_celebrates_give_kids_a_smile_day.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/ostrow_school_celebrates_give_kids_a_smile_day.html#72630 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:08:24 -0800 http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/usc_symposium_to_gather_autism_experts.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/usc_symposium_to_gather_autism_experts.html#72629 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:54:46 -0800 USC School of Social Work professor Iris Chi was named honorary associate director of the Sau Po Centre on Aging at the University of Hong Kong in recognition of her career accomplishments and commitment to improving the quality of life and welfare of the elderly. Launched in 1999 while Chi]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/chi_named_to_honorary_post_at_university_of_hong_kong.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/chi_named_to_honorary_post_at_university_of_hong_kong.html#72611 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:49:12 -0800 Sara Train, a nutritionist who teaches healthful cooking as part of the Fit Families program of the Division of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy at the Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC, has received a $2,500 Maestro Positivo (Positive Role Model) award from the California Milk Processor Board (CMPB). A matching]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/fit_families_nutritionist_wins_role_model_award.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/fit_families_nutritionist_wins_role_model_award.html#72610 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:37:01 -0800 Conventional wisdom and popular science suggest many solutions to keeping our minds sharp as we age: medications, physical exercise, brain games. But which is truly best? In an article published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, USC Davis School of Gerontology professor Elizabeth M. Zelinski described findings from]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/whats_best_for_your_aging_brain.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/whats_best_for_your_aging_brain.html#72593 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:10:52 -0800 To understand a virus that causes cancer - and ultimately learn how to beat it - scientists must be able to infect a healthy cell with the virus, keep that cell alive and transform it into a cancerous cell. Scientists at USC and the University of Texas Health Science Center]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/researchers_study_kaposis_sarcoma_virus.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/researchers_study_kaposis_sarcoma_virus.html#72572 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:41:32 -0800 Obese women may increase their risk for developing type 2 diabetes by using the birth control shot marketed as Depo-Provera, according to a study by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. The first to examine the drug’s effect on obese women, the study suggests that other forms]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/obese_women_on_depo-provera_may_increase_diabetes_risk_study_shows.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/obese_women_on_depo-provera_may_increase_diabetes_risk_study_shows.html#72570 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:47:59 -0800 Amid Trojan fanfare, USC faculty, staff and friends gathered on the university’s Health Sciences campus on Jan. 30 to celebrate the W. M. Keck Foundation’s recent, transformative naming gift. The $150 million donation serves as the lead gift for the Keck Medicine Initiative, which was announced by USC president C.]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/with_transformative_gift_usc_launches_keck_medicine_initiative.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/with_transformative_gift_usc_launches_keck_medicine_initiative.html#72527 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:17:46 -0800 Dozens of patients in Thailand received free dental care from first-year Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC advanced endodontics resident Sue Suh during her mid-December trip to the Southeast Asian nation. Assisted by Daniel Lee and Jane Lee, her nephew and niece, Suh treated 137 people throughout the weeklong trip.]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/ostrow_school_resident_provides_care_in_thailand.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/global/ostrow_school_resident_provides_care_in_thailand.html#72460 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:14:12 -0800 New research from USC and the Cancer Prevention Institute of California (CPIC) has found that eating salmon and other dark, fatty fish may decrease the risk of developing prostate cancer, while consuming flounder and other white, lean fish may increase the risk. It depends on how the fish is cooked,]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/cancer_study_examines_diets_high_in_fish.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/cancer_study_examines_diets_high_in_fish.html#72421 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:46:58 -0800 Rekindling the romantic spark between a 90-year-old wife and her 94-year-old husband was just another day at the office for the Geriatric Assessment Program (GAP), a cross-campus project with interdisciplinary roots at USC. “This is especially valuable for older adults with multiple health problems and for people who are uncertain]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/fall_into_the_gap.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/fall_into_the_gap.html#72374 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:28:19 -0800 In a neighborhood in Puebla, Mexico, a dozen promotoras - health care workers who screen ill people to determine what level of doctor care they need - gathered at a private home for a chat with a USC professor and his students. In Mexico, ailing residents first see promotoras who]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/mexico_program_targets_care_for_mentally_ill.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/health/mexico_program_targets_care_for_mentally_ill.html#72372 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 11:04:06 -0800 A new definition of health and how to achieve it is the subject of a new book written by David Agus, a faculty physician and researcher at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. Agus, professor of medicine and engineering at the Keck School and the USC Viterbi School of]]> http://uscnews.usc.edu/inprint/agus_book_focuses_on_new_view_of_health.html http://uscnews.usc.edu/inprint/agus_book_focuses_on_new_view_of_health.html#72311