Amid the rise of the coronavirus pandemic, many people in the United States perceive health and economic risks and are changing their behavior. That's according to a new survey conducted by researchers at the Center for Economic ...
Mar 16, 2020
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Malcolm Jones focuses on a computer screen as pictures of balls from different sports flash across it. The rules of the game: Tap only on the footballs. His fingers flick back and forth on the display. The balls soon disappear, ...
Mar 12, 2020
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When brains begin developing, there are a lot of moving parts—and when mutations happen in early neurodevelopment, it can lead to disorders like macrocephaly and autism. But scientists don't know much about the ways that ...
Mar 11, 2020
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Specific combinations of statins and antihypertensives may also reduce risk for Alzheimer's disease, according to a new USC study of nearly 700,000 Medicare beneficiaries.
Mar 11, 2020
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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 ...
Mar 10, 2020
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An antidepressant in use for decades, repurposed to fight prostate cancer, shows promise in helping patients whose disease has returned following surgery or radiation, a pilot study at USC shows.
Mar 4, 2020
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Secondhand smoke, which is linked to cancer and other serious illnesses, may also be contributing to soaring rates of chronic liver disease in adults and children, a new USC study finds.
Feb 21, 2020
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Researchers at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have designed a new drug cocktail that kills some types of brain and soft tissue cancers by tricking the cancer cells to behave as if they were starving for their favorite ...
Feb 20, 2020
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Many Americans are willing to make significant personal tradeoffs to lower their health insurance rates or medical costs, such as agreeing to 24/7 personal monitoring or working with artificial intelligence instead of a human ...
Feb 20, 2020
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Lauren Klein, a computer science Ph.D. candidate in the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, has long been interested in tackling healthcare problems. Her latest approach: robot toys.
Feb 18, 2020
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