USC Leonard Davis Professor Constanza Cortes’ lab is looking for ways to help older people who can’t exercise due to medical or physical conditions.
Julie Zissimopoulos examines proposal to expand Medicare to cover the costs of long-term care at home and include vision and hearing benefits for seniors.
A USC study finds boys and girls living closest to the landlocked lake experience more respiratory issues than those farther away.
The ambitious project will study influences on dementia risk and resilience as varied as pollution, education and policy.
A USC study of prescription data shows that people with Medicaid or Medicare Part D may be missing out on powerful new obesity and diabetes drugs.
The technology could be used to treat or prevent chronic diseases or infections such as HIV.
USC study suggests Supreme Court’s abortion decision has had wider ramifications for women’s reproductive health than previously thought.
By upcycling ocean plastics, reducing harmful anesthesia gases and transforming medical supply chains, the USC health system and medical research schools hope to curb pollution.
COMMENCEMENT: Honorary degree recipients include an award-winning filmmaker, a sports legend, a geophysicist and the Los Angeles-raised chair of the National Endowment for the Arts.
The USC School of Cinematic Arts alumnus’ work includes the blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians and the upcoming film adaptation of Wicked.
