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Using the 2008 Beijing Olympics as their laboratory, Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers and colleagues have found biological evidence that even a short-term reduction in air pollution exposure improves one’s cardiovascular health.
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New research from the Keck School of Medicine of USC shows that, while stress and depression levels surge when a Chinese teenager thinks he earns less money than his peers, psychological health remains steady when he thinks he earns the same as or more than his peers.
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The Keck Medical Center of USC's long tradition of medical care to residents of the San Gabriel Valley continues with the opening of an expanded medical office in spring 2012.
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Patients of the Keck Medical Center of USC are among the first in the nation to have a new FDA-approved implant available to them for the treatment of mild to moderate reflux disease. The device was tested in clinical trials at USC.
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Scientists from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have discovered the first gene associated with autism that has genome-wide significance. The discovery, detailed in the April 4 edition of the journal Science Translational Medicine, may allow researchers to study the causes of autism and develop new treatments for the disorder more effectively.
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Minorities with cancer may be more susceptible to complications of the disease, especially when obesity comes into play, according to research presented by a Keck School of Medicine professor at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2012.
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Technological advances in cancer genetics can help doctors prescribe more personalized treatments, but the challenge is learning how to leverage that technology, according to a presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2012.
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