Brett Feldman, Eddie Menacho and Gabrielle Johnson work as part of the Street Medicine team at USC, which provides medical care to people who are living on the streets. (Photo/Chris Shinn) More… Read More »

If it’s confirmed that a drug can remove memory-stealing plaques from the brain before the damage from Alzheimer’s disease is already done, “we may really change the course of disease in a… Read More »

(Photo/shutterstock). Biologically important changes in DNA seen in smokers are also being found in people who vape, according to a new study published in the journal Epigenetics. A team of scientists at… Read More »

Colored light micrograph of brain tissue from an Alzheimer’s disease sufferer. Both of the classic pathological features of this disease are seen here. Both of these abnormalities disrupt the normal working of… Read More »

Lisa and her husband, Barry, are members of the Keck Medicine of USC Leadership Board. They have two daughters currently enrolled as pre-med students at USC. Lisa Cohen’s cancer battle led her… Read More »

In 2016, Julie Hollinger Pascal suffered a spinal cord injury that left her paralyzed from the arms down and unable to do the things she loves most; spending time gardening, practicing yoga… Read More »

When the Kadkhodazadehs found out Linda was pregnant with their third child, they knew that they would return to the doctors they trusted at USC Verdugo Hills Hospital (USC VHH). Having already… Read More »

A native of Stockton, California, Amy Komure recently graduated from the Keck School of Medicine with an M.D. and a master’s degree in public health. Her parents, a farmer and a social… Read More »

When Mincin Golchini was diagnosed with stage III breast cancer at the age of 42, she struggled with many questions, including whether she would see her fifteen-year-old son grow up. At the… Read More »