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“We discovered a pronounced ‘men are from Mars, women are from Venus’ pattern,” says marine and environmental biologist Suzanne Edmands. She refers not to human psychology, but rather to mitochondria, the cell components…

To quickly and accurately assess the American public’s attitudes on a wide range of topics — including health, work, politics and religion — researchers nationwide turn to the Understanding America Study (UAS). With $59 million…

As Tony Domenick and Blake Nawa’a sang at venues across Colorado, they often dreamed of a more collaborative choir. The professional singers usually worked with choirs run by a sole artistic director, resulting in poor solutions to…

In the first study of its kind, researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) designed and implanted a transparent window in the skull of a patient, then used functional ultrasound…

While food insecurity has long been the focus of local and national policymakers and researchers, nutrition insecurity has largely been overlooked. A new study by the Institute for Food System Equity (IFSE) at the USC Dornsife…

Mary Helen Immordino-Yang and a team of CANDLE researchers have found that teens who engage in more “transcendent thinking,” that is thinking that moves beyond reacting to the specifics of social situations to also consider broader…

Whether it’s from a sports injury, whiplash, or a bump to the head, many patients with mild concussion don’t even realize their minor injury can, if untreated, cause lifelong severe health issues. Even if a patient goes to the ER with…

The USC Family Caregiver Support Center (FCSC) is offering a newly created, free caregiving training program to improve the skills and career opportunities for both paid and unpaid caregivers in Los Angeles County, especially for those who…

Cirrhosis is chronic, progressive end-stage liver disease that occurs when scar tissue prevents the liver from functioning normally. Studies have shown that two of the leading causes of cirrhosis — alcohol use disorder and viral hepatitis —…

Chronic wounds, which include diabetic ulcers, surgical wounds, pressure injuries, and other problems, are deadlier than many people realize. Patients with chronic wounds have a five-year survival rate around 70%, worse than that…