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July 11, 2019 |
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Healthy blood vessels may be the answer to Alzheimer's preventionIf you're worried about Alzheimer's disease, your best shot at prevention could be maintaining cardiovascular health through exercise and diet and staying on top of conditions such as diabetes and high blood pressure, according to USC researchers. |
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Walk with a Doc helps community connect with physicians, med studentsGreg Harlan, MD, spends most of his days teaching or practicing medicine. But for the past six months, instead of heading home after work he's changed into workout shorts and running shoes to go on walks with residents of neighborhoods near HSC. Listen to the story here. |
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PT helps patient recover after brain surgery for ear disorderWhen 13-year-old Hudson Stimmler told his parents he couldn't hear from his left ear, they didn't take him too seriously. But after he was diagnosed with an ear disorder that's rare in children, it took brain surgery and a USC physical therapist to get him back on his feet. |
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Study: Teens who abuse opioids are more likely to later use heroinIt's an unforeseen side effect of the nation's opioid epidemic: adolescent heroin users. A new USC study shows that teens who use prescription opioids to get high are more likely to start using heroin by high school graduation. |
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