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A Jan. 12 Los Angeles Times story looked at the health hazards of frequent medical scans on children. The story quoted CHLA radiologist Marvin Nelson.
The Jan. 12 Los Angeles Times also included a story on how an Amish lifestyle reduces the chance of obesity and quoted obesity expert Michael Goran. The story also ran in the Chicago Tribune and the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
A Jan. 12 USA Today story highlighted studies by obesity researchers Michael Goran and Martha Cruz showing the health hazards faced by Latino children. The story also quoted CHLA pediatric endocrinologist Francine Kaufman.
Similar stories appeared on BBC News radio, WBBM-TV Chicago, Reuters Health, UPI Wire, TV Azteca, KFWB-AM radio, Long Beach Press Telegram, La Opinion, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Connecticut Post, Atlanta Journal Constitution, the Washington Times, Ivanhoe Medical news, more than a dozen TV stations around the country and the Web sites of KRON-TV San Francisco, Good Housekeeping and KPHO-TV Phoenix.
The January issue of American Prospect included a glimpse into the lives of the mentally ill. The story quoted psychiatrist Richard Lamb.
The January issue of Good Housekeeping included a list of the “44 Top Cardiac Centers for Women” and included LAC+USC cardiologist Uri Elkayam.
A Jan. 9 National Geographic News story examined China’s efforts to prevent another SARS outbreak. The story quoted virologist Michael Lai.
A Jan. 8 Reuters Health story reported a study by environmental health researcher Frank Gilliland showing a link between diesel exhaust and allergies.
The story also appeared on Dr.Koop.com, Health Day News, the Connecticut Post, WFIE-TV Indiana, WKYT-TV Kentucky, KXAN-TV Cedar Rapids and KRON-TV San Francisco.
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The Chronicle of Higher Education mentioned USC’s $6 billion fundraising campaign. The story noted that USC had already raised $1 billion in a “quiet phase,” including the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College.
The Guardian (U.K.) highlighted two major gifts to USC in a list of the 10 biggest philanthropic benefactors in America. The list included the $200 million naming gift from USC Trustee and alumnus David Dornsife and wife Dana Dornsife to the USC Dornsife College, and the $110 million gift from USC Trustee and USC Viterbi School alumnus John Mork and wife Julie to create the USC Mork Family Scholars Program.
The New York Times featured the USC U.S.-China Institute documentary “Assignment: China — The Week that Changed the World.” The documentary, part of a series, examines media coverage of the 1972 Nixon trip that reshaped U.S.-China relations after a quarter century of isolation and hostility. “People look back now and take it for granted that the outcome was preordained,” said the institute’s Mike Chinoy, who produced the documentary. Voice of America also featured the story.
Los Angeles Times featured the Oscar Senti-meter, a tool developed by the USC Annenberg School, Los Angeles Times and IBM that analyzes thousands of tweets about the Academy Awards nominees. The story noted that Mexican actor Demian Bechir received an enormous boost on Twitter the day of the nominations, with a total of 6,893 tweets mentioning him, a 47-fold increase from the day before. The story noted the tool uses language-recognition technology developed in collaboration with USC Viterbi School’s Signal Analysis and Interpretation Lab.
The Times of India (India) featured a three-day medical emergency training workshop organized in association with USC. At the workshop, held at GCS Medical College in India, 50 doctors and more than 100 paramedics learned how to improve emergency support systems. William Mallon of the Keck School of USC said that discussion topics included the use of portable ultrasonic devices to scan patients. “The ultrasound applications help physicians make accurate and timely decisions,” he noted. Daily News & Analysis (India) also featured the workshop.
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