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Can diet trigger Alzheimer’s?

A diet high in cholesterol, fat and sugar may influence the development of Alzheimer’s in people genetically predisposed to the disease, a new USC study indicates.

Origins of dementia

USC scientists illuminate the impact of brain plaques on Alzheimer’s. Their work is part of USC’s push to discover the origins of the devastating disease.

Leading the Alzheimer’s fight

With Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month underway, take a look at some of the groundbreaking work being done by USC scientists and researchers.

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Living with mental illness

A USC study suggests that peer navigators with their own recovery success stories can inspire the mentally ill to make appointments, find transportation and take care of themselves.

Shaking up the system

Law professor Gillian Hadfield has an unconventional take on the U.S. legal system: a new world in which lots of people — not just lawyers — could give reliable, affordable legal advice.

Marketing and PR secrets of the internet — he’s teaching them

Social media expert Robert Kozinets shows USC Annenberg students how to analyze data that could identify the Next Big Thing. Kozinets’ secret: netnography, a systematic approach to following the millions of breadcrumbs scattered across social media.

Learn the backstory of the most mysterious amphibian alive today

Tiny fossils from the Triassic Period fill a significant gap in the evolutionary history of frogs, toads and other amphibians. The discovery is “textbook-changing,” says senior author Adam Huttenlocker of the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Spread the love of reading to more L.A. kids

The road to college starts far before high school. One key element: Getting kids to embrace books at an early age. Thanks to a $1 million gift, USC’s Kinder 2 College program can now help twice as many neighborhood elementary school children read and write well.

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