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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

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Will This New Study Help End Schizophrenia?

Comments (6) | Carlos Pato, clusters, cure, delusions, diseases, DNA, Elyn Saks, gene clusters, genes, genetics, hallucinations, illusions, loose association, mental health, mental illness, new york times, Paranoia, schizophrenia, science, Science, Stephen Marder, study, suicide, UCLA, USC, word salad

Schizophrenia afflicts about one in every hundred Americans. Image by Ryan Kelly/Flickr.

Carrie Poppy
Staff Reporter

Scientists say they've discovered that schizophrenia might actually be eight or more separate diseases. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

A Trich-y Situation: Understanding Compulsive Hair-Pulling

Comments (4) | abc news, ABC News Hair Pulling, Age, alopecia, anti-depressants, bad habit, balding, behavioral modification treatments, biological components, cognitive therapy, compulsive disorder, Dermatillomania, devastation of hair loss, embarrassment, emotions of Trich, extensions, genetics, Greek origins, hair loss, hair loss specialist, hair loss surgeon, hair pulling disorder, Maya Richard-Craven, mistaken for cancer, nail biting, neon tommy, OCD, Olivia Munn eyelashes, Opinion, pulling eyelashes or eyebrows, pulling scalp, replacing hair loss, risk factors, root of the problem, self-injure, shame, skin picking, Tattoo, topical creams, treating Trichotillomania, Trich, Trichotillomania, wigs

Maya Richard-Craven
Contributor

Most people won't admit they pull their hair.

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Genetically Modified Babies May Very Well Be Inevitable

Comments (60) | adoption, Debate, donor, embryology, Engineering, ethics, fertility, gene, genetically modified, genetics, genotype, Health, Health, human evolution, in vitro fertilization, infertility, International, International, Los Angeles, Los Angeles and Region, marriage, medicine, Nation and World, National, phenotype, Politics, public policy, Religion, reproduction, Science, Science+Tech, social issues, Technology, United States, USC

Christine Ann Walsvick
Staff Reporter

Even if you can bioengineer better babies, should you?

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Walking Reduces The Risk Of Getting Breast Cancer

Comments (15) | American Cancer Society, BBC News, breast cancer, genetics, Health, Lifestyle, postmenopausal, preventive, reduce and lower risk, walking

Kristy Plaza
Executive Producer

Walking an hour a day is good way to prevent breast cancer in women. 

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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Gene Mutations, Parents' Age Factors in Autism

Comments (35) | Asperger's Syndrome, autism, de novo mutations, Evan Eichler, genetics, Harvard Medical School, Health, HHMI, journal, nature, parental age, University of Washigton, Yale Medical School

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Leslie Velez
Executive Producer

New research zeros in on the genetic relationship between autistic children and their parents.

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