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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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Bone Marrow Donation: The Lives We Could, And Should, Be Saving

Comments (4) | Aden Knar, american, blood, blood cancer, bone marrow, cheek swab, community, donation, Drive, fight, genetic, Health, Leukemia, lives, Los Angeles, lymphoma, match, medical, medicine, National, Opinion, register, research, terminal illness, transplant, Trojan Knights, USC

Matthew Tinoco
Contributor

More Americans should register to be donors.

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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.

 

Academy Of Country Music Awards 2014: Top Performances

Comments (0) | Academy of Country Music Awards, ACM, ACM 2014, ACMs, best performances, Blake Shelton, Chainsaw, Darius Rucker, Faith Hill, lady antebellum, Luke Bryan, Meanwhile Back At Mama's, medicine, Music, Rihannon, Shakira, stevie nicks, The Band Perry, Tim McGraw, Wagon Wheel

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Mara Hyman
Associate Entertainment Editor

VIDEO: Shakira, surprisingly, makes this list.

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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.

 

Plan B Basics: How Informed Consent Went Out The Window

Comments (53) | abortion, affordable care act, birth control, contraceptives, Drug, emergency contraception, fda, fertilization, implantation, informed consent, IUD, label, mandate, Media, medicine, new york times, Obama, Obamacare, Opinion, ovulation, plan b, politics, pro-choice, pro-life, reproductive health, sex, the Daily Beast, unplanned pregnancy, uterus

Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor

Do you know how Plan B works?

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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.

 

Would You Change Your Name?

Comments (55) | 1921, American sociological association 2009 Indian University, anti-gay sentiment, Civil Union name changing spike Chicago, Define Marriage, Detroit DMV Gay couple, DMV refuses gay couples name change, Drivers license gay couples name change, feminism, Feminism Movements, Full-Time, Gay couples change name to create cohesion, gay rights, homophobia, Is Marriage just for men and women? Traditional Family, Lucy Stone, Lucy Stone League, Maiden Name, Maya Richard-Craven, medicine, Name Change, Neon Tommy Contributing Writer, Opinion, Professional, sexism, Tennessee DMV gay couples, types of feminism, Victorian woman, What it means to keep her name, woman's rights, Woman's Suffrage, Womanism, Working Mom, Would You Change Your Name?

Maya Richard-Craven
Contributor

How do you maintain a sense of individual identity outside of your partnership?

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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.

 

Circumcision Harmful And Unnecessary

Comments (14) | America, baby, ban, children's rights, circumcision, complications, death, decline, ethical, Europe, foreskin, genitalia, genitals, hospital, Infant, intact, intactivism, intactivist, jewish, Judaism, lube, male, medicine, men, Muslim, Opinion, pace, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, penis, physicians, procedure, Religion, religious groups, risk, sex, Sexual Health, United States

Boys Deserve Better

Josephine Lim
Guest Contributor

Growing up in a culture that normalizes male genital cutting, I hadn’t thought much about circumcision. Then I realized foreskin is awesome.

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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.

 

The Three Stooges: Weed Edition

Comments (0) | dependency, Drugs, Law, law enforcement, marijuana, marijuana debate, medical marijuana use, medicine, Opinion, pain, pain relief, Paranoia, pot, research, side effects, smoke, treatment, Weed

Hannah Luk
Opinion Artist

Perhaps the best way to relieve pain is to completely forget it!

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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.

 

Doctors Attach Man's Hand To His Calf

Comments (0) | calf, China, doctor, emergency, graft, hand, medical, medicine, Miracles, Nation and World, procedure, severed hand, surgery, worker

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Francesca Bessey
Executive Producer

For medical reasons, I swear.

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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.

 

Public Health Fail: Circumcision Does Not Grant Immunity From AIDS

Comments (16) | Africa, AIDS, circumcision, contraception, health risk, hiv, HIV positive, HIV testing, humanitarian, medicine, myths, new york times, Opinion, propaganda, public health, sexually transmitted infections, shame, stereotypes, stigma, uganda, un, UNAIDS, unprotected sex

Aktionsbündnis gegen Aids, Creative Commons

Francesca Bessey
Senior Opinion Editor

Are we really playing a fine print game with AIDS awareness?

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Buzz

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.

 

Film Review: 'Dallas Buyers Club'

Comments (0) | Academy Awards, AIDS, biopic, Dallas Buyers Club, Dennis O'Hare, Drugs, fda, Film and TV, Griffin Dunne, hiv, Jared Leto, Jean-Marc Vallée, Jennifer Garner, Matthew McConaughey, medicine, Pharmaceutical Companies, Ron Woodroof

Janet Lee
Staff Reporter

Matthew McConaughey delivers a groundbreaking performance in "Dallas Buyers Club."

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