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What Is Chronic Venous Insufficiency? A Vascular Surgeon Answers.
July 18, 2025

What Is Chronic Venous Insufficiency? A Vascular Surgeon Answers.

 What Causes High Blood Pressure?
February 10, 2025

What Causes High Blood Pressure?

 Are Upper Respiratory Infections Contagious? A Doctor Explains What You Need to Know.
January 23, 2025

Are Upper Respiratory Infections Contagious? A Doctor Explains What You Need to Know.
What Is Chronic Venous Insufficiency? A Vascular Surgeon Answers.
July 18, 2025

What Is Chronic Venous Insufficiency? A Vascular Surgeon Answers.

Keck Medicine of USC vascular surgeon Miguel F. Manzur, MD, explains symptoms of venous insufficiency and how to treat chronic...
What Causes High Blood Pressure?
February 10, 2025

What Causes High Blood Pressure?

Learn about the signs of high blood pressure and how to manage hypertension. High blood pressure, also known as hypertension,...
Are Upper Respiratory Infections Contagious? A Doctor Explains What You Need to Know.
January 23, 2025

Are Upper Respiratory Infections Contagious? A Doctor Explains What You Need to Know.

Is an upper respiratory infection contagious? Here’s what’s true and what’s false. “An upper respiratory infection usually affects the upper...
5 COVID-19 Vaccine Myths
December 12, 2024

5 COVID-19 Vaccine Myths

A Keck Medicine of USC expert dispels five of the most common myths about the COVID-19 vaccine. The holiday season...
 Vaccine Update for Fall 2024
September 18, 2024

Vaccine Update for Fall 2024

Advice on vaccines for Fall 2024 from Keck Medicine of USC. Fall is on its way, and now is a...
 Common Questions About the Common Cold
February 24, 2021

Common Questions About the Common Cold

The average adult can have two to three colds per year, but is there anything you can do to make...
 5 Ways to Protect Yourself From the Flu and Other Respiratory Illnesses
October 12, 2020

5 Ways to Protect Yourself From the Flu and Other Respiratory Illnesses

It’s more important than ever to take steps to reduce your risk for respiratory illnesses like the flu, colds and...
 How Long Does the Flu Last and Other Flu FAQs
September 11, 2020

How Long Does the Flu Last and Other Flu FAQs

Find out the truth about some common myths and misconceptions about influenza. If you feel like you’re coming down with...
 Is It the Stomach Flu or Food Poisoning?
September 24, 2019

Is It the Stomach Flu or Food Poisoning?

Is your stomach pain from food poisoning or the stomach flu? It can be hard to tell, since both conditions...
 Illnesses You Can Pick Up at the Beach
July 31, 2019

Illnesses You Can Pick Up at the Beach

You know to watch out for stingrays and sharks, but do you know about the bacteria and viruses you might...
 Why Do Lonely People Die Younger?
November 1, 2018

Why Do Lonely People Die Younger?

It’s a scientific fact that points to a definite mind-body connection. Loneliness has become a public health epidemic, according to...