Posts Tagged ‘Women’

October 22nd, 2019

Research reveals why breast cancer spreads to the brain

USC researchers have determined how cancer cells target certain organs, which could help develop treatments to slow or stop the disease from spreading. Contact: Leigh Hopper, lhopper@usc.edu or (310) 308-0405 Most cancers kill because tumor cells spread beyond the primary site to invade other organs. Now, a USC study of brain-invading breast cancer cells circulating […]

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May 22nd, 2019

In the “battle of the thermostat,” USC study finds warmer temperatures improve women’s performance

 Contact: Jenesse Miller (213) 810-8554 or jenessem@usc.edu Turning up the thermostat at the office may result in higher productivity for women, a new USC study finds. The study found that women performed better on math and verbal tasks at higher temperatures, while the opposite was true for men. As temperatures increased, so did women’s performance […]

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