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Backpacks, Screens, and Achy Backs: Helping Kids Build Healthy Habits for the School Year

Backpacks are heavier, screens are ever-present, and a growing number of young people are experiencing back and neck pain. As students return to the classroom and settle into homework routines, now is the perfect time to build healthy habits that can help protect growing bodies a...

LEAPS Experience Inspires SCU OTD Student’s Vision for Latino Caregivers Selected for a national interdisciplinary leadership development program, Doctor of Occupational Therapy student Gabriella Ulloa is turning lessons in integrative health into a community-based initiative supporting Latino caregivers.

When Southern California University of Health Sciences Doctor o...

Healthcare Can’t Afford to Wait Until People Get Sick Why prevention may be the best investment the healthcare system can make.

The United States doesn’t have a healthcare spending problem because people are getting too much care. It has a healthcare spending problem because too much of that care begins only after people become sick.

Every day, our healthcare s...

How Diagnostic Ultrasound Is Strengthening Tactical Sports Medicine Training at SCU Dr. Michael Fanning’s specialized expertise is helping SCU residents develop diagnostic ultrasound skills that support clinical decisions, patient education, and coordinated musculoskeletal care.

When a firefighter recently visited the Tactical Sports Medicine Clinic at Southern Califo...

New Study, Co-Authored by SCU Research Director, Identifies What Yoga Therapy Needs to Advance as a Healthcare Profession A survey of 360 yoga therapists in the United States and Canada reveals key opportunities to strengthen professional education, employment, workforce diversity, and healthcare integration.

People managing chronic pain, cancer treatment side effects...