Raw Story noted a 2015 study by Cleopatra Abdou of the USC Leonard Davis School on the adverse effects of healthcare stereotyping.

Older adults can benefit from following the advice we give to kids, says USC Davis School Professor Edward Schneider.
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Next Avenue published an essay from Professor and Dean Emeritus Ed Schneider, MD, highlighting ways in which older adults can benefit from following the advice that pediatricians give to children. Read the article here.
Men’s Health quoted Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School about the possible health benefits of intermittent fasting.

USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Assistant Professor Jessica Ho wants to know why Americans live shorter lives, on average, than people living in other high-income countries.
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A collaboration with the USC Leonard Davis School provides gerontology training to students of the Yamano Beauty College in Tokyo.
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The Washington Post quoted Mara Mather of the USC Leonard Davis School about the possible impact of commercial brain-training games.

Economic development and health care reform may explain why older adults living on the island are less likely to report having heart disease, lung disease and cancer than mainland U.S. seniors.
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Bérénice Benayoun explores the role of epigenetics—the ways that genes turn “off” or “on”—in the process of aging.
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