California Healthline quoted Donna Benton of the USC Leonard Davis School on the risks of social isolation for older caregivers.
Reuters featured research by Jessica Ho of the USC Leonard Davis School on the declines of life expectancy in high-income countries. It is the first time so many countries simultaneously experienced declines for both men and women. “This hasn’t occurred in decades, and the size of these most recent declines were larger than prior declines,” Ho said.
Next Avenue, via Kaiser Health News, featured research by Eileen Crimmins of the USC Leonard Davis School and colleagues on college graduates who can expect to spend more than 80 percent of their lifetime after age 65 with good cognition. The article provides the first estimates of educational differences in age-specific prevalence, and changes in prevalence over time, of dementia by education levels in the United States. The story quoted Jennifer Ailshire of the USC Leonard Davis School.
In this Nature article, Caleb E. Finch of the USC Leonard Davis School reveals how a classic work by Greek physician Galen pioneered the idea of the ‘healthspan’.

USC-led taskforce recommends increased caregiver services and supports promoting policies for change
WebMD featured research by Jessica Ho of the USC Leonard Davis School on recent declines in Americans’ life expectancy among people in their 20s and 30s. The opioid epidemic may be a reason for the declines. The story also appeared In NHS Choices and on Fox St. Louis affiliate KTVI-TV (via CNN wires).
ABC News featured research by Jessica Ho of the USC Leonard Davis School on life expectancy across high-income countries declining for the first time in decades. “It’s really striking that we saw so many high-income countries simultaneously experience life expectancy declines in one year,” Ho said. The story also appeared on CNN and in Healio.
Alternative Daily mentioned research by Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School on how eating less frequently helps boost the immune system. “When you starve, the system tries to save energy, and one of the things it can do to save energy is to recycle a lot of the immune cells that are not needed, especially those that may be damaged,” Longo said. Research on mice has confirmed that periodic fasting helps promote immune cell regeneration.

Time cited research by Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School on the possible health benefits of intermittent fasting. Everyday Health mentioned the possible impact on the progression of multiple sclerosis.