A KPCC Graying California piece profiled Xu Chair in Gerontology George Shannon and discussed why many older Californians choose to stay in the workforce.
The killifish have come to USC, and they might just have the answers to holding back aging.
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The Wall Street Journal published a column by Paul Irving on how his wife, Susie’s, concern that hearing aids might signify decline and diminished capacity had to be balanced against the prospect of better hearing.
MemoryWell quoted Donna Benton in an article on a proposed “Care Corps” modeled after AmeriCorps. Benton said the concept of a care corps offers promise for creating a better trained workforce for the future. “In the worst case scenario, even if they don’t stay in the field, we will train people now, and then in 40 or 50 years, when they do become caregivers—because they will—they will have that training,”
A fasting-mimicking diet could spur cellular repair and improve health, says USC Leonard Davis Professor Valter Longo.
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Inspired by a mentor’s extreme experiments with caloric restriction, USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Professor Valter Longo explores how fasting-mimicking diets might help prevent disease, promote healthy aging, and prolong our ability to stay young.
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Kelvin Davies named Distinguished Professor; Sean Curran and Jennifer Ailshire recognized as extraordinary mentors.
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Southwest Florida NBC affiliate WBBH quoted Valter Longo on how fasting can affect health in a story on how celebrities, including Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, have tried intermittent fasting.
Experts from across USC present the latest science while addressing harmful myths during the 10th annual What’s Hot in Aging Research event.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer featured research by Mireille Jacobson of the USC Leonard Davis School and USC Schaeffer Center on whether recorded shortages of certain chemotherapy drugs impacted patient care. Jacobson found that although some of the chemotherapy drugs most frequently used Medicare patients had a shortage listed by the Food and Drug Administration, there was no significant impact on patient care.
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