The Conversation published an op-ed by Caleb Finch of the USC Leonard Davis School and Jiu-Chiuan Chen of Keck Medicine of USC on how certain molecules of air pollution, known as PM2.5, can increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.
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Archive: February 2017
On a Lent health kick? Science signals that occasional fasting works (Financial Times)
Financial Times featured a study by Min Wei and Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School and colleagues that found anti-aging benefits by following a “fasting-mimicking diet” at regular intervals. The study found greater benefits for overweight or obese individuals if they repeated the
Diabetes can be wiped out with a simple diet, say scientists (Inquisitr)
Inquisitr featured research by Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School that found a “fasting-mimicking diet” may reverse the effects of diabetes in the pancreas. Ars Technica, Daily Express (UK), Tech Times, WebMD, International Business Times, The Australian (Australia), Digital Journal, The Huffington Post
Fasting-Mimicking Diet Reverses Diabetes in Mice
Periodic cycles of fasting reprogram pancreatic cells and restore insulin production, USC researchers find.
Another benefit of the fasting diet: Now doctors say 5 days of 770 calories could REVERSE diabetes (Daily Mail)
Daily Mail featured research led by USC Leonard Davis School Professor Valter Longo on the potential of a fasting-mimicking diet to reverse diabetes types 1 and 2.
Is overreacting to DNA damage a possible root cause of aging?
Celebrated scientist David Sinclair delivered this year’s Kesten Memorial Lecture on February 16.
California Task Force on Family Caregiving Names Chair and Co-Chair, Submits Interim Report
Donna Benton and Sandi Fitzpatrick are selected to lead legislature’s caregiving advisory group.
Proximity to clogged highways could increase risk of Alzheimer’s, dementia (Reuters TV)
Reuters TV featured research by Jiu-Chiuan Chen of Keck Medicine of USC, Constantinos Sioutas and Arian Saffari of the USC Viterbi School, and Caleb Finch and Todd Morgan of the USC Leonard Davis School on the possible link between pollution and smog inhalation and the
How to Get the Benefits of Fasting With Less Deprivation (Wall Street Journal)
The Wall Street Journal featured research by Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School that found anti-aging benefits to following a “fasting-mimicking diet” at regular intervals. The study found greater benefits for people with lower baselines for age or disease markers. The Wall Street
La dieta ‘mima-digiuno’ ha effetti anti-aging. La conferma in uno studio pubblicato su Science Translational Medicine (Huffington Post Italy)
The Huffington Post (Italy) featured research by Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School that found anti-aging benefits by following a “fasting-mimicking diet” at regular intervals. The study found greater benefits for overweight or obese individuals if they repeated the diet more often, under observation