March 2024

Mar 05

Portrait of Francesca Falzarano with her title beside it, Assistance Professor of Gerontology

Assistant Professor Francesca Falzarano: Improving the health and well-being of family caregivers

By USC Leonard Davis Communications Alzheimer's and Dementia, Caregiving, Podcast

Francesca Falzarano is an assistant professor of gerontology at the USC Leonard Davis School. Her research is inspired by her personal experience as a caregiver to her parents and explores how to improve the mental health and well-being of family caregivers, including through the use of technology.

Mar 01

A 5-day, fast-like diet could lower your biological age and help you live longer, shows new study. Here’s what to know (Fortune)

By Beth Newcomb In the News

Fortune quoted Valter Longo on a recent study showing that a fasting-mimicking diet can lower biological age by up to 2.5 years. “[The fasting-mimicking diet] is making the system younger, and by making it younger, making it more functional,” he said. “It’s really repairing the problem from the source, rather than just putting a Band-Aid downstream of it.”