CNN quoted Eileen Crimmins of the USC Leonard Davis School on COVID-19’s impact on U.S. life expectancy. “A year of life expectancy lost doesn’t really give you a true sense of how serious this has been. Millions of life years were actually lost,” she told CNN. “Covid is on track to cause more deaths than cancer or heart disease, and that’s important.”
Capitol Public Radio interviewed Cary Kreutzer regarding the role of diet in longevity. “I don’t think of diet as the be-all-end-all… I think of diet as one piece of the equation of ‘What is health?’ and ‘How do we stay healthy as we age?'”
Atlanta Journal-Constitution featured research by Changhan David Lee on how the mitochondrial hormone MOTS-c improved physical fitness in mice. “Mitochondria are known as the cell’s energy source, but they are also hubs that coordinate and fine-tune metabolism by actively communicating to the rest of the body.”
PBS NewsHour cited research by Theresa Andrasfay of the USC Leonard Davis School on how coronavirus deaths have shortened American life expectancy, especially among Black and Latino populations.
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV and KNX 1070 AM featured research by Changhan David Lee and Dean Pinchas Cohen of the USC Leonard Davis School on a hormone that may address age-related physical decline. “Our study suggests you can restore that network or rejuvenate an older mouse so it is as fit as a younger one,” Lee said.