USA Today spoke with Theresa Andrasfay on Americans’ continued decrease in life expectancy due to COVID. “Everyone was hit in 2020 … 2020 was about policy response and 2021 becomes a story of vaccination, and the U.S. was not a success story,” she said.
Los Angeles Times featured Donna Benton on California’s seniors living in poverty. “Sometimes, people have enough where they don’t qualify for medical [needs] and they have to skim down to poverty and that’s emotionally difficult for them,” she said. “People are more likely to become depressed and anxious related to the lack of support that they can have around these long-term care services.”
Pilot grants support researchers looking into whether the composition of our diets and the amount of food we eat can impact heart and brain health as we age.
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Del Mar Times mentioned that 2018 alumnus Jonathan Schwartz, founder of Partner in Aging, is scheduled to discuss “Aging Well in the 21st Century” on October 25 at the Solana Beach Library.
Ryo Sanabria, assistant professor of gerontology, discussed their research on how cells respond to stress, how exposure to stress impacts aging, and how aging affects the ability to deal with stress.
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USC research led by Andrei Irimia shows how traumatic injuries increase the brain’s “biological age” and highlights the need for early monitoring.
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Bloomberg interviewed Mireille Jacobson on the impact financial incentives have on vaccination rates. “Like most of the world, we were eager to figure out what could get people vaccinated,” she says. “How do we move the needle for individual decisions for getting vaccinated?”
Wall Street Journal mentioned fasting research by Valter Longo.
U.S. News & World Report spoke with Mireille Jacobson about a study that found money, convenience and good info can’t undo COVID vaccine resistance. “There is literature and evidence from other vaccination campaigns like the flu, and even some childhood vaccinations, showing that financial incentives do move the needle. We were expecting similar results,” However, it looks like “people have much stronger beliefs and objections about COVID-19 vaccination,” she said.
On September 30, 2022, an International Day of Older Persons event at the USC Leonard Davis School featured several experts who shared their perspectives on how to promote resilience.
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