Daily Trojan profiled Catherine Pérez, a Ph.D. candidate studying gerontology at the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, who is researching health disparities with regard to different social determinants. “I started to see there are these really vast differences in health outcomes,” Pérez said. “I became very interested and concerned because if we’re not in our optimal health how are we supposed to do anything? If you’re sick you can’t work; if you’re sick you can’t help take care of other people; if you’re sick you can’t take time for yourself to develop or find your life purpose.”
Smithsonian cited comments by Caleb Finch of the USC Leonard Davis School about the low mortality rate of naked mole rats.
National Post (Canada) cited comments by Caleb Finch of the USC Leonard Davis School about the low mortality rate of naked mole rats.
California Healthline quoted Donna Benton of the USC Leonard Davis School’s Family Caregiver Support Center on why it is easier to take paid family leave for a planned event, like the birth of a child, instead of a family member’s illness.
Science quoted USC University Professor Caleb Finch on the extraordinarily low mortality of naked mole rats. “At advanced ages, their mortality rate remains lower than any other mammal that has been documented,” Finch said.
MindBodyGreen published an excerpt from USC Leonard Davis School Professor Valter Longo’s forthcoming book, The Longevity Diet, on how nutrition affects longevity and what he terms the “five pillars of longevity.”
Business Insider cited research by Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School about the health benefits of intermittent fasting.
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Time cited a study by Mara Mather of the USC Leonard Davis School about why stress may lead to poor financial decisions. “Under stress, people might be more likely to pay attention to positive feedback and disregard negative feedback,” said Mather.
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