Beth Newcomb

Daily Mail (UK) featured research by Alexandra Ycaza Herrera of the USC Leonard Davis School on how hormone replacement therapy may protect menopausal women from stress-related memory loss. “‘Although more research is needed, this may make estrogen therapy more attractive as a treatment for menopausal symptoms as well as a potential preventative strategy against a host of other age-related declines,” she said.

The Huffington Post cited work by USC Leonard Davis Professor Valter Longo in an article on biological clocks and health.

Korea Biomedical Review quoted USC Leonard Davis School Dean Pinchas Cohen on the health risks of spending too much time sitting. “Sitting is the new smoking. It’s almost universally bad. It’s time to quit,” Cohen said.

Korea Biomedical Review reported a talk given by USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology Dean Pinchas Cohen at the Korea Healthcare Congress on “personalized aging” and a USC-created app to predict longevity. “USC Longevity predicts current life expectancy [and] provides incentives for adoption of a healthy lifestyle to improve life expectancy and help in financial planning,” he said.

PBS “NextAvenue” quoted Susan Enguídanos of the USC Leonard Davis School about end-of-life care discussions and advance directives in case of unexpected health concerns.

CNBC quoted Sebastian Brandhorst of the USC Leonard Davis School on how a fasting-mimicking diet tricks the human body. The story also cited research by Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School.

The New York Times and The Washington Post (in an Associated Press story) quoted Caroline Cicero of the USC Leonard Davis School about evacuation plans for older adults and how this group will cope with traumatic losses due to the wildfires in Northern California. “This situation has been so tragic on so many levels,” Cicero said. “Couples who have been living together for 30, 40, 50 years, especially in their 80s and 90s, definitely might have just realized this is the end. ‘There is nothing we can do, so we’ll go out together,’ which is a beautiful thing. But it’s tragic for those left behind.”