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USC biogerontologist Valter Longo and Ecuadorian endocrinologist Jaime Guevara-Aguirre are hoping to find the answer in a study of 30 individuals from Ecuador who visited Los Angeles. The researchers hope the results will lead medicine to pharmaceuticals or controlled diets achieving the same apparent protection from major diseases as Laron…

The 2014 Morton Kesten Summit, “Designing California’s Future: Aging in Place Innovations,” explored how advances in design, health care, social services, and technology are needed to enable older adults to stay safe and active in the community as they age.

New research by USC Davis School of Gerontology scientist, Dr. Sean Curran, and his team may have discovered a gene that can suppress the obesity that comes with having a high sugar and fat diet. It yielded positive results in C. Elegans worms and human cell petri dishes. The next…

The USC Davis School of Gerontology hosted the 2014 Association of Pacific Rim Universities Research Symposium on Aging September 14-17. Research presented by scientists from throughout the region focused on Asia’s rapidly aging population and highlighted the challenges these dramatic demographic swings will pose in the near future.

16 years ago, the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra was introduced. USC Davis Professor and Dean Emeritus Edward Schneider spoke to National Public Radio’s Ina Jaffe about the impact it and similar drugs have had on the lives of older adults.

The Milken Institute is asking mayors across the U.S. to commit to improving the lives of older people in their cities by signing the Best Cities for Successful Aging Mayor’s Pledge. The pledge, part of the Institute’s Best Cities for Successful Aging initiative, was developed by the initiative’s advisory committee,…

A Cutting Edge Grant from the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles to the USC Davis School of Gerontology will establish a new community art project titled “Zekenim: Honoring and Celebrating Los Angeles’ Jewish Elders.” The project will guide Jewish older adults in sharing and sketching their life stories, which…