Study: patients with growth hormone receptor deficiency, or Laron syndrome, appear to have lower than average risk factors for cardiovascular disease.
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Patients who received brochures about risks, alternatives, and tapering recommendations were more likely to successfully quit taking benzodiazepine medications, drugs which pose particularly high risks for older adults.
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The USC EatWell subcommittee, co-led by USC Leonard Davis professor and dietitian Cary Kreutzer, helps USC students, staff, and faculty eat better with workshops, recipes, and nutritious on-campus meal choices.
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Findings suggest the rare variant prevents Alzheimer’s onset by clearing away amyloid-beta buildup in long-lived carriers of APOE4, the gene most strongly associated with disease risk.
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USC study shows how cycles of a fasting-mimicking diet reduce insulin resistance, liver fat, immune system aging, and biological age in clinical trial patients.
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Dementia diagnoses increased after Medicare Advantage (MA) began calculating plan payments to account for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, according to a recent USC study.
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How the sexes age differently, and what that might mean for scientists, doctors and patients.
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The breathing exercise sessions involved inhaling for five seconds, exhaling for five seconds, and repeating the sequence for 20 minutes twice daily.
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Beneficial variant is a mitochondrial microprotein that could be key to developing future pharmaceutical interventions.
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On World AIDS Day Friday, USC hosted a commemoration featuring panels from the original AIDS Memorial Quilt. The event, held in McCarthy Quad on the University Park Campus, also featured speakers and guest performers including the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles and members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence.
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