The Scientist featured Valter Longo as a guest on The Scientist Speaks podcast, where he discussed how diet plays an important role in preventing inflammation, diabetes, and cognitive decline and how fasting and fasting-like diets appear to promote stem cell regeneration.
KPCC-FM spoke with Donna Benton on adult children moving away from their parents. “A good solution when you’re living far away is to know [the parents’] neighbors,” she said. “They’re your eyes and ears when you’re away. Keeping up those contacts with friends and neighbors is very important … You…
Men’s Journal and Yahoo Life featured a study by Eric Klopack about how stress ages the immune system prematurely.
El País (Spain) interviewed Valter Longo regarding his research on fasting, metabolism and health. “We’ve done a large review of studies, analyzing data from two million people around the world. It’s clear that, by eating a lot of vegetables, whole grains and nuts, while avoiding red or processed meats, you…
U.S. News & World Report quoted Joshua Johnson on “red flags” to look out for when choosing an assisted living facility, including complaints to state inspectors and issues of cleanliness and odor.
Consumer Affairs mentioned a study by the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology that found that, with caregiver support and safety measures, aging in place has a positive impact on people as they get older.
Consumer Reports spoke to Dean Pinchas Cohen about whether Vitamin D supplementation is warranted. “Many chronic conditions, particularly diseases of aging … are linked with lower levels of vitamin D in the blood,” Cohen said, but added, “None of the common chronic diseases of aging seem to benefit from taking…
SCIENMAG mentioned Valter Longo for his work looking at dietary strategies as part of cancer treatments. “We have been studying strategies that mimic fasting to fight cancer for years, with good results; we are now moving to the phase where oncologists are beginning to consider its use in combination with…
Senior Housing News’ Transform podcast covered West Bay CEO Jim Biggs and COO Josh Johnson’s new management company, Momentum Senior Living, and mentioned their teaching work at USC. “We teach within the School of Gerontology,” Johnson said. “Our classes kind of blend some of the different requirements of each masters…
Health spoke to Mireille Jacobson on COVID boosters and why people should get them. “It’s not a strong belief, like ‘I’m not going to get boosted’ is my sense,” she said. “You definitely don’t have that kind of ease that you had at the beginning. And I just think a lot…
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