Bozeman Daily Chronicle profiled alumna Lindsey Klebenow, who founded Heart to Heart Home Care LLC, a home health and memory care company that offers in-home care and adult day services. The article mentioned her master of science in gerontology degree from the USC Leonard Davis School and added that the school ranks as one of the top gerontology schools in the world.
Scientific American quoted Andrei Irimia in a story about a new study on different medical conditions tied to lifestyle choices and their effect on brain aging. The work is a “methodological tour de force” that could greatly advance researchers’ understanding of aging, says Irimia, who was not involved in the work. “Prior to this study, we knew that brain anatomy changes with aging and disease. But our ability to grasp this complex interaction was far more modest.”
Nature quoted Valter Longo in an article covering a new study on fasting and regeneration and cited his 2015 study that found a 45% reduction in abnormal cell and tissue growth in mice that fasted compared with animals that did not. Longo says that the results of the new study could help identify ways to perform coordinated cellular regeneration to repair damaged tissues, such as those in people with inflamed colons or Crohn’s disease.
MarketWatch quoted Pinchas Cohen in an article on how genetic tests to determine health risks may not be worth the money. “For the average person, genetic testing gives very limited additional value in identifying the risk of chronic disease,” Cohen said.
Technology Networks featured research led by Caleb Finch on how a drug called GSM-15606 shows promise in protecting against air pollution-related Alzheimer’s risks. “This is the first example of a new drug developed to slow Alzheimer’s that may also protect aging individuals from the environmental risk factor of air pollution,” Finch said. The study was also covered by StudyFinds, Science Blog, and Science Daily.
NIH Research Highlights featured a study led by Valter Longo on how a fasting-mimicking diet appeared to reduce disease risk factors and slow biological aging in healthy adults.
Business Insider interviewed Valter Longo on how adopting a “longevity diet” and fasting helped him improve his health after moving to the U.S. and eating a typical American diet. “I think that’s what happens to most people, right?” he said. “Because they’re not experts, and you’re surrounded by this world that is full of food and it’s just very difficult not to fall into it.”
Next Avenue quoted Paul Irving, distinguished scholar in residence at the USC Leonard Davis School, on how a new national strategic plan for aging is "a terrific and important document that deserves attention and visibility."
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NIH Research Highlights featured a study coauthored by Em Arpawong on how adolescent cognition predicted dementia risk in older adulthood, in part through its association with educational attainment.
The Harvard Business Review published a column written by Distinguished Scholar in Residence Paul Irving on why our fixation on age clouds more important questions about what it means to be an effective leader.
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