Next City (via The Conversation) featured commentary by Dana Goldman of the USC Schaeffer Center and Reginald Tucker-Seeley of the USC Leonard Davis School on how to fix inequalities in American health care. “Including patients of color in clinical trials to test new drugs is vital
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An Indigenous Amazonian Group May Hold a Key to Slowing Down the Aging Process (Discover Magazine)
Discover Magazine featured research by Andrei Irimia of the USC Leonard Davis School and the USC Viterbi School on the healthy aging of the indigenous Tsimane people in Bolivia. “The healthy diet of the Tsimane is likely protective of their brains and their hearts,” he
US life expectancy fell by more than a year during coronavirus pandemic, research suggests (CNN)
CNN featured research by Theresa Andrasfay of the USC Leonard Davis School and a colleague on how COVID-19 has impacted U.S. life expectancy, especially among Black and Latino populations. “This unprecedented change likely stems from social and economic inequities that are associated with both higher
Life expectancy in the US has trailed high-income countries for a decade. The pandemic made it worse. (USA Today)
USA Today featured Jessica Ho of the USC Leonard Davis School on life expectancy falling in the United States during the pandemic. “Going in, we already expected the U.S. was going to be hit quite harder, but the question was, how much does it put
Opinion: Scientists discover the key to healthy aging — in the Amazon (MarketWatch)
MarketWatch featured research by Andrei Irimia of the USC Leonard Davis School and the USC Viterbi School on the healthy aging of the indigenous Tsimane people in Bolivia. “They have the lowest incidence of heart disease of all the people’s known to science, and they seem
The Upside of Trauma (O Quarterly)
O Quarterly quoted Thalida Em Arpawong in a feature about resilience and growth after trauma. “When your sense of safety, well-being and identity is challenged and you have to rethink who you are and what you want, that’s when growth happens.”
You May Live a Lot Longer (New York Times)
New York Times mentioned research by University Professor Eileen Crimmins and alumna Morgan Levine comparing how men 60 to 79 years old aged in 1988 to 1994 and in 2007 to 2010. They found that in those later years, the men they studied had a biological
Biogen Alzheimer’s drug and the battle over dementia treatment of the future (CNBC)
CNBC featured Paul Aisen of USC’s Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute, Christian Pike of the USC Leonard Davis School and Darius Lakdawalla of the USC Schaeffer Center on the FDA’s controversial approval of the drug aducanumab for Alzheimer’s.
En esta tribu de Amazonas los cerebros no envejecen como los nuestros, y eso es asombroso (Gizmodo en Español)
Gizmodo and The Week featured research by Andrei Irimia that identified less brain atrophy among the indigenous Tsimane people in Bolivia.
Amazon Tribe Could Hold Key to Health of Aging Brains (U.S. News & World Report)
U.S. News & World Report (via HealthDay) featured research by Andrei Irimia that identified less brain atrophy among the indigenous Tsimane people in Bolivia. Additional coverage was found via Yahoo News, the Hindustan Times and La Nación.