U.S. News & World Report covered research from Pinchas Cohen that tied a rare mutation to a greatly reduced risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.
Newsweek covered research from Pinchas Cohen that tied a rare mutation to a greatly reduced risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.
The American Psychological Association mentioned Mara Mather’s research on breathing exercises and Alzheimer’s risk in a trend report. “Slow-paced breathing may be able to slow the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease in adults who are still cognitively healthy,” said Mather. “If so, this simple relaxing technique could be a low-cost and low-risk way to reduce risk of the disease.”
Medical News Today featured an article on the fasting-mimicking diet developed by Valter Longo. “Thus, a 5-day diet that comes in a box like medicine could allow people that don’t want to change [their] diet [to] have the benefits of a healthier diet potentially if done less than once a month,” he said. “We believe that 15–20 days a year could already provide important benefits.”
New York Post mentioned Valter Longo in a story on fasting’s effect on Alzheimer’s signs.
Los Angeles Times spoke with John Walsh about Loma Linda and the concepts of Blue Zones, along with how to verify claims of Blue Zone communities. Yahoo News and Frederick News-Post republished the article. The column noted that Walsh has seen firsthand some of the benefits of the culture in Nosara, the Costa Rican Blue Zone community, having taught a gerontology class there. “Longevity research is a real slippery slope, with way too many researchers around the world cashing in on humanity’s fear of aging, frailty and death,” he said.
The New York Times and KCRW-FM spoke with Eileen Crimmins about U.S. life expectancy increasing after a post-pandemic decline and why U.S. life expectancy lags behind other wealthy countries. “We’re halfway back to what we lost. But we certainly have a very long ways to go before we get to where life expectancy should be.”
DailyMail republished comments from Pinchas Cohen about millionaire Bryan Johnson’s journey to battle aging and the inevitability of death.
NPR interviewed Eileen Crimmins about the U.S. life expectancy recovering after a post-pandemic decline and why U.S. life expectancy lags behind other wealthy countries. KPBS and LAist republished the article; multiple NPR and APM radio stations around the country aired the story.
Crimmins says other wealthy countries in Europe and Asia do much better on preventing early deaths from causes such as heart disease, gun violence, giving birth and infectious diseases for which there are vaccines. “These are things that don’t require scientific investigation to know how to actually prevent them,” she says. “Other countries prevent them. We don’t.”
Woman’s World mentioned a study co-authored by Valter Longo of USC Leonard Davis that looked at the benefits of intermittent fasting and how it can promote the growth of hormones in women. The Sacramento Bee and Yahoo Liferepublished the article.
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