NPR Oswego, New York, affiliate WRVO-FM interviewed Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School on how intermittent fasting can positively affect longevity and weight loss.
NPR quoted Susan Enguídanos of the USC Leonard Davis School on recent findings that hospices with the highest rate of so-called live discharges also have the highest profits.
There’s a concern, says Enguídanos, that by discharging patients early, some hospices may be “trying to avoid costs that they should be responsible for.”
Scientific American quoted Caleb Finch of the USC Leonard Davis School on why humans and chimpanzees might have developed APOE – a type of protein in the brain that controls how plaques can form – for different evolutionary functions.
Nature quoted Caleb Finch of the USC Leonard Davis School on why humans and chimpanzees might have developed APOE – a type of protein in the brain that controls how plaques can form – for different evolutionary functions.
Science quoted University Professor Caleb Finch on the recent study that found chimpanzees might also develop Alzheimer’s disease.
Raw Story noted a 2015 study by Cleopatra Abdou of the USC Leonard Davis School on the adverse effects of healthcare stereotyping.
Next Avenue published an essay from Professor and Dean Emeritus Ed Schneider, MD, highlighting ways in which older adults can benefit from following the advice that pediatricians give to children. Read the article here.
Men’s Health quoted Valter Longo of the USC Leonard Davis School about the possible health benefits of intermittent fasting.
The Washington Post quoted Mara Mather of the USC Leonard Davis School about the possible impact of commercial brain-training games.
The Journal of the American Medical Association published a news story about Valter Longo’s research on fasting-mimicking diets, stating that for researchers seeking to re-create the benefits of daily caloric restriction on a shorter, more practical timescale, Longo’s findings are tantalizing.
The diet appears to help more those who need it the most, Longo said in the story.