A multidisciplinary dementia cost project led by USC researchers provides updated estimates of the financial toll on patients, care partners and society.
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Fast Company, Yahoo and others (via The Conversation) ran an op-ed by Eunyoung Choi discussing her recent study with Jennifer Ailshire, which found that extreme heat may silently accelerate biological aging at the molecular level, with effects comparable to smoking and heavy alcohol consumption.
“This link between biological age and extreme heat remained even after accounting for a wide range of individual and community factors such as physical activity levels and socioeconomic status. This means that even among people with similar lifestyles, those living in hotter environments may still be aging faster at the biological level,” Choi wrote. “Even more surprising was the magnitude of the effect – extreme heat has a comparable impact on speeding up aging as smoking and heavy alcohol consumption. This suggests that heat exposure may be silently accelerating aging, at a level on par with other major known environmental and lifestyle stressors.”
Amid an ongoing opioid crisis that contributes to shortening American lifespans, a new study addresses the lack of nationwide data on who keeps the lifesaving medication with them and uses it to reverse overdoses.
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People in neighborhoods that experience more days of high heat show faster aging at the molecular level than residents of cooler regions, say USC researchers.
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The first-of-its-kind tool can non-invasively track the pace of brain changes using MRI scans; faster brain aging closely correlates with a higher risk of cognitive impairment.
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Based on a new USC-led study, researchers suggest adding blood vessel health to dementia diagnostics.
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Cuervo, Distinguished Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and co-director of the Einstein Institute for Aging Research, is a leading expert in autophagy, the process of breaking down and recycling old or damaged proteins in cells.
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USC Leonard Davis scientists search for clues and connect the dots as they work to predict and prevent Alzheimer’s and related diseases.
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Lindsey Klebenow has worked in home care and assisted living in Bozeman, Montana from the time she was in college. She’s a certified nurse assistant (CNA), an emergency medical technician (EMT) and operates her own home health agency.
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Instructional Associate Professor Roberto Vicinanza recently presented at the U.N.’s Mediterranean Diet A Living Heritage, Unleashing One Health event.
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- Column: Extreme heat silently accelerates aging on a molecular level − new research (The Conversation)
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- Study: Extreme Heat May Speed Up Aging in Older Adults
