Aging is Happening is a monthly email newsletter featuring aging news and insights from the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.
Aging is Happening Newsletter
- September 2024: Celebrating student researchers, finding fulfillment with age, understanding how a low-protein diet affects body fat, and more Aging is Happening
- August 2024: Studying the brain’s blood vessels and cognition, preventing air pollution-related Alzheimer’s, starting the new school year, and more Aging is Happening
- July 2024: Improving healthcare for older adults, using AI to identify concussions, honoring outstanding research, and more Aging is Happening
- June 2024: Helping caregivers better serve Alzheimer’s patients, using molecules from sea sponges to fight cancer, naming a seat to support the school, and more Aging is Happening
- May 2024: The extraordinary class of 2024, a rare mutation associated with better heart health, a rising star in aging research, and more Aging is Happening
- April 2024: Sharing advice on aging well, promoting healthy eating on campus, helping older adults reduce medication risks, and more Aging is Happening
- March 2024: Understanding how a mitochondrial mutation interacts with an Alzheimer’s gene, improving family caregiver well-being, eating for healthy aging, and more Aging is Happening
- February 2024: Fasting-like diet reduces biological age, celebrating Black History Month, research on Alzheimer’s in the ancient world, and more Aging is Happening
- January 2024: Uncovering a gene that protects against Parkinson’s, supporting future gerontology researchers, alumna works to prevent Alzheimer’s in women, and more Aging is Happening
- December 2023: Looking back at 2023
- November 2023: Eating healthfully for the holidays, learning about aging in South Korea, preventing elder abuse, and more Aging is Happening
- October 2023: Improving aging for Black Americans, investing in gerontology, debunking aging myths, and more Aging is Happening
- September 2023: Innovation in an aging society, grant renewal supports minority aging research, and more Aging is Happening
- August 2023: Conquering Half Dome at 93, understanding cellular stress, uncovering the fertility effects of an Alzheimer’s gene, and more Aging is Happening
- July 2023: Boosting COVID vaccination rates, fixing palliative care’s image problem, helping older adults stay safe during heatwaves, and more Aging is Happening
- June 2023: Advancing Alzheimer’s research, creating intergenerational bonds through dance, celebrating Pride, and more Aging is Happening
- May 2023: Celebrating the Class of 2023, exploring new approaches for body and brain health, launching studies in aging research, and more Aging is Happening
- April 2023: Researching Alzheimer’s risk, the effects of exercise on the brain, new funding to study ovarian aging, and more Aging is Happening
- March 2023: Remembering Professor George Shannon, measuring brain age, an alumna’s career in gerontology and social work, and more Aging is Happening
- February 2023: Alumna pursuing dentistry for older adults, predicting the rate of aging, tips on healthy aging, and more Aging is Happening
- January 2023: Measuring brain age, prescribing opioids more carefully, challenging existing ideas about Alzheimer’s, and more Aging is Happening
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Vitality Magazine
Vitality is the official magazine of the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology. To share questions, comments, or story ideas, please email editor Beth Newcomb.
