Inside Edition interviewed Edward Schneider regarding Donald Trump’s cognitive health following a verbal gaffe. “There are changes in your brain; you’re not as sharp as you would be at 35, but the trade-off is you have a lot more experience.”
Medical News Today quoted USC Leonard Davis adjunct professor Linda Ellerby on research that indicates intermittent fasting could slow brain aging. Ellerby is also affiliated with the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. “Finding factors that make the brain resilient or prevent the aging process will be important to slowing aging. … It is possible that simple changes in our diet can increase the levels of OXR1 in the brain and this would be protective.”
HuffPost interviewed Jennifer Ailshire of USC Leonard Davis and USC Price for tips on improving longevity. Ailshire gave advice such as being physically active, socially engaged and doing what you can to reduce controllable stress. The story also ran on Yahoo News sites
Wall Street Journal interviewed Eileen Crimmins of USC Leonard Davis for an in-depth story about Americans’ growing health issues with age. Crimmins said: “We are living longer and better, even if the length of life with diseases increased.”