Science and Technology
USC Dornsife has given four longstanding fields clearer academic identities, increasing their visibility in research and graduate education.
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Faculty
Research adds to evidence that healthier, pre-industrial lifestyles may hold clues to preventing Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias. [2¼ min read]
Science and Technology
A USC Dornsife study comparing people with diabetes, prediabetes and normal blood sugar finds that diabetes, left untreated, could mean a higher likelihood of developing dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease. [2¼ min read]
Faculty
Findings from a study led by USC Dornsife’s John Tower of biological sciences may explain how Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s affect men and women differently.
Faculty
An audiovisual version of a fotonovela co-developed by Margaret Gatz of psychology to inform the Latino community about dementia has aired on PBS.
Faculty
Memory is our brain’s library, the key to our consciousness and identity. Its loss may be triggered by obesity, head injury, even traffic pollution. Can fasting help?
