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Posted on May 22, 2019 - Among a group of 21 million adults, occurrences of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO), when shingles gets in the eyes, tripled during a 12-year-period, according to Kellogg Eye Center research presented at the 2019 Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology annual meeting in Vancouver.

Posted on May 20, 2019 - Experts from the USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology and across USC addressed harmful myths and misconceptions about aging, health care and more during the 10th annual What’s Hot in Aging Research event. Keep reading to learn more!

Posted on May 15, 2019 - Many of us get the spring cleaning impulse this time of year. Out go old possessions that don’t “spark joy,” as organizing guru Marie Kondo would say. But for some people, asking if an item “sparks joy” is futile—because they are tied emotionally to all their possessions, even items others would consider useless. For people living with a hoarding disorder, discarding items sparks quite the opposite of joy!

Posted on May 14, 2019 - Click below to hear Tomas Mendez, Senior Director of Independent Living talk about Franke at Seaside’s upcoming renovations and amenity expansion plans on ABC News Channel 4’s Lowcountry Live.

Posted on May 13, 2019 - Lost your car keys? Instead of retracing your steps, you might want to try walking backward to jog your memory. A study published in the January issue of Cognition found that people who walked backward, imagined they were walking backward, or even watched a video simulating backward motion had better recall of past events than those who walked forward or sat still.