Sunday, February 4, 2007

IS TESTOSTERONE THE NEW ELIXIR OF YOUTH?

IS TESTOSTERONE THE NEW ELIXIR OF YOUTH?
In medieval times, alchemists searched for an elixir of eternal life: a potion that would keep men forever young and virile.As America's male baby boomers reach the 50-year mark, attention is once again focused on finding a remedy for the middle-age malaise -- the fatigue, loss of muscle and bone strength and weakened libido that often strikes men as they age. Although conventional wisdom once held that these problems were an inevitable part of growing old, some doctors assert...
Forever young with chemicals? Human growth hormone is just one attempt to turn back time
One recent sunny morning, an elegantly dressed woman strolled down Fifth Ave., turned onto East 72nd St. and strode past million-dollar limestone residences into the office of physician Adrienne Denese.The patient, a fashion publicity agent from the higher rungs of New York society, asked not to be named, but revealed that she visits Denese's clinic to receive her weekly dose of the 1990s version of youth elixir: human growth hormone. Denese, a trim blond with skin that is...
ELIXIR ADDS TO GENE PORTFOLIO
In the eternal quest for youth, Elixir Pharmaceuticals Inc. is building a portfolio of age-related genetic discoveries, adding licenses this week to two genes linked to longevity.The privately held Cambridge company hopes these and other genes will yield therapies to slow aging and delay the onset of age-related illnesses such as cancer and diabetes. Elixir said it licensed patents from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology related to the SIR-2 gene, which controls aging in yeast and...

GROWTH HORMONE IS TRENDY YOUTH ELIXIR DESPITE WARNINGS

GROWTH HORMONE IS TRENDY YOUTH ELIXIR DESPITE WARNINGS
On a sunny morning recently, an elegantly dressed woman strolled down Fifth Avenue, turned onto East 72d Street and strode past million-dollar limestone maisonettes into the office of Dr. Adrienne Denese. The patient, a fashion publicity agent from the higher rungs of New York society, revealed that she visits Denese's clinic to receive her weekly dose of the 1990s version of youth elixir: human growth hormone.Denese, a trim blond woman with skin that is smooth but oddly hard...
ENERGY OVERFLOWS FOR SENIOR SIPPING FROM ELIXIR OF LIFE
You meet Harold Goodman and figure if he could bottle life and sell it over the counter, he'd top the Fortune 500 list this year.We'd all be standing in lines a block long with our checkbooks out for what this man could sell us in that youth elixir of his. Not some magic wrinkle-reducing cream, hyped on TV in the wee hours. Regular $45 value but if you call right now, yours for only $19.95 because anybody up at 3 a.m. watching TV and worried about wrinkles deserves...

UNFOCUSED ELIXIR SEEKS NEW LIFE
A Cambridge company searching for the secrets to human longevity, Elixir Pharmaceuticals, has suddenly seen its own time horizons shortened. The company's investors, it seems, don't have the patience to keep funding Elixir while it searches for the fountain of youth. They'd settle for a bottle of Evian and preferably sooner, rather than later.The 30-person biotech has been a media darling because of its ambitious goal: to leverage scientific...

FOR TWENTY SOMETHINGS, ANTI-AGING IS ALL THE RAGE


FOR TWENTYSOMETHINGS, ANTI-AGING IS ALL THE RAGE
CHICAGO - Forget "40 is the new 30." Now even twentysomethings are joining the quest for eternal youth by using anti-aging products and wrinkle treatmen ts.Some young adults say they want to reverse the effects the sun has already had on their skin. Others already are feeling social pressure to retain their fresh-faced looks. "Instead of starting when you're 40 or 45, you might as well start now," says Joanne Katsigiannis, a...

Are anti-aging pills harmful?
Everyone wants to stay young, so the anti-aging market is huge. Walk into any vitamin shop or health-food store and you'll see that one of the hottest sellers is supplements containing DHEA. But before you buy, here's what you need to know about anti-aging pills — including Good Housekeeping's surprising discovery.What is DHEA?It's a hormone (dehydroepiandrosterone) that your body converts to testosterone and estrogen. DHEA...

POTIONS TO FIGHT AGING POPULAR INTERNET BANKING ON PEOPLE TRYING TO STOP PROCESS
As its eldest members shuffle past the half-century mark, the baby-boom generation is fueling a growing demand for ``velvet deer antler,'' ``catalyst-altered water'' and other elixirs, potions and miracle cures that promoters claim can outfox Father Time.Anti-aging support groups are sprouting everywhere, with members ranging from community leaders and anti-government libertarians to new-age naturalists and con artists. And in their search...

Saturday, February 3, 2007

Time in a Bottle Anti-Aging Boosters Claim Their Products Can Turn Back the Clock.

Time in a Bottle Anti-Aging Boosters Claim Their Products Can Turn Back the Clock. Independent Scientists Aren't Buying It.
Would you like to grow younger, to turn back the clock 10 or 20 years and double your life span? Thanks to recent scientific advances, your chances are pretty good . . . if you're a parasitic worm or a fruit fly. Humans, who for the most part are more complicated than these creatures, can reap no such benefits from the continuing flood of anti-aging potions and precepts, which are at best naively optimistic and at worst fraudulent and harmful. Yes, credible and independent
Professor sued over opinion, He blasted anti-aging group Now he's accused of "ruthless campaign"
CHICAGO — Over the years that S. Jay Olshansky has blasted the Chicago-based American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine as a peddler of baseless ideas about how to reverse the aging process, he said he always saw their dust-up as a scientific dispute like many others.But in an unusual $120 million lawsuit winding through Cook County Circuit Court, leaders of the anti-aging group contend the University of Illinois, Chicago, professor and a colleague were aiming at much more: a...
NEW ELIXIRS, NEW WRINKLES
Beauty may be only skin-deep, but that's quite far enough for the cosmetics industry. The hottest new wrinkle in the billion-dollar appearance business: anti-aging preparations. Manufacturers assert these treatments not only cover up the marks of age, but actually are revolutionary new ways of rejuvenating skin.Some dermatologists, however, are doubtful about these claimed new advances in technology. They say they have seen no proof, and find the statements in the ads difficult...



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tissue regeneration leads to advances in anti-aging

Wrinkle insurance Scientist's research on scarless healing and tissue regeneration leads to advances in anti-aging
After years of toying with the concept of tissue regeneration and working with the protein tropoelastin, Dr. Burt Ensley stumbled across an anti-aging phenomenon."It was very difficult for him to prove at first," noted Lorenzo DeLuca, chief operating officer of DermaPlus Inc., the Staten Island-based company which was founded on Dr. Ensley's radical skincare idea. "It was such a phenomenal concept that no one believed what he was...
SOME INGREDIENTS' IMPACT MAY NOT EVEN BE SKIN DEEP
To aid you in your anti-aging skin-care quest, the following list offers definitions of some of today's hottest skin-product ingredients along with claims, skin experts' opinions and product examples. PEPTIDES The short chains of amino acids are supposed to stimulate skin metabolism and signal the skin to repair itself. Some dermatologists are doubtful. "It's more likely peptides work as carrier agents, helping other...

FDA HASN'T PUT A WRINKLE IN ANTI-AGING CREAM SALES
The Food and Drug Administration is still wagging its finger at those new anti-aging creams _ the ones that are supposed to reduce wrinkles and change aging skin for the better. Some scientists harrumph that the anti-aging claims aren't true. The price tags (around $65-$100 for many of the products) haven't gotten any lower The anti-aging creams are nonetheless galloping right out of the stores, onto the presumably wrinkle-free skins of thousands of Northwest women. We...



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NEW ANTI-AGING MEDICINE OFFICE IS NOW OPEN IN COUNTY

NEW ANTI-AGING MEDICINE OFFICE IS NOW OPEN IN COUNTY
A lifelong area resident has opened Luzerne County's first office of anti-aging medicine, a new specialty that focuses on preventive health.Dr. Carolann Littzi, 37, who grew up in Kingston and attended King's College, recently opened her Preventive and Anti-Aging Medicine office at 29 N. Memorial Highway. Littzi, who earned a medical degree from Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, previously worked in the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital emergency room....


Fountain of Youth Anti-aging specialty gains notice in quest for long life
Out in this city where anything is possible, a former Chicago radiologist has started what he believes will be the wave of the future: an anti-aging clinic. Alan Mintz calls it Cenegenics, Greek for "new beginning."Cenegenics, he said, is dedicated to the science of "youthful aging. " In a new office building seven miles west of the famous casino strip, Cenegenics combines hormone replacement therapy, optimal nutrition, and exercise to...
HOLDING BACK TIME
The buzz these days is ``anti-aging.'' Check out the late-night talk shows. Botox gets as much airtime as the film clips the stars shill. Stroll the sleek corridors of The Miami Institute of Age Management & Intervention, recently opened in the sky lobby of Brickell's Four Seasons Hotel.Cross over to Lauderhill and an alternative to the popular Botox awaits at a place called, no kidding, the Anti-Aging Clinic.But wait....



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Anti-aging efforts: fountain of youth or down the drain?

Anti-aging efforts: fountain of youth or down the drain?
Californians seeking the fountain of youth lead the nation in dollars spent on physicians, potions and products claiming to stop aging. In Orange County, anti-aging and lon gevity clinics, health-food stores and so-called ``natural'' healing practitioners draw clients who travel miles for prescriptions for substances such as human growth hormone. But they are wasting their money -- maybe even harming their health -- say 51 international scientists in a...

A BACKLASH AGAINST THE ANTI-AGING INDUSTRY, FEARS OF SWINDLES AND PSEUDO-SCIENCE SPARK DEBATE
Baby boomers are not strolling quietly into their golden years.Many are fighting to stop or turn back the ravages of time. And as they employ everything from wrinkle-erasing creams to herbs to hormones, anti-aging medicine has ballooned into a multibillion-dollar business. The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine touts the field as an extension of preventive health care, using diet, supplements and other approaches to enable people to live longer and healthier lives....
Group says hormones unlock fountain of youth Anti-aging physicians claim to slow down body's deterioration with costly treatments
Out in this city where anything is possible, a former Chicago radiologist has started what he believes will be the wave of the future: an anti-aging clinic. Alan Mintz calls it Cenegenics, Greek for "new beginning." Cenegenics, he said, is dedicated to the science of "youthful aging." In a new office building seven miles west of the famous casino strip, Cenegenics combines hormone-replacement therapy, optimal nutrition and...



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ANTI-AGING MEDICINE: HOW MUCH MAKES SENSE?

ANTI-AGING MEDICINE: HOW MUCH MAKES SENSE?
Anti-aging medicine has ballooned into a multibillion-dollar business.The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine touts the field as an extension of preventive health care, using diet, supplements and other approaches to help people live longer, healthier lives. "It's not simply a magic bullet that turns back the clock," says Ronald Klatz, the organization's president. But leading members of the gerontological community, worried that the...
Anti-aging has supporters and detractors
Anti-aging has supporters and detractors Q: Is it possible to stop aging? I really don't want to become an "old woman." The thought of all the losses that come with old age are frightening. Any thoughts? BARBARA Dear Barbara: Your question focuses on a very hot topic -- anti-aging. It is hot because it is controversial, personal, scientific and commercial. Most everyone has an opinion about it and can quote a study, article or conversation that...
Anti Aging Medical Group Acquires Distribution Rights for Vitamin Energy Supplement CoQ10 ER Extended Release, Created to Protect Against Age-Related Degeneration
Anti Aging Medical Group Corp. (PINKSHEETS: AAGM), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing, acquiring and commercializing innovative and scientifically proven products that offer both health maintenance and appearance enhancing benefits, announces the North American marketing rights for their brand new product, CoQ10 ER a dietary supplement created to protect against age-related degeneration. The CoQ10 ER product will be licensed from AlphaRx Inc. (OTCBB:...



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'anti-aging strategies'

Club hears 'anti-aging strategies'
Club hears 'anti-aging strategies' By covington ORANGE BEACH - Anti-Aging Strategies and Growth Hormone Therapy were the topics of discussion for the April meeting of the South Baldwin Newcomer's Club. Dr. Charles Runels Jr. of the Runels Center for Lifelong Health in Daphne was the guest speaker.A graduate of Birmingham Southern College and UAB Medical School, Runels is Board Certified in Internal Medicine. His career includes research in physical...
ANTI-AGING SECRETS
If an older face is like a raisin, puckered and sunken in places, then the latest idea in cosmetic anti-aging medicine is to plump it back into the shape of a fresh grape.So much for aging like fine wine. "Now it's about replacing loss of volume," Dr. Gary Monheit, president of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, told Cosmetic Boot Camp attendees. "Filling material is the new frontier for facial aging."...
Anti-aging industry fires up a debate
Anti-aging industry fires up a debate Some say promise of modern-day fountain of youth has gone too far By BOB JACKSON The (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Gazette COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Baby boomers are not strolling quietly into their golden years. Many are fighting to stop or turn back the ravages of time. And as they employ everything from wrinkle-erasing creams to herbs to hormones, anti-aging medicine has ballooned into a multibillion-dollar business.The American Academy of Anti-Aging...



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Legal dispute over anti-aging medicine ends

Legal dispute over anti-aging medicine ends
Nov. 17 An unusual legal fight between an organization promoting anti-aging medicine and a University of Illinois at Chicago professor has ended in a settlement, with neither side paying damages or the other's costs. The conflict began two years ago when two leaders of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine sued S. Jay Olshansky, a nationally known aging expert at UIC, to stop what they called a "ruthless campaign" to destroy their careers.Olshansky...
Anti-aging products crowd shelves, but do they work?
Never before have the beauty counters and shelves of department, drug and discount stores been so laden with anti-aging products. Scores of products are purporting to diminish the signs of aging, including "deep wrinkle" serums, over-the-counter glycolic peel kits, wrinkle reducers and "anti-sagging" creams.Many have a long roster of impressive-sounding ingredients such as Retinol, Q10, anti-oxidant multivitamins, Dermo-Peptide and other skin...

OFFER ON ANTI-AGING BUILDING OKD
The Anti-Aging News Building -- where police once landed a helicopter, rappelled down the side and plucked a cocaine dealer from the penthouse -- is headed for a new life with a new owner. City commissioners agreed Wednesday to sell the building for $415,000, about $115,000 more than they agreed to pay for it in 1988.A group of developers wants to turn the vacant eyesore into a commercial center -- and save the huge mural of a beach scene that was recently painted on its side


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Anti-aging clinics arrive in San Luis Obispo

Anti-aging clinics arrive in San Luis Obispo
Oct. 10 Spurred by the popularity of anti-aging clinics in larger cities, two physicians have opened such practices in San Luis Obispo, offering therapies they say reverse the effects of aging and keep people feeling younger, longer. With 81,000 residents between 45 and 75 one-third of the population San Luis Obispo County is fertile ground for anti- aging centers, which usually target wealthier clients.Dr. Peter Muran moved his Longevity Healthcare Center from Orange County to San Luis...

Anti Aging Medical Group Secures a Supplier for Its Flexogan US Launch, Appoints Andromaco to Be Its Supplier for Flexogan
Anti Aging Medical Group Corp. (OTC: AAGM), a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on developing, acquiring and commercializing innovative and scientifically proven products that offer both health maintenance and appearance enhancing benefits announces that it has secured a supplier for its Flexogan product to be distributed in the US. Anti Aging Medical Corp is pleased to appoint Andromaco as the preferred supplier for Flexogan. Andromaco is a leading...


Promise or field of dreams? Anti-aging specialty is a controversial restoration effort
Depending on who's doing the talking, "anti-aging medicine" offers either the picture of health or the picture of Dorian Gray. Patients who spend sometimes thousands of dollars a year at anti-aging clinics believe they feel and look younger. Skeptics say that diet and exercise alone can bring the same improvements and that other treatments probably provide only short-run gains for a long-run price. All claim to have science on their side, citing...



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