Life Extension

Extension of the life span has become an increasingly prominent subject in the media. Vitamins, nutrient supplements, minerals, and skin creams have been aggressively promoted as being able to delay aging and prolong life. Books on longevity and life extension aimed at promoting such products have m...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 1985-05, Vol.312 (18), p.1159-1168
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description Extension of the life span has become an increasingly prominent subject in the media. Vitamins, nutrient supplements, minerals, and skin creams have been aggressively promoted as being able to delay aging and prolong life. Books on longevity and life extension aimed at promoting such products have made several best-seller lists. A recent Congressional hearing on medical quackery devoted considerable time and effort to investigating anti-aging "cures." 1 Unfortunately, there have been few attempts to examine the scientific basis for the claims of life extension made by promoters of such products. This article will examine several interventions that have been proposed to . . .
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Aging - drug effects
Animals
Antioxidants - administration & dosage
Biological and medical sciences
Dehydroepiandrosterone - pharmacology
Diet
Energy Intake
Ethics, Medical
Female
Free Radicals
Humans
Hypophysectomy
Immunocompetence
Levodopa - pharmacology
Life Expectancy
Longevity
Male
Meclofenoxate - pharmacology
Medical sciences
Mice
Middle Aged
Miscellaneous
Models, Biological
Physical Exertion
Procaine - therapeutic use
Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects)
Superoxide Dismutase - metabolism
Ubiquinone - therapeutic use
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