Category Archives: Drugs and aging
Yes, Red Wine May Hold Some Answers. Recheck Dosage.
If you’ve tuned into the resveratrol story over the past five years, you’ve probably heard that you’d need to take giant doses of the red-wine ingredient to do any good. That idea was based on mouse studies in 2006 that showed massive doses of the compound blocked bad effects of eating too much fat. A [...]
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Sirtuin News For Mammals
The negative buzz about sirtuins recently grew louder when Science ran a lengthy news piece on Dec. 2 titled, “Aging Genes: The Sirtuin Story Unravels.” The article played up studies in lower organisms casting doubt on earlier high-profile reports that sirtuin enzmes play major roles in aging, which in turn challenged the idea that they [...]
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More on Demi, Ashton and Aging
If you’re tracking developments in aging research, don’t miss the issue of National Enquirer that hit newsstands today (dated Feb. 28)—it contains a full-page spread based on the Ashton-Demi Gerontology Seminar on the Beach that graced celebrity news outlets last week. You might also want to take a look at the related piece I did [...]
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An Accidental Anti-Aging Drug?
Researchers recently reported encouraging news about an experimental drug Merck is developing to boost HDL, the good cholesterol. In a study of 1,623 patients, the drug, anacetrapib, more than doubled HDL levels while also lowering LDL, the bad cholesterol. Best of all, it didn’t raise blood pressure, a side effect that contributed to Pfizer’s decision [...]
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Scientific American on TOR and Aging