April Issue
In a recent study, a combination of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, herbal extracts, and brain-supportive nutrients completely halted age-related cognitive decline in transgenic mice. This unique experiment has important implications for arresting brain aging in humans.
Reports
Inside the Vioxx Debacle
When FDA scientist Dr. David Graham implicated Vioxx® in more than 100,000 deaths, the FDA responded with a campaign of harassment and intimidation designed to protect drug company profits at the expense of the American public’s health.
A New Paradigm for Stroke Prevention
The key to preventing crippling and often fatal strokes is to detect and reduce atherosclerotic plaque that causes this debilitating disease. Learn how today’s diagnostic tools and lifestyle changes can dramatically lower your risk of stroke.
Anti-Aging Benefits of Creatine
While often viewed as a performance enhancement supplement for athletes, creatine continues to demonstrate exciting new anti-aging benefits for older adults, including fighting muscle loss, improving cognition, and modulating inflammation.
Jonathan Wright, MD
In women, critical hormones such as progesterone, estrogen, and DHEA decline with advancing age, leading to myriad health problems. Dr. Jonathan Wright explains how bioidentical hormone replacement therapy can help women to live longer, healthier lives.
Newly Discovered Anti-Aging Effects of Ginkgo Biloba
Exciting new research suggests that ginkgo not only can improve memory and mental function, but also may be useful for diabetic retinopathy, intermittent claudication, and erectile dysfunction.
Departments
Can Doctors Be Trusted to Prescribe Vitamins?
Mainstream medicine continues to ignore what Life Extension’s own research demonstrated years ago: that blood testing and proper vitamin supplementation can greatly reduce your risk of stroke. Find out why doctors cannot be trusted to prescribe vitamins.
EU law threatens US health freedoms; selenium lowers colorectal cancer risk; folic acid reduces blood pressure in women; sesame lignans enhance vitamin E; PSA tests less accurate in overweight men; chromium benefits blood sugar; low testosterone and multiple sclerosis.
Garlic
Emerging research confirms the medicinal properties of garlic, a powerful antioxidant that may protect against heart disease, hypertension, and cancer.
Tommy Tompkins
At the age of 69, Tommy Tompkins adopted the Life Extension philosophy and became a world-class senior athlete.