On Tue, 18 Nov 1997, Einar Ottestad wrote:
> I'm doing some research on the various anti-aging hormone therapies
> currently being attempted, including Melatonin, hGH, and DHEA. I'm
> curious about hearing the issue from both sides, pro-therapy and
> anti-therapy. I've extensively searched the web without finding any
> really well-written, scientific, non-biased, articles on the topic
> that aren't hidden in "Buy-Me" propaganda. Does anyone have any
> details or, rather, can point me in a direction where I could find
> useful information on the topic? Also, if anyone knows of alternate
> therapies to the ones I've mentioned, please inform me. Please
> e-mail me at:
I was curious about this myself, and I found the following to be a
thoughtful, informative and scholarly recent article (what more can you
ask for, anyway?):
Shomali, M., & Wolfsthal, S. (1997). The use of anti-aging hormones.
Maryland Medical Journal, vol. 46, 181--
Their subtitle says it all: "Melatonin, growth hormone, testosterone,
and dehydroepiandrosterone: Consumer enthusiasm for unproven therapies".
-Stephen
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