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BusinessWeek
March 20, 2006 |
The Guru of Anti-Aging There's plenty doctors can do to control the effects of old age, says a leading light in the anti-aging medical movement.   |
BusinessWeek
August 26, 2010
Bess Levin |
The Old and the Beautiful How the boomers' fear of mortality became an $88 billion annual industry is described in Arlene Weintraub's book, Selling the Fountain of Youth: How the Anti-Aging Industry Made a Disease Out of Getting Old -- And Made Billions |
BusinessWeek
November 28, 2005
Arlene Weintraub |
Human Growth Hormone: Unproven and Unsafe HGH is often hyped as a cure for aging. But as so with most fountains of youth, there's no proof that it works. And it can be harmful. But for now, off-label use of human growth hormone appears to be a growth industry. |
Health
August 24, 2009
Catherine Guthrie |
The Latest on Hormone Therapy for Women It's not often that a middle-aged former sitcom star is at the center of an important health debate. But Suzanne Somers's hormone therapy -- has put her in the limelight. |
BusinessWeek
June 26, 2006
Arlene Weintraub |
Homegrown Hormone Therapy: How Safe? Popular alternatives to menopause drugs are under fierce attack by Wyeth and others. |
BusinessWeek
March 20, 2006
Arlene Weintraub |
What's That in Dog Years? It doesn't matter how you feel - the H-Scan will tell you how old you really are. |
BusinessWeek
March 20, 2006 |
Biotech's Diet In A Bottle Could Extend Your Life A handful of biotech companies are developing drugs that produce the effects of caloric restriction in the body without depriving people of food. |
BusinessWeek
March 20, 2006 |
Legal Tangle At The Fountain Of Youth There has been new light shed on allegations that Pharmacia Corp. improperly promoted its drug Genotropin to doctors who intended to use it as an anti-aging treatment. The U.S. Justice Dept. is continuing its investigation. |
Outside
November 2003
Stuart Stevens |
Drug Test Everybody knows that many athletes cheat by using performance-enhancing drugs like steroids, testosterone, and EPO. But what is it like to take these banned substances? Do they really help you win? To find out, we sent an amateur cyclist out to try them and report back. |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2009
Arlene Weintraub |
Testosterone Is Sure Looking Virile Despite legal setbacks and FDA delays, youth-crazed boomers are making testosterone a billion-dollar industry. |
Salon.com
July 10, 2002
Trisha Posner |
Death by hormones It's been more than 50 years since studies first sounded the alarm about hormone replacement therapy. Women, silenced by shame, have been guinea pigs of the pharmaceutical industry for too long. |
BusinessWeek
November 28, 2005
Arlene Weintraub |
My, How You've Grown A wave of drugs for short kids is sparking social controversy -- and an expanding market. Growth hormones are likely to remain in the spotlight for another reason: They could become the first-ever biotech drugs to become available in generic form. |
American Journal of Nursing
June 2011
Karen Roush |
Menopausal Hormone Therapy: What We Know Now This article describes the findings and limitations of the major research thus far on hormone therapy. |
Reason
August 2002
Ronald Bailey |
Forever Young The new scientific search for immortality |
Psychology Today
Jan/Feb 2007
Sherry Baker |
The Home Team Advantage Testosterone and estrogen drive touchdowns and boost brainpower, but they work their magic with a selectivity that science is only beginning to understand. A primer on how these counterintuitive chemicals truly shape us. |
Fast Company
Elizabeth Segran |
The Eternal Problem Silicon Valley Can't Solve Last year Google launched Calico Labs, a medical company whose goal is to tackle aging and illness. Other companies have also joined in this quest. |
AskMen.com
Bryan Tomek |
Supplements Guide When it comes to supplements, understanding fact from fiction can be crucial to your health. |
Managed Care
February 2005
Thomas Morrow |
Competition Heralds Beginning of Bio-Generics There is very little competition in the biopharmaceutical sector. With the introduction of generic forms of human growth hormone, can managed care get a lower price? |
Bio-IT World
January 12, 2004
Karen Hopkin |
High-Tech Search for the Fountain of Youth Dramatic advances may help biotechs develop drugs that slow aging. |
