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Life Extension: Science or Pipe Dream?

Wouldn’t it be great if we could find a way to prolong our lives and to keep us healthy right up to the end? Ponce de León never found that Fountain of Youth, but science is still looking. What are the chances science will succeed? How’s it doing so far? In his new book The

Bioidentical Hormones: Estrogen is Good. No, It’s Bad. No, It’s Good

Jan 1, 2007Harriet A. Hall, MDObstetrics & gynecology, Pharmaceuticals, Skeptic magazineanti-aging, bioidentical, hormones, menopause, Premarin, Provera, Suzanne Somers

MENOPAUSAL WOMEN USED TO HAVE NO ESCAPE from the sufferings of the dreaded “Change.” In the mid-20th century, they were offered a reprieve. They could take a pill to replace their missing hormones, and feel back to normal. That was good in itself, but then they found that replacing estrogens could prevent osteoporosis and hip