Recent Longevity News:

The EPA may weaken a regulation limiting arsenic in water - Scientific America, 6/01 - "A growing number of epidemiological studies indicate that drinking arsenic-tainted water can cause skin, lung, liver and bladder cancers"

Environmental Standards Do Not Prevent Biologic Effects of Pollutants - Medscape, 5/30/01, user=benhess, pwd=asdfgh - "Blood lead concentrations, polychlorinated biphenyls, benzene, and dioxinlike compounds were significantly higher among subjects living in the suburbs than among those living in the rural area" - See toxins

Vitamin Supplementation May Help Prevent Diabetes - Medscape, 5/29/01, user=benhess, pwd=asdfgh - "In an analysis of 9573 US adults between the ages of 25 and 74 who participated in the study, 1010 developed diabetes mellitus during 20 years of follow-up. Roughly 21% of people who developed diabetes reported using vitamins in the month prior to entry compared with 33.5% of participants who did not"

Prevention of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis Found Lacking - Medscape, 5/29/01, user=benhess, pwd=asdfgh - "A substantial number of patients prescribed glucocorticoids are not receiving adequate preventive therapy for osteoporosis"

Depression may double diabetes risk - USA Today, 5/24/01 - "But, even "independent of weight gain and other factors," Lustman says, depression doubles the risk for diabetes. "There are changes in hormones that occur during depression that can directly increase insulin resistance.""

Chronic Kidney Disease Common in US, Associated With Suboptimal BP Control - Medscape, 5/24/01, user=benhess, pwd=asdfgh - "Among hypertensives with elevated serum creatinine levels, 75% were receiving antihypertensive medication, but only a very small minority, 11%, had a blood pressure <130/85 mm Hg, the level recommended by the Joint National Committee on Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure for hypertensive patients with renal disease"

Cozaar (Losartan) Significantly Reduces Progression of Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetics - Doctor's Guide, 5/24/01

• Newest Hypertension Drug, Losartan, May Improve Sexual Function - Doctor's Guide, 5/1/01

Galantamine Approved for Alzheimer's Dementia - Clinical Psychiatry News, 5/01, user=benhess, pwd=asdfgh - "treated with galantamine had significant improvements in their cognitive performance, compared with those on placebo ... Treatment also was associated with improved behavior and the ability to function in the real world"

Hypericin May Be Potential Candidate For Treating Esophageal Cancer - Doctor's Guide, 5/22/01 - "Hypericin, the active ingredient in St. John's wort, a popular herbal remedy for depression, may be a potential candidate for treating esophageal and other tumors"

Tomatoes May Help Fight High Blood Pressure - Doctor's Guide, 5/20/01 - "patients were treated with a placebo for four weeks and then tomato extract (Lyc-O-Mato, LycoRed Natural Products Industries, Ltd.), for eight weeks ... Results showed a significant reduction in systolic blood pressure, from 144 mm Hg to 135 mm Hg, representing a mean 9 mm Hg reduction. Additionally, some favorable effects on diastolic blood pressure, blood lipids, lipoproteins, and oxidative stress markers were noted" - See Jarrow Lyco-Sorb, which contains the Lyco-O-Mato.  More on lycopene:

Heart Disease Risk Factors Affected by Choice of Pill or Patch in Hormone Replacement Therapy - Doctor's Guide, 5/17/01 - "If, for example, a woman has low HDLs, she might choose oral HRT since subjects in our study and other studies showed no change in the beneficial HDLs while on transdermal therapy. "On the other hand, a woman might want to select the patch if her triglycerides were already high, since oral therapy increases this factor which is associated with a higher risk of heart disease."

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