Recent Longevity News for the seven days ending 5/5/04:

Iron-deficient Infants Score Worse On Cognitive And Motor Tests As Teens - Science Daily, 5/5/04 - "Teens who suffered iron deficiency as infants are likely to score lower on cognitive and motor tests, even if that iron deficiency was identified and treated in infancy"

AndroGel (Testosterone) Shows Long-Term Benefits, Safety for Men With Hypogonadism - Doctor's Guide, 5/4/04 - "The study results showed significant improvements in mood and sexual performance, motivation and activity soon after initiating testosterone replacement. These improvements were maintained throughout treatment. Lean body mass increased (average of about 3 kg or 6.6 pounds) as early as three months after beginning treatment and was sustained with continuous treatment. Additionally, an increase in muscle strength associated with the increase in lean mass was reported"

S-Adenosyl Methionine May Be As Efficacious As Celecoxib in Management of Knee Osteoarthritis, But Onset of Action Is Slower - Doctor's Guide, 5/4/04 - "During the first month of phase 1, celecoxib was significantly more effective in reducing pain than was SAMe (P= .024); however, by the second month of phase 1, patients in both groups had significant pain improvement from baseline (PS</i>] < .01), and no significant difference in pain was observed between groups" - See iHerb or Vitacost SAMe products.

Ultra-Low-Dose Estradiol Patch Stops Bone Turnover, Increases Bone Density - Medscape, 5/4/04 - "The patch dose is "roughly one fourth of the standard 0.625-mg dose usually prescribed for menopause symptoms ... That minimal increase translated into a "3% increase in BMD at the spine compared to placebo and a 1.5% increase at the hip compared to placebo ... All women received 800 mg calcium and 400 IU vitamin D daily"

Selenium Levels Inversely Linked to Risk of Advanced Prostate Cancer - Medscape, 5/4/04 - "Men in the highest selenium level quintile were 48% less likely to develop advanced prostate cancer than men in lowest quintile" - See iHerb or Vitacost selenium products.

Fish Oil Prevents Deadly Irregular Heartbeats - WebMD, 4/30/04 - "If these and other trials confirm the anti-arrhythmic properties of these [omega-3 acids], fish oil may become a less toxic and more appetizing alternative to traditional anti-arrhythmic" - See Mega Twin EPA at Vitacost or iHerb.

Study Finds Link Between Body Fat and Macular Pigmentation - Doctor's Guide, 4/30/04 - "All of our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that a relative lack of macular pigment, or serum [lutein] and/or [zeaxanthin], may underlie the increased risk of progression of ARM associated with dietary and body fat"

Coenzyme Q10 May Ward Off Migraine Attacks - Medscape, 4/29/04 - "migraine may be caused by a decrease in mitochondrial energy reserve ... 100 mg of CoQ10 three times a day ... Approximately 48% of those who took CoQ10 had a 50% response rate during the three-month study, while this occurred in about 14% of those taking a placebo" - See iHerb or Vitacost coenzyme Q10 products.

Winning The Battle Of The Bulge: We're A Scrimmage Closer To Victory - Science Daily, 4/29/04 - "High triglycerides are blocking the leptin from getting into the brain. If leptin can't get into the brain, it can't tell you to stop eating ... If you lower triglycerides, you should theoretically help the body's own leptin to work better so people can get skinnier"

Distracted Young Women May Need More Iron - Intelihealth, 4/28/04 - "Women in the Penn State study who were iron-deficient performed significantly worse on memory and attention tests than healthy women, and an iron supplement was all it took to correct the problem" - See iHerb or Vitacost iron products.

Broccoli Sprouts May Protect Heart - WebMD, 4/28/04 - "For 14 weeks, researchers fed rats broccoli sprouts that were either rich in glucoraphanin or had been depleted of the compound. By the end of the study, they found rats fed the glucoraphanin-rich diet had decreased blood pressure and inflammation in the heart"

Abstracts from this week's Doctor's Guide Nutrition/Dietetics:

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