Recent Longevity News for the seven days ending 7/27/05.  You should consult your doctor if you are taking any medications.

Hormone Patch May Raise Women's Desire for Sex - WebMD, 7/25/05 - "women wearing the testosterone patch reported increased sexual desire and more frequent satisfying sexual experiences compared with those wearing the fake patch"

Fitness Level Declines Dramatically With Age - WebMD, 7/25/05 - "By participating in a training program, you can raise your aerobic capacity 15% to 25%, which in our study would be equivalent to being 10-20 years younger"

Are Animals Who Exercise Slower to Develop AD? - Physician's Weekly, 7/25/05 - "short-term and long-term physical activity appear to reduce the processing of plaque-forming ß-amyloid protein"

Statin Therapy May Lower Mortality in Heart Failure Patients - Doctor's Guide, 7/25/05 - "during the study period, heart failure patients on statin therapy had a risk of death that was 22% lower than the patients receiving the other drugs"

FDA Approves New Kind of Sleeping Pill - WebMD, 7/22/05 - "Rozerem (8-milligram tablets) is the first and only noncontrolled prescription medication for use of insomnia in adults ... Rozerem can be prescribed for long-term use. The medication has shown no evidence of abuse and dependence"

Low chromium levels may raise heart attack risk - Reuters, 7/22/05 - "Chromium deficiency leads to blood sugar problems that cannot be controlled with insulin ... subjects with the highest levels were 35-percent less likely to have a heart attack than those with the lowest levels" - See iHerb chromium products.

Eat wisely to reduce breast cancer risk - MSNBC, 7/22/05 - "The women who followed a low-fat diet in this study reduced their risk of a recurrence during the next five years by 24 percent ... Keep in mind that omega-3 fats may be protective"

Insulin Resistance Associated With Increased Risk for Congestive Heart Failure - Doctor's Guide, 7/21/05 - "In this community-based sample of elderly men free of CHF and valvular disease at baseline, insulin resistance predicted CHF incidence independently of diabetes and other established risk factors for CHF"

Green tea suggests cancer cure - MedlinePlus, 7/19/05 - "EGCG molecules bind to and inhibit the action of hsp90, a protein found disproportionately in cancer cells. Hsp90 also is found in smaller amounts in healthy cells throughout the body, suggesting EGCG could curb cancer development in numerous organs" - See iHerb green tea products.

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

Statin use in the metabolic syndrome - Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2005 Feb;7(1):17-21 - "Because of the increased CVD risk associated with the metabolic syndrome and extensive clinical trial evidence documenting reduction of CVD risk with statin treatment, all patients with the metabolic syndrome should be evaluated as candidates for statin treatment as part of a multidisciplinary approach to reduce CVD risk"

The impact of antidiabetic therapies on cardiovascular disease - Curr Atheroscler Rep. 2005 Feb;7(1):50-7 - "Metformin is the only oral antidiabetic medication shown to decrease cardiovascular events independent of glycemic control. Thiazolidinediones improve insulin resistance and lower insulin concentrations, which is beneficial because hyperinsulinemia is an independent predictor of cardiovascular disease"

Cardiovascular risk factors are really linked in the metabolic syndrome: This phenomenon suggests clustering rather than coincidence - Int J Cardiol. 2005 Jul 12 - "obesity and insulin resistance were suggested to be linked with metabolic syndrome more than hypertension or high triglyceride"

Safety and Efficacy of a Testosterone Patch for the Treatment of Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder in Surgically Menopausal Women: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial - Archives of Internal Medicine, 7/25/05 - "The 300-µg/d testosterone patch increased sexual desire and frequency of satisfying sexual activity and was well tolerated in women who developed hypoactive sexual desire disorder after surgical menopause"

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