Recent Longevity News for the seven days ending 9/20/06.  You should consult your doctor if you are taking any medications.

Study Adds to Links Between Sleep Loss and Diabetes - Doctor's Guide, 9/19/06 - "short or poor sleep is associated with decreased blood-sugar control in patients who already have diabetes"

Salivary Cortisol Response to Prednisolone Challenge Helps Understand Treatment-Resistant Depression - Doctor's Guide, 9/19/06 - "prednisolone is a better corticosteroid than dexamethasone to assess the HPA axis because it binds to 2 different receptors, not only the glucocorticoid receptors but also the mineralocorticoid receptors, providing a more physiological approach"

Low Testosterone Associated With Fracture Risk in Older Men - Medscape, 9/18/06 - "total and free testosterone levels were found to be significant and independent predictors of osteoporotic fracture. The risk for any fracture increased by 40% and the risk for nonvertebral fracture increased by 50% for each SD decrease in testosterone levels"

Fatty Fish Fight Cancer - WebMD, 9/19/06 - "Those who consistently ate lots of fatty fish over a 10-year period had a 74% lower risk of kidney cancer" - See Mega Twin EPA at Amazon.com or Vitacost.

High-fiber cereals promote healthy weight loss - MSNBC, 9/15/06 - "whole-grain cereals helped people lose weight while boosting their consumption of fiber, magnesium and vitamin B-6"

Drug 'Avandia' May Prevent Diabetes - WebMD, 9/15/06 - "People at high risk for diabetes who took the drug Avandia reduced their risk of developing the disease by 60% in the three-year trial" [Doctor's Guide]-  See rosiglitazone at OffshoreRx1.comor SuperSaverMeds.com.

• Diabetes Drug May Prevent Alzheimer's - WebMD, 4/25/06 - "if you are suffering Alzheimer's disease and don't have ApoE4, your results seem to get better faster with Avandia"
• Avandia Positively Impacts On Factors Linked With Insulin Resistance - Doctor's Guide, 9/18/00 - "Increased deposits of fat around the internal organs and in the liver are commonly associated with insulin resistance and are found in many type 2 diabetes patients ... Avandia helps prevent accumulation of fat around the internal organs and significantly reduces hepatic fat"

Finasteride as a Chemopreventive Agent in Prostate Cancer - Medscape, 9/15/06 - "Prostate cancer was detected in 803 of 4,368 men (18.4%) taking finasteride as opposed to 1,147 of the 4,692 men (24.4%) in the placebo group (P <0.001). This was a 24.8% relative risk reduction in prevalence of prostate cancer during the trial ,,, The PCPT has shown finasteride to be an effective chemopreventive agent in low-grade prostate cancer" -  See finasteride at OffshoreRx1.comor SuperSaverMeds.com.

Pioglitazone HCl Demonstrates Significant Improvements in Cardiovascular Outcomes for High-Risk Patients with Type 2 Diabetes - Doctor's Guide, 9/14/06 - "Compared to placebo, patients treated with Actos demonstrated statistically significant risk reductions of heart attacks (23%, P =.046), the combined risk of cardiovascular death, nonfatal heart attack or nonfatal stroke (18%, P =.020) and the combined risk of all-cause mortality, nonfatal heart attack, nonfatal stroke or acute coronary syndrome (17%, P =.010)"

New EASD/ADA Consensus Recommends Metformin at Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes - Doctor's Guide, 9/13/06 - "metformin significantly reduced the risk of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes(3). The study showed a 36% reduction in all-cause mortality, a 42% reduction in diabetes-related mortality and a 32% reduction in diabetes-related endpoints" - See metformin at OffshoreRx1.comor SuperSaverMeds.com (Glucophage).

Raloxifene Reduces Breast Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women at All Risk Levels - Doctor's Guide, 9/13/06 - "use of raloxifene was associated with a 58 percent reduction in breast cancer risk in women without a family history of the disease, and an 89 percent reduction in risk for women with a family history of breast cancer" - See raloxifene at OffshoreRx1.com.

Researchers Find Added Benefit of Statins in Those at High Risk for Heart Disease, Diabetes - Doctor's Guide, 9/13/06 - "found marked reductions in two pivotal biomarkers of inflammation: C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6. While these markers are typically elevated in insulin resistance, a condition that precedes the development of diabetes, statin therapy reduced these levels by 36% and 44%, respectively"

Salivary Melatonin May Help Fight Gum Disease - Science Daily, 9/13/06 - "the melatonin may fight against infection and inflammation possibly due to its antioxidant, anti-aging and immunoenhancing ability" - See iHerb or Vitacost melatonin products.

Lutein skin health study elicits excited response at conference - Nutra USA, 9/13/06 - "the oral lutein supplement was seen to increase skin hydration by 38 per cent, skin elasticity by 8 per cent, and the level of superficial lipids by 33 per cent (after adjustments for placebo)" - See iHerb or Vitacost lutein products.

More support for CoQ10’s benefits for heart health - Nutra USA, 9/12/06 - "the heart's functional capacity improved significantly by nine per cent, as measured by the peak volume of oxygen consumed (VO2), for the CoQ10 compared to placebo" - See iHerb or Vitacost coenzyme Q10 products.

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

Long-term Fatty Fish Consumption and Renal Cell Carcinoma Incidence in Women - JAMA. 2006 Sep 20;296(11):1371-6 - "Compared with no consumption, the multivariate rate ratio (RR) was 0.56 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.35-0.91) for women eating fatty fish once a week or more. Compared with women consistently reporting no fish consumption, the multivariate RR was 0.26 (95% CI, 0.10-0.67) for those women reporting consistent consumption of fatty fish at baseline" - See Mega Twin EPA at Amazon.com or Vitacost.

Whole-grain diets reduce blood pressure in mildly hypercholesterolemic men and women - J Am Diet Assoc. 2006 Sep;106(9):1445-9 - "Systolic pressure was lower after the wheat/rice and half-and-half diets. Diastolic and mean arterial pressures were reduced by all whole-grain diets"

I took on an affiliation with Macy's.  They have a white sale until 9/27/06.

Affiliates (I could sure use some sales.  In Windows, you can drag the links onto your desktop and use them so that I get credit for the sale.  Click here for more stores):