June Issue
Developed by a university dermatologist, Self MicroDermAbrasion can help to safely renew aging and damaged skin. Now you can get the same results of physician-administered MicroDermAbrasion treatments in the privacy of your own home—at a fraction of what you would pay a dermatologist.
Reports
Setting the Standard for Quality
Using only pharmaceutical-grade raw materials, extensively testing finished products, and voluntarily utilizing GMP standards, Life Extension laboratories produce the highest-quality supplements available.
Protecting Your Skin From The Sun
Growing pollution and depletion of the earth's ozone layer have caused skin cancer rates to skyrocket. Here are the steps you can take to guard aged skin against dangerous exposure to solar radiation levels.
Diabetes
Diabetes can damage almost every vital organ in your body. Read how to control your blood sugar through diet modification, nutritional supplements, weight management, and physical exercise.
Natural Prescriptions For Parkinson's Disease
Neurological decline, tremor, and a shuffling gait are among the symptoms that mark the onset of Parkinson's disease. Learn about new medical treatments and natural alternatives that relieve the symptoms, and may slow the progression, of Parkinson's.
Recharge With Pregnenolone
Deteriorating brain function is not an inevitable consequence of aging. Here is the latest research on the naturally occurring hormone pregnenolone, which improves memory and concentration while providing a variety of other health-enhancing effects.
Departments
Are You Afraid of Terrorists?
Surveys reveal that Americans are far more worried about dying from cancer than being killed by a terrorist. Yet the US government spends a relative pittance on meaningful medical research, hindering public and private efforts to find the cures for cancer and other diseases of aging.
Indole-3-Carbinol Reduces Severity of Lupus
DHEA benefits postmenopausal women; more folic acid advised for pregnant women; indole-3-carbinol reduces severity of lupus; omega-3 fatty acids improve cognitive function; higher-dose folic acid improves endothelial function.
Nicholas Perricone, MD, FACP
Nicholas Perricone, MD, FACN, discusses how “high-glycemic” carbohydrates induce glycation in the skin and produce other negative health consequences.
Supplement Regimen
Mitchell J. Ghen, DO, PhD, explains how a supplements regimen including folic acid helped banish cervical dysplasia in a 36-year-old female patient.
Vladimir Turovsky
Vladimir Turovsky combines alternative and traditional medicine to offer patients a personalized, integrative approach to solving their health problems.