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From: David Stodolsky <>
Subject: Re: Stodolsky & interventions
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2005 21:07:41 +0200

On Jul 3, 2005, at 7:12 PM,  wrote:

> David Stodolsky wrote in part:
>
> Yesterday, I had a chance to glance thru the last year of the Journal
> of Gerontology, which is probably the top journal in the field. There
> were two special issues devoted to "Anti-ageing". While the outlook was
> good, there currently is no evidence that bio-medical interventions can
> extend life.
>
>
> The last sentence, as written, is patently absurd. It is equivalent to
> saying that all  medicine is worthless.

The treatments referred to are for healthy individuals. Medicine is 
typically directed toward healing the sick.


>
> David also implied that those taking alleged life extension 
> supplements are
> at substantial risk. I believe John de Rivaz has said that the risk of 
> dying
> in  a hospital is 300,000 times greater.

The question is not one of relative risk, but of proven benefit. There 
is no evidence that supplements can reduce your chances of ending up in 
the hospital.

There is a substantial grey market in Human Growth Hormone, which does 
have proven risks, according to the Issue.

Please consult the cited work before commenting on the claims. Since I 
didn't review the articles in detail, I may have missed something, but 
off-hand comments are not an appropriate reaction to reports of 
published work.


dss


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