MIGHTY MUSHROOMS supplements for anti-aging, health and memory
In Asia, medicinal mushrooms have played a prominent role in good health for over 2,000 years.The West is finally catching on to what the East has known for centuries: that mushrooms are potent Continue Reading
A Bit of Moscow in West Hollywood voda spa
Behind the gray exterior of this West Hollywood behemoth lies an over-the-top stunner of enormous proportions--think Russia by way of Vegas. Birch-lined walls, vaulted wood truss ceilings, polished Continue Reading
Bedazzled Bums: Anal and vaginal bleaching
Ok, we know that we bleach our teeth and sometimes our hair so why not lighten up our privates? Whether you want extra confidence for a one night stand, in the sack, going away with your paramour or Continue Reading
Nifty NIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR™ anti-aging face cream
The nifty named NIGHT IN SHINING ARMOUR™ is being touted as the next anti-aging wonder product and it’s less than $25! Who says beauty has to be expensive?It’s brought to Continue Reading
Zensation Super Rich Repairing Mask: Botox in a jar
A mighty trio— German Chamomile and better-known Lavender Oil and Rose Flower Oil—are the active ingredients in Super Rich Repairing Mask by Zensation. Created to combat the early signs Continue Reading
Luxury organic skincare: Jeffrey James Botanicals’
JOINING the organic skincare revolution is new label Jeffrey James Botanicals’,which is available now in Fred Segal. Marrying luxury textures with high-performance organic ingredients, Jeffrey Continue Reading
The Wrinkle Prevention Pillow
Trying to sleep in a scrunched-up position; struggling with either too many pillows or too few; constantly smashing an inadequate pillow into shape throughout the night and waking up feeling like a Continue Reading
Weatherproof your face
3LAB’s Super 'h' Serum, being billed as a revolutionary treatment for wrinkles, has become the latest must-have for Oscar nominees. A spokeswoman for 3LAB said they put a version of Continue Reading
A Poster on the Aging of Stem Cells from the Science for Life Extension Foundation
Via Maria Konovalenko, here is another attractive poster on the biology of aging from some of the folk behind the Russian Science for Life Extension Foundation. There are more of these documents out Continue Reading
Inflammation and the Stiffness of Blood Vessels
One of the ways in which major blood vessels decline in function with aging is that they lose their elasticity. The state of chronic inflammation that grows with aging contributes to this, as noted Continue Reading
2nd International Conference on Aging and Longevity
From Maria Konovalenko: "I am proud to announce that Science for Life Extension Foundation is one of the organizers of the 2nd international Genetics of Aging and Longevity conference. It is going to Continue Reading
A Few Items of Tissue Engineering News
Tissue printing startup Organovo, of the Methuselah Foundation's portfolio of early stage investments, received a new round of funding recently: Organovo closed a private placement consisting of Continue Reading
Simple Measures of Robustness Predict Future Health
I would take this as an indicator that simple, ongoing maintenance of fitness and avoidance of a sedentary lifestyle pays off: "Simple tests such as walking speed and hand grip strength may help Continue Reading
Shorter Telomeres Correlate with a Higher Risk of Heart Attack and Early Death
Average telomere length in at least some tissues makes a good marker for general health, but the progressive shortening of telomeres may or may not be a root cause of aging. Telomere length results Continue Reading
SENS5 Video: Questions of Resource Allocation
Resources in research and medical development seems to be the unifying topic here for the past week or so. It is interesting to these accidental thematic collections of content come and go in Continue Reading
Tracing the Pathway Back for Resveratrol
Resveratrol in and of itself is likely not terribly interesting for work on longevity - and certainly not worthy of the hype surrounding it. The same probably goes for sirtuins in general. This, Continue Reading
Investing in Longevity Science
An excellent article from CNBC looks at some of the few figures in the investment community who support progress towards extended healthy lifespans: "what if 'getting old' wasn't really 'getting Continue Reading
Eight Years of Fight Aging!
The end of last month marked the close of the eighth year of Fight Aging!, and here we are in year nine of this bullheaded endeavor - the idea that the good can eventually drive out the bad in the Continue Reading
One Wealthy Zealot Would Make a 20 Year Difference
Something to think about: outstanding success for the SENS Foundation and its mission would look something like the assured availability of $100-300 million for research and development. That much Continue Reading
Illustrating Broken Incentives
Research is fundamentally broken by regulation in much of the world. One facet of this problem is that the cost of obtaining approval for new drugs and technologies is so astronomical that large Continue Reading
