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Toward that end, research is also under way to see if low doses of hormones or high doses of vitamins can reduce the effects of oxygen radicals. The nia is supporting limited research into the risks and benefits of boosting the levels of three hormones that decrease as people age: melatonin, which affects sleep cycles; dehydroepiandrosterone, a product of the adrenal glands that converts to estrogen and testosterone; and human-growth hormone, which affects bone and organ development, as well as metabolic rate. Limited lab tests on animals suggest to some investigators that melatonin may serve as an antioxidant, wiping...
Many scientists are skeptical of the hype surrounding fountain-of-youth hormones. "If it was all due to wear and tear, I'd buy the theory that you could live 500 years," says Dr. Richard Sprott, associate director of the NIA's biology of aging program. "But there is some basic genetic programming, and the only way to significantly increase the life-span is to alter genetics...
...receptionist at the Califor nia Forestry Association office in Sacramento hadn't had so much trouble opening the shoebox-size package that arrived in the mail last Monday, she would now be dead. She survives only because she carried the box in to her boss, the organization's president, Gilbert Murray, and left it with him. He started to unwrap it-and the package blew up in his hands. The blast, which killed Murray,47, instantly, was powerful enough to knock two doors off their hinges and blow gashes into the ceiling panels. And it was loud enough...
Nisha D. Hitchman '97 said she changed her name to Nia, the Swahili word for the Kwanzaa principle of purpose...
...that my name is Nia, Kwanzaa has had a great affect on my life," Hitchman said...