Are you on a quest for anti-aging remedies? Is there such a thing, a magic pill or a secret solution? Yes, the search for magic pills, the age control genes and the secret remedies continues hotly pursued in the world of research. Yes, there is a growing body of evidence that the human life span can be extended, with some Japanese Okinawans living upwards of 120. But is it the extension of life that intrigues us? Or is it the possibility that we may live as productive, happy and disease-free people if we use restorative approaches to correct imbalances in hormones, nutrition, toxins, mind and body, allowing our body does what it does best; keep us healthy.

Whether you call it “anti-aging” or “regenerative” or “restorative” or “functional”; this is no myth. The last two decades in medicine proves that applied correctly this new genre of medicine results in greater than a 90% resolution of symptoms such as fatigue, insomnia, decreased libido, weight gain, anxiety, depression, muscle and joint pains and decreased mental function. It also results in greater than an 80% improvement of disease states such as fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic fatigue syndrome, gastric reflux, IBS, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, PMS, PCOS, infertility and in teenagers, ADD, anxiety and sleep disorders; and thus, the quest for “anti-aging” medicine.

Read More

At Sonya Dakar Skin Care, our favorite fashion statement for spring is natural, healthy skin. To help you achieve this look, we have reformulated our facial masks with natural preservatives.

Made from the purest botanicals, Sonya Dakar Skin Care facial masks are now sulfate and paraben free. Formulated to address acne, scarring, discoloration, sensitivity and even seasonal changes, you’ll get the same great results with our facial masks as always.

Read More

The study has shown that a protein lost in people with Werner’s syndrome, a rare hereditary premature aging disease, is also decreased in smokers suffering from emphysema. The decrease causes damage to those lung cells that typically heal wounds. This is the first time that a connection has been made between the effects of smoking and the accelerated aging protein, pointing to potential therapeutic targets for smoking-related diseases.

The study, which was published in the Feb. 6 issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, focused on “what happens within the lungs because of the similar aging effects, including atherosclerotic diseases and cancer, seen in people with Werner’s syndrome and people who smoke,” explains Toru Nyunoya, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine and a pulmonologist with University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

Read More

Cigarette smoke causes the same cellular defect seen in people with Werner’s syndrome — a rare genetic disease that makes people age very fast.

Smoking speeds the aging process, causing smokers to die about 10 years before their time. Now researchers may have found a clue to this process, giving them unexpected new paths to treatment.

The clue comes from the observation that smokers aren’t the only people who age too fast. In their 20s, people with a rare genetic disorder called Werner’s syndrome get gray hair, thin skin, and hoarse voices.

Read More

An interesting paper from the owner of senescence.info and collegues: “Numerous microarray studies of aging have been conducted, yet given the noisy nature of gene expression changes with age, elucidating the transcriptional features of aging and how these relate to physiological, biochemical, and pathological changes remains a critical problem. … We performed a meta-analysis of age-related gene expression profiles using 27 datasets from mice, rats, and humans. Our results reveal several common signatures of aging, including 56 genes consistently overexpressed with age, the most significant of which was APOD, and 17 genes underexpressed with age. We characterized the biological processes associated with these signatures and found that age-related gene expression changes most notably involve an overexpression of inflammation and immune response genes and of genes associated with the lysosome. An underexpression of collagen genes and of genes associated with energy metabolism, particularly mitochondrial genes, as well as alterations in the expression of genes related to apoptosis, cell cycle, and cellular senescence biomarkers, were also observed. … We suggest these molecular signatures reflect a combination of degenerative processes but also transcriptional responses to the process of aging.” Supplementary data are available over at senescence.info.

Read More