Health and Wellness

Short telomeres are associated with decreased cancer survival

At the end of 2010, one of my least favorite journals, JAMA, published a very important and surprisingly forward-thinking (for them) article on telomere length and cancer.  The study was a large Meta-analysis of telomere length and the likelihood of getting cancer. People were divided into “quartiles” according to telomere length. Basically, this means there …

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New Stem Cell Activating Anti-aging Serums Offer Hope for Damaged Skin

The following is a press release that got generated from a radio interview I did on RG-Cell.  That product is in stock now and ready to ship.  Like I said when we initially released it, there is nothing like it out there! Damaged and aging skin can now be repaired and rejuvenated, due to new …

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Yet another study connects human lifespan with telomere length

Scientists are by nature skeptics.  Usually it takes more than one positive result and one positive study to convince them.  There is no set number of studies you need to do to sway scientific opinion and quiet naysayers. More often than not, it depends as much on opinion and bias of the so-called scientific community.  …

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Aging fat as a cause for diabetes – the role of short telomeres

Over the past couple of days, I have dug pretty deep into the metabolic associations between obesity, diabetes, and short telomeres. The end result is of course, accelerated aging. But, more and more I have to tell you, I think aging is the real cause, or at least a major contributing factor to many of …

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Telomere Length and Metabolic Obesity in Skinny People

I read an interesting article recently. Without going into all the gory scientific details, the gist of the article was as follows: even lean diabetics may have the same metabolic profile and telomere length shortening as non-diabetic obese people, if those lean diabetics have poor sugar control. What is the big deal? Well, it means …

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Chasing the wrong rabbit – why cholesterol levels are just a distraction

There is a 30 billion dollar industry supporting the use of statins for both primary prevention and secondary prevention (after the fact) of heart attacks.  Similarly, hundreds of millions in studies have been spent to “justify the use of statins”.  The JUPITER study is the most recent.  I have already commented on my expectation that …

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Colds and Chromosomes – how telomere length affects cold symptoms

Have you ever heard someone tell you, “I am sick all winter”, or “I am always sick”? Barring allergies, this could actually be a symptom of short telomeres and a weak immune system.  Can one exist without the other? Well, the immune system is a complex interaction between all kinds of cells that “present” pathogens …

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Telomeres and Drugs and Big Pharma

Heart disease has one of the longest standing associations with short telomeres. Recently a similar association was established for strokes (thrombotic ((clot) and hemorrhagic (bleeding)). The limitations of these studies in terms of direct correlation are that they are not using modern technology to determine the shortest telomere lengths or percentage.  They are still using …

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