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Forever Young

We’ve all heard the old adage, ‘you’re only as old as you feel.’ It’s true, up to a point. But the March 23 issue of Time magazine has an article by Catherine Mayer on Amortality. No, that’s not a misprint. Amortality is her coined word for those who insist on acting, dressing behaving the same at 40, 50 or 60 or beyond as they did when they were teenagers. It strikes me that sometimes this is also at the heart of marriage problems. Men and women are searching for this secret to staying young and as a result end up … Continue reading →

ED Drugs Tested for Chemotherapy

Recent tests from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California may have come up with a new use for impotence drugs: treating brain tumors. A research team from Cedars-Sinai looked specifically at Levitra and Viagra (you may have heard of them). Although the two drugs get a lot of press for their powers in the bedroom, it looks like they may have another power — with the ability to help a lot of people. In laboratory tests on rats with brain tumors, vardenafil (Levitra) and sildenafil (Viagra) were able to carry chemotherapy drugs safely past the blood-brain barrier. Did you … Continue reading →