Hanneke Hops wasn't afraid of dying. What concerned her was growing old and not being able to run marathons, ride horses, or fly planes. So the 56-year-old Hayward, California, woman turned to Alan Mintz, M.D. -- a radiologist who founded the Cenegenics Medical Institute in Las Vegas, which specializes in "age management medicine."
She was prescribed recombinant human growth hormone (HGH), a synthetic version of a pituitary hormone hawked as a miraculous fountain of youth. Though the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warns that taking HGH poses serious health risks, Hops -- unaware there was any harm -- began injecting it into her thigh six times a week.
She never did grow old. Six months later, in 2004, she was dead, her liver full of malignant tumors. While it is impossible to prove that HGH therapy contributed to Hops's death, the use of HGH has been linked to an increased risk of cancer.
Welcome aboard, RAChip. Yours is an unusual request from a new member. Why not tell us a bit about yourself and the reason for your interest in Cenegenics.Has anyone tried Cenegenics? I'm pretty intrigued by this and would be interested in hearing experiences of others who tried it.
In my oh, so very humble opinion, those folks are simply frightened of the aging process. I think most of us are not.
In my oh, so very humble opinion, those folks are simply frightened of the aging process. I think most of us are not.
It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens.
People spend thousands of dollars in the futile attempt to get lean. They get weight loss surgery ($$$), go to weight loss camps ($$$$), eat expensive foods that are supposed to help one lose weight ($$$), hire personal trainers ($$$), go to well equipped gyms, buy weight loss books and videos, and more. The weight loss industry is one of the biggest money-making industries ever.I'm 52. In good shape financially but I always considered myself an athlete (played college football, etc) but I'm not looking that good. I find it very difficult to get lean even with doing 1.5 hours of fairly vigorous cardio every day. It seems obvious to me that its a hormone issue. They seem to focus on that.
I'm 52. ... I find it very difficult to get lean even with doing 1.5 hours of fairly vigorous cardio every day. It seems obvious to me that its a hormone issue.
I have no personal experience but it smells like snake oil to me. Way too many stores of high cost and scary results, like this:
The risks of anti-aging medicine - CNN.com
HGH is a controversial substance and the internet is full of conflicting reports about the dangers of using it to try to turn back the clock. Until Ponce de Leon reports "I found it!" I think I'll skip anti-aging treatments.
Mintz was famous largely because his Cenegenics Medical Institute based in Summerlin promoted the use of steroids and human growth hormone as an anti-aging therapy for some patients, and he showcased his own bodybuilder physique as evidence of the benefits of the regimens he espoused.
Mintz died Sunday from bleeding during a biopsy, Yocheved said. Mintz had been suffering from problems with his brain, possibly because of a stroke, she said.
I'm 52. In good shape financially but I always considered myself an athlete (played college football, etc) but I'm not looking that good. I find it very difficult to get lean even with doing 1.5 hours of fairly vigorous cardio every day. It seems obvious to me that its a hormone issue. They seem to focus on that.