Anti-Aging Medicine Conference Is Huge
Success
Anti-Aging Medicine Conference Is Huge
Success - Life Extension Events, March
1, 1995 (in Life Extension Magazine, No. 5, March
15, 1995) This is the first issue of Life
Extension Events (LEE)-a newsletter that will INFOrm
you about upcoming conferences, seminars, and meetings of
interest to life extensionists, and will present reviews of
some of these events. Members of The Life Extension
Foundation
will be able to obtain substantial discounts on admission
prices to these events, as well as discounts on the
proceedings of the events. In this initial issue of
LEE, we present a review of the recent
Anti-Aging Medicine Conference in Las Vegas, and
present you with an opportunity to purchase exclusive
video-tapes of the conference.
The big tent rising into the sky was the most noticeable sign of success.
It was put up by Life Extension Foundation member Louis Habash,
the owner of the Alexis Park Resort in Las Vegas, to handle
the overflow crowd at the 2nd Annual Conference on Anti-Aging
Medicine & Biomedical Technology for the Year 2010 on
Dec. 4-6, 1994.
The second most noticeable sign of success was Ed
Bradley of 60 Minutes wandering
around with a camera crew, conducting interviews with doctors
and scientists. The 60 Minutes crew was only
one of a half-dozen or so TV crews covering the
conference.
Finally, there were the people themselves. About 1,100 life
extensionists from every corner of the U.S. and abroad (19
countries)...gathered together to learn about therapies to
control aging, and to celebrate the quest for a longer,
healthier life.
A Highly-Charged Atmosphere
From the moment the conference began, the atmosphere at the
Alexis Park crackled with the electric thrill
and menace of a decisive moment... of a path-breaking event
signalling the dawning of a new era. It was the first time in
history that so many medical doctors, gerontologists, and
members of the lay public gathered together to proclaim the
value of anti-aging medicine in pursuit of an extended healthy
lifespan.
At every opportunity, Dr. Ronald Klatz, President of the
American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (the
sponsor of the event) reminded the audience of its momentous
nature. Of the realization that many members of the medical
community had finally come out of the closet to pursue
therapies aimed at slowing, stopping, and reversing human
aging, and to admit that they themselves are
personally interested in life-extension
therapies.
The Medicine Of The 21st Century
Dr. Robert M. Goldman, President of the National
Academy of Sports Medicine, and co-organizer of the
conference (with Dr. Klatz), spoke about how anti-aging
medicine is "the future of medical practice" and how it
"allows both the medical professional and patient to have
control over their personal health and well being and the
quality of their fitness and life functions."
Today, proclaimed Dr. Goldman, "we have 70 year olds with
the bodies of those less than half their age," and with the
progression of this landmark science, we'll see ever-healthier
and more youthful people at increasingly advanced ages. As he
put it: "Anti-Aging Medicine is the future of medical
practice. It encompasses all specialties and fields. It can be
accessed and utilized by everyone."
Honoring The Pioneers
One of the features of the conference was the heartfelt
acknowledgement of the pioneering efforts of scientists who
have been conducting life extension research for decades.
Among those in attendance who were honored for their historic
efforts in the field were Richard G. Cutler,
Ph.D. of the Gerontology Research
Center in Baltimore and Roy M. Walford,
M.D. of the UCLA Medical Center in
Los Angeles.
Several speakers mentioned that-since the 1970s-Dr. Cutler
has been the only scientist in the federal government
(National Institute On Aging) who has dared
to speak openly to outsiders about extending the human
lifespan. Now-finally-others in the government are beginning
to speak out about the desirability of a longer, healthier
lifespan as a national goal.
At the conference, Dr. Cutler spoke about life extension
concepts he's been developing for many years and the findings
he's generated in support of these concepts. Among them is the
idea that aging begins when differentiated organs and systems
go awry (the Dysdifferentiation Hypothesis Of
Aging); that Oxidative Stress
exacerbates the process; that Health Maintenance
Processes have evolved to protect us against aging
and disease processes; and that Longevity Determinant
Genes, such as the gene that controls
superoxide dismutase act to maintain and
extend our healthspan.
An Unplanned Calorie Restriction Experiment
Dr. Roy Walford has conducted considerable research showing
that maximum lifespan in mice can be extended significantly
(even in middle-age) by feeding the mice a low-calorie,
high-nutrient diet. Dr. Walford has also
extended lifespan in cold-blooded animals by reducing their
body temperature, and is the foremost proponent (in his book
The 120-Year Diet) of calorie
restriction in humans as a means of extending
lifespan. (Some of the members of a calorie-restriction club
[inspired by Walford] were in attendance at the
conference).
Dr. Walford was the featured speaker at
the banquet on the evening of the second day of the conference
(Dec. 5). He explained (with the help of startling
photographs) how the eight inhabitants (including himself) of
the closed ecologic space known as
Biosphere-2 underwent an unplanned two-year
experiment in calorie restriction because they couldn't grow
as much food as anticipated.
Dr. Walford's studies of the inhabitants of
Biosphere-2 provide evidence that humans on a
calorie-restricted, nutrient-dense diet show the same
beneficial physiological changes in cholesterol levels,
fasting blood sugar, blood pressure, white blood cell counts,
glycated hemoglobin, and insulin and cortisol levels as
rodents on such a diet in the laboratory. This strengthens the
inference, contends Dr. Walford, that such a
diet may increase resistance to disease and retard the aging
process.
Dr. Walford acknowledged that calorie
restriction is probably not applicable to a general
population, but that the rapid advances now being made in
gerontology, suggest that other simpler methods of life
extension are forthcoming, and that the 21st century will be
the century of "the long living society."
Current Anti-Aging Therapies
A good number of the speakers and many private discussions
at the conference involved currently-used therapies for which
there is evidence of anti-aging effects. The fact that there
were an unprecedented number of researchers and users of such
therapies at the conference led to especially fruitful
discussions on the potential benefits and side effects of such
therapies as deprenyl, DHEA, melatonin,
centrophenoxine, growth hormone, and others.
Anti-Aging Effects Of Deprenyl
Research findings on the popular anti-aging drug
deprenyl were presented by scientists from
the University Of Toronto, Kansas State University,
and Tokyo Metropolitan Institute Of Gerontology in
Japan through several presentations at the Poster Session and
a featured talk by Toronto scientist Gwen Ivy, who summarized
the major findings on the effects of deprenyl
on lifespan and cognitive function in animals.
Dr. Ivy stated that she and her colleagues have been
conducting lifespan experiments with deprenyl
ever since Hungarian scientist Joseph knoll reported that
he had extended the lifespan of middle-aged
(24-month-old) laboratory rats by 200% by giving them
injections (0.25 mg/kg 3 times a week) of
deprenyl.
The Toronto scientists found that they could achieve only
modest lifespan increases with deprenyl
(16%-33%). However, they've also found effects of
deprenyl that may help to explain the drug's
ability to extend lifespan, including the
fact that deprenyl-in addition to selectively
inhibiting the aging enzyme monoamine oxidase
B-also increases the levels of the free-radical
scavenging enzymes superoxide dismutase and
catalase; the fact that
deprenyl can rescue neurons that would
otherwise die from exposure to neurotoxins; and the fact that
deprenyl promotes the synthesis and release
of growth factors involved in tissue repair
and immunologic function.
L-Deprenyl Improves Long-Term Memory
In Aged Dogs
One of the most recent findings about
deprenyl reported at the conference is its
ability to significantly improve the short-term memory of aged
(16-year-old) beagles (but not young beagles) tested on their
ability to remember learned spatial tasks after delays of 20,
70, and 110 seconds. The best results came with aged dogs who
had received deprenyl and were tested after a
110-second interval. The scientists also found that the
decline in immune response in aged dogs was restored after
treatment with deprenyl.
DHEA-The "Mother" Steroid
One of the most talked about anti-aging therapies at the
conference was DHEA-the adrenal steroid that
declines precipitously with advancing age, and which has been
shown to be beneficial for a wide variety of diseases. In
fact, the title of Dr. William Regelson's talk about
DHEA was "the 'mother' steroid" because of
DHEA's role as "parent" to steroid hormonal
mediators in the pathway to steroid synthesis. Dr. Regelson
suggested that "DHEA may be considered a buffer steroid,
which modulates corticosteroid action to decrease stress, or
to affect other endocrine events...without specific organ
targeted effects, in a manner analogous to the action of
thyroid hormone."
As a longtime DHEA researcher at the
University of Virginia Medical Center, who has written several
articles on DHEA, Dr. Regelson provided a
thorough review of research showing that DHEA
is a neurosteroid, immunomodulatory agent, insulin
enhancer, anti-cancer agent, and anti-aging
therapy.
DHEA Replacement Therapy
Dr. Julian M. Whitaker of the Whitaker Wellness
Institute in Newport Beach, California-a pioneer in
alternative medicine-discussed the therapeutic benefits of
DHEA. Dr. Whitaker revealed the potential of
DHEA therapy for cardiovascular disease,
diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, cancer, Alzheimer's disease,
obesity, memory deficits, autoimmune diseases, AIDS, chronic
fatigue, and osteoporosis. He mentioned that-in the treatment
of these diseases-doses of DHEA as high as 1,600 mg a
day have been given for up to a month without side
effects.
Dr. Whitaker gave special attention to restoration
of youthful DHEA levels in aging persons. He pointed to
research showing that an increase in blood
levels of DHEA sulfate (the form of DHEA found in the blood)
has been associated with a 36% reduction in mortality from all
causes. According to Dr. Whitaker, a recommended initial
therapeutic dose for DHEA replacement therapy
is "25 mg/day for women and 50 mg/day for men,
with monitoring of blood levels every three months and
adjusting the dose accordingly." (Other
physicians recommend initial doses of 100 mg. a day of
DHEA and higher for people with very low
DHEA serum levels.)
Multiple Hormone Replacement Therapy
Dr. Ronald L. Hoffman of the Hoffman
Center in New York city emphasized that attempts at
hormone replacement therapy as a means of slowing or reversing
aging may be counterproductive unless multiple replacement
therapies are used to avoid "creating system imbalance."
According to Dr. Hoffman, the body's hormones interact in a
highly complex manner that can easily be disturbed by
imbalances in activity.
Dr. Hoffman discussed various forms of hormone replacement
therapy to retard aging including: estrogen and
progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, thyroid hormone, growth
hormone, and melatonin.
He paid special attention to Melatonin by referring to
"a mysterious gland that may play the most important role
of all in 'pacing' the aging process: the pineal. Studies of
Melatonin administration in animals show that it has a
profound life-extending effect."
The Most Affordable Anti-Aging Therapy
William Faloon of the Life Extension
Foundation pointed out that
Melatonin is not only a highly promising
anti-aging therapy, but is also less expensive than other such
therapies. If purchased from The Foundation's Life
Extension Buyers' Club, Melatonin costs only $4.00-$8.00 per
month for a daily 3-6 mg. replacement dose every
night.
To give the audience an idea of the extensive research
results published on melatonin, Faloon held
up the recent 588-page book published by the New York
Academy Of Sciences, which includes 15 new papers on
Melatonin as well as papers on
DHEA and other anti-aging therapies. (The
findings in this book were summarized in the Nov. issue of
Life Extension Update)
Faloon also pointed out that the prohibitive cost
of hormone replacement therapies such as growth hormone, DHEA,
and thymosin, which forces some Foundation members to
spend as much as $25,000 a year on them, and makes it
impossible for many members to obtain their full benefits, is
caused in large part by excessive FDA regulation and
enforcement action.
The Anti-Cortisol Therapies
One of the disastrous effects of FDA enforcement is the
agency's efforts to prevent Americans from enjoying the
benefits of unapproved anti-aging therapies such as
Gerovital-H3 (GH3) and K.H.3-two procaine formulas
which have been readily available throughout the world for
decades, and which have been used with great safety by
millions of people as a treatment for many of the disorders of
aging including depression, age-related dementia, short-term
memory loss, diabetes, osteoporosis, atherosclerosis, hair
graying and hair loss, as well as for the prevention
of aging-related disorders!
GH3 and K.H.3 are weak, reversible inhibitors of the enzyme
monamine oxidase (MAO), which produce
anti-aging benefits without the side effects
associated with other MAO inhibitors. However, the most
important anti-aging effect of these therapies may be their
ability to counter the deleterious effects of
cortisol-the corticosteroid hormone believed
to be involved in a variety of stress-related diseases of
aging.
Treating Memory Loss In Alzheimer's Patients
Dr. Dharma Singh Khalsa, President of the
Alzheimer's Prevention Foundation/Brain Longevity
Institute in Tucson, Arizona reported (at the
conference) that the greatest obstacle to their search for new
ways of preventing and reversing memory loss is "chronic
unbalanced stress which, via the release of the hormone
cortisol, is an accelerator of aging in both body and
mind."
Dr. Khalsa said that-in both rat and human
studies-cortisol-induced stress has been shown to produce
memory dysfunction in three ways:
"1) cortisol prevents the uptake of glucose by the
hippocampus
2) cortisol inhibits synaptic transmission
3) cortisol leads to neuron injury and cellular death"
Dr. Khalsa's "reversal" program includes vitamins, cerebral
tonifying herbs, drugs such as deprenyl, deferoxamine (a metal
chelator), DHEA, nootropic medications (such as piracetam),
and simple meditation. Among the other therapies shown to
improve memory (and behavior) in Alzheimer's patients are the
anti-cortisol therapies GH3 and K.H.3, acetyl-l-carnitine,
phosphaditylserine, and tacrine (THA).
Coenzyme-Q10 And Lifespan Extension
Stephen Coles, M.D., Ph.D. of the Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in Pasadena and Steven B. Harris, M.D. of
the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles
discussed recent research showing that high doses of
coenzyme-Q10 (coQ10) (equivalent to hundreds
of milligrams a day in humans) caused a
significant increase in average lifespan in laboratory mice
(without adverse side effects), but did not appear to
increase maximum lifespan.
Coles and Harris pointed out that coQ10
has been shown to be highly effective in preventing and
treating atherosclerosis, angina (heart pain), myocardial
infarction (heart attack), and other cardiovascular diseases.
Moreover, coQ10 is a highly effective
anti-oxidant and is involved in energy production. The
researchers presented slides showing that mice receiving
coQ10 were far livelier and more youthful
looking than control animals.
New Anti-Aging Therapies
One of the most established anti-aging drugs in the world
(which has never been submitted for U.S. FDA approval) is
centrophenoxine, which has been shown to
improve memory, concentration, and energy levels in humans,
and has extended lifespan in laboratory mice. One of the
participants in the conference was the world's
foremost centrophenoxine researcher, Dr. Imre Zs.-Nagy of the
Fritz Verzar International Laboratory in Decebren,
Hungary.
BCE-001: A New Analog Of Centrophenoxine
Dr. Zs.-Nagy revealed that he and his colleagues in Hungary
have altered the chemical structure of
centrophenoxine in order to develop a new
anti-aging drug-(BCE-001-U.S. patent No.
4661618). In this new drug, one of the two components
of centrophenoxine, dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE, an anti-aging
drug in its own right) has been replaced by a new compound,
1,3-bis(dimethylamino)-2-propanol (BIDIP).
According to Dr. Zs.-Nagy, BCE-001 has been shown to be an
effective nootropic agent of low toxicity, which can be
injected or taken orally. He says it acts in a similar manner
as centrophenoxine, but acts twice as fast at lower doses!
Right now, BCE-001 is at the stage where clinical trials are
necessary to test its effects in humans, but the Hungarian
company that owns the rights to it does not have the money to
develop BCE-001 further and is looking to sell its rights to
the drug to another company.
A New Immunostimulant
One of the new therapies discussed at the conference by
D.L. Busbee and associates of Texas A & M
University in College Station, Texas is
acemannanTM-a long-chain (1,4) linked acetylated
polymannose (ACM). When mice who had developed tumors
induced by the injection of sarcoma cancer cells were given
injections of ACM (1 mg/kg in sterile 0.9% NaCl),
"tumor regression and complete recovery were observed
in 40% of the animals!
Tests showed that ACM treatment "increased IL-1
and IL-6 secretion in young and old animals...(that) cells
from old ACM-treated mice showed almost a 2-fold increase in
concanavalin-stimulated blastogenesis over cells from
non-ACM-treated mice...and that ACM treatment was associated
with increased capacity of animals to mount effective immune
system surveillance against implanted sarcoma
cells." It was concluded that "ACM is an
effective immunostimulatory agent in mice...and that it might
have a use in the long-term support of immune function in
anti-aging medicine."
Acemannan is an active component of pharmaceutical-grade
Aloe Vera extract. For INFOrmation on how to obtain Aloe Vera
extract with the highest concentration of acemannan, call The
Life Extension Foundation at
1-800-841-5433.
Genentech's New Therapy
One of the highlights of the conference was a talk by Grace
Wong, Ph.D. of Genentech, Inc. in South San
Francisco, California, in which she revealed the results of
her research with an immune system cytokine called
lymphotoxin (LT), which is produced within
the body by a specific gene triggered by oxidative stress.
According to Dr. Wong, "LT specifically and
selectively induces the expression of the protective protein
manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), a mitochondrial enzyme
that scavenges superoxide radicals. Over expression of MnSOD,
but not copper or zinc SOD enhances cellular resistance to
oxidative stress...LT does not induce MnSOD in tumor cells;
nor does LT protect cancer cells against oxidative
stress."
Dr. Wong reported that pretreatment with
LT protects mice against a lethal dose of
radiation that kills untreated mice, that LT
helps mice injected with tumor cells survive, and that it
protects mice against hair loss caused by exposure to toxic
chemicals. When asked whether LT is available
for humans, Dr. Wong said it is not, but that the gene for
LT can be turned on by a state of "happiness"
(she calls it the "happy gene") and that we can get some of
the benefits of LT by simply "being
happy".
Is SOD The Body's Own Anti-Aging Therapy?
Evidence is mounting that stimulation of intracellular
superoxide dismutase (SOD) can slow aging and
protect us against the diseases of aging. First is an
experiment performed by Sohol and Orr of Southern Methodist
University, in which the maximum lifespan of flies was doubled
by insertion of a second SOD gene. Next we have Dr. Wong's
findings that the ability of LT to stimulate
MnSOD protects mice against radiation,
cancer, and toxic chemicals. Then there is the finding by the
University Of Toronto scientists that
deprenyl-which has multiple anti-aging
benefits-stimulates the release of
SOD within the body.
It may be that the protective action of
SOD represents one of the genetically
controlled health maintenance processes
suggested by Richard Cutler as being responsible for the
length of the current human lifespan, and that stimulation of
intracellular SOD by whatever means might
help us to live in good health for extended periods of time.
(Ingesting SOD supplements does not elevate
intracellular SOD levels)
Future Anti-Aging Technologies
It was the general consensus at the conference that major
breakthroughs in anti-aging medicine are on the horizon from
ongoing advances in genetics and genetic engineering. There
was considerable talk about recent discoveries by scientists
at Geron Corporation in Menlo Park,
California that the integrity of our chromosomes is maintained
by structures at their tips called telomeres;
that progressive shortening of our telomeres
during each bout of cell division leads to cellular senescence
and death, and that the key to rebuilding our
telomeres is the enzyme
telomerase, which is absent in normal human
cells (except for germ cells), but is found in cancer cells,
which continue to divide indefinitely. (We'll be carrying an
update on Geron in the near
future in LIFE
EXTENSION MAGAZINE.
Geron was not represented at the
conference, but there was a talk (and poster) by Don Kleinsek,
Ph.D. of GeriGene Medical Corporation in
Elkhart, Wisconsin, which is seeking to develop anti- aging
genetic therapies. Dr. Kleinsek says that
GeriGene has in development "anti-aging
molecules for arthritis, osteoporosis, cancer, skin aging and
artificial skin renewal, wound healing, cell death, and viral
diseases. (We'll be carrying a story about
GeriGene in LIFE EXTENSION
MAGAZINE in the near future).
New Drug Delivery Systems
One of the major obstacles to the development of better
anti-aging therapies is the primitive nature of today's drug
delivery systems. In the vast majority of cases, today's drugs
are delivered orally through pills and capsules or through
injections. The problem with these systems is that they must
deliver enough drug to last for 4-to-24 hours, depending upon
how often you take (or are given) the drug. This means that,
upon administration of the drug, your body is flooded with a
very large amount of drug, which raises your blood levels well
above optimal to cause unwanted side effects. Your body is
then depleted of the drug prior to the next time you take it,
thereby reducing its therapeutic effects.
There are now advanced systems, which deliver the precise
amount of drugs continuously-through the skin,
through true time-release oral systems, and through implanted
time-release systems to provide the body with a steady-state
therapeutic level of the drug. Such systems provide safer and
more effective therapy than the zigzag drug delivery patterns
of today's systems, but are still far more primitive than the
body's own delivery systems (such as your endocrine
glands), which adjust their release of hormones, enzymes, and
other internal "drugs" on a continuous basis.
At the conference, Dr. Vincent C. Giampapa of the
University Of Medicine and Dentistry of New
Jersey discussed the development of "subcutaneous
implantable pod systems" capable of delivering multiple drugs
at desired time sequence intervals. Eventually, this type of
system will permit the kind of multiple hormone replacement
necessary to restore youthful levels of critical hormones in a
physiologically balanced manner.
The Promise Of Nanotechnology
Since diseases, injuries, and aging are caused by damage at
cellular and molecular levels, the ultimate method of
repairing damage from these sources is likely to be molecular
machines controlled by computers, which are far smaller than
cells. Such machines will be able to enter our cells to repair
damage that our own repair systems cannot deal with, and even
to replace natural repair systems which have been
irretrievably damaged as a result of aging.
Such highly-sophisticated systems should, eventually, be
able to repair even very severe damage to cells,
tissues, and organs by inferring the appropriate changes
necessary to restore healthy structure and function based upon
an accurate reading of the remaining intact structures
combined with detailed knowledge of how such structures are
put together.
The development of molecular level medical technology will
be the natural outgrowth of a new science known as
nanotechnology, which involves engineering on
a nanometer level (a billionth of a meter). At the
conference, Ralph Merkle, Ph.D., who conducts nanotechnology
research at the Xerox Palo Alto Research
Corporation in California, reviewed the current
status of this new field and suggested how 21st century
physicians might employ nanotechnology to enable us to become
physically immortal.
Obtaining Videotapes Of The Conference
You can now obtain exclusive videotapes of the recent
Anti-Aging Medicine Conference from the Life Extension
Foundation. The following tapes of the conference are
available at discount prices for Foundation members:
I - Highlights Of The 1994 Anti-Aging Medicine
Conference - A one-hour review of the many talks given at
this historic event by many of the foremost authorities on
anti-aging medicine in the world interspersed with clips that
give the flavor and atmosphere of this truly exciting event.
The retail price of a copy of this highlight tape costs
$49.95. Members can purchase it for only $24.95.
II - Tapes Of The Individual Presentations At The 1994
Anti-Aging Medicine Conference - The retail price of each
of these tapes is $39.95. Members can purchase them for only
$19.95 each. The total retail price for all the
conference tapes is $449.95. Members can purchase all of the
tapes for only $239.95.
You can purchase these tapes by calling The Foundation's
toll-free number: 1-800-841-5433
or by sending your check or money order (add $4.00 for
postage and handling) to:
The Life Extension Foundation
Box 229120
Hollywood, FL 33022.
The following conference tapes are available from The
Foundation:
1. Roy Walford, M.D. - Life Extension
Now And In The 21st Century
2. Richard Cutler, Ph.D. - Extension
Of Lifespan:theory And Facts
3. Julian Whiitaker, M.D. - DHEA As A
Marker Of Aging And A Therapeutic Principal
4. William Regelson, M.D. - DHEA: The
Mother Steroid
5. Grace Wong, Ph.D. - Lymphotoxin And
Oxidative Stress
6. Stephen Coles, M.D., Ph.D. and Steve Harris,
M.D. - Co-Enzyme Q10 And Lifespan
Extension
7. Gwen Ivy, Ph.D. - L-Deprenyl And
Its Anti-Aging Effects
8. Ronald Hoffman, M.D. - Hormones And
Aging
9. Robert Goldman, D.O., Ph.D. -
Anti-Aging Medicine: The Future Of Medical
Practice
10. Robert Morin, M.D. - Prevention
And Reversal Of Atherosclerosis
11. James Wilson, Ph.D. - The Use Of
Thymus Extracts As An Exogenous Factor in Immunosenescence And
A Mediator Of Chronic Disease
12. Vincent Giampapa, M.D. - New
Concepts in Drug Delivery Systems
13. Don Kleinsek, Ph.D. - Gene
Therapy: A Ten Year Forecast
14. Ralph Merkle, Ph.D. -
Nanotechnology And Medicine
15. Ronald Klatz, D.O. - Predictions
For The Year 2010
The Big Tent
The big tent was the center of attraction at the 1994
conference. It was a rapidly-constructed arena of
ideas...where doctors, scientists, and journalists presented
their data and words of wisdom-with large screens on both
sides of the stage to display their slides and videos. The
tent was erected because there wasn't a conference room in the
hotel large enough to handle the 1,100 people who attended
this historic event.
On one side of the tent was a large INFOrmal registration
area adjacent to the lobby, where sweet rolls, bagels,
muffins, orange juice, and other drinks were available
throughout the morning, and fruit and cheese were served later
in the day...and where people could gather together INFOrmally
to exchange INFOrmation and ideas and to enjoy each others
company.
A path to the right led to the exhibit hall where
approximately 20 companies and organizations-including The
Life Extension Foundation-had set up booths
to provide attenders with free INFOrmation and personalized
answers to questions about their products and services.
To the left of the tent was a large pool, which will be
covered over to provide extra space to accommodate the much
larger crowd expected at the next (1995) conference. Beyond
the pool was a picturesque walkway leading through finely
landscaped grounds (on both sides) to hundreds of comfortable,
single-bedroom suites. (More than 300
additional people who wanted to attend the conference couldn't
do so because there was only room for 1,100 people in the
tent).
The Next Conference
The next Anti-Aging Medical Conference (1995) is being
planned for the same time of year (early December) and is
likely to be held again at the Alexis Park Resort, although
final arrangements have not yet been made. We expect to
announce the dates of the 1995 Anti-Aging Medicine Conference
in the next issue of Life Extension Events. At that time,
we'll also announce the registration fee and the discounts for
Foundation Members. Anyone who wants more INFOrmation about
becoming a member of the American Academy Of Anti-Aging
Medicine (A4M) should:
Phone the Academy at: 1-312-975-4034 or write
to:
American Academy of Anti-Aging
Medicine
P.O. Box 146571
Chicago, IL 60614
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