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AGEINGDO HORMONES HELP?
Jonathan Swift : Anglican Bishop of DublinWrote Gulliver’s Travels, lots of charity work
AGEING HAPPENS TO ALL OF US
“OLD”
Not Young anymore !
Less Strength, Less Stamina
More Aches and Pains, More illnesses
WHAT WE WISH
REALITY
ISAAC AND JACOB
Eyesight (?Cataracts)
Decisions
FooledDeceivedLoss of CPF
ISAAC AND JACOB
Eli and his sons - Decision POORLost his sons, lost the Ark
Balance poor – Fall easily :Head Injury or Hip fracture
SEEN SOME OF THE AGEING PROBLEMS IN BIBLE
Eyesight bad OR
Hearing bad OR
Taste bad OR
AND POOR Judgement.
Balance bad – Falls and Fractures
Depression and loneliness
DOES ANYTHING SLOW DOWN AGEING?
Eyesight bad OR
Hearing bad OR
Taste bad OR
AND
Balance bad – Falls and Fractures
Depression and Loneliness
AGEING : SENSIBLE THINGSEyesight bad : Get good Spectacles;
Read in good light
Hearing bad : Hearing aids
Taste bad : eat stronger tasting food
AND
Balance bad : CAREFUL and SLOW DOWN
Depression/Loneliness : Meet friends, Use the phone, Skype, Whatsapp.
Come to meetings /gatherings
DO HORMONES SLOW DOWN AGEING?
Eyesight bad OR
Hearing bad OR
Taste bad OR
AND
Balance bad – Falls and Fractures
Depression and Loneliness
ThyroxineInsulin : DiabetesCortisolAldosterone‘Male’ hormones (Testosterone)‘Female’ hormones (Estrogen,
Progesterone)Growth hormone
What are HORMONES?
MENOPAUSE
MENOPAUSESYMPTOMS
HOT FLUSHES
MENOPAUSEPLUS AGEING
HORMONES AND MENOPAUSE?
Improves Symptoms and more
Improves Sleep, “Womanness” “Femininity”
Improves Bone, Decreases some cancers (Colon)
BUT Some RISKS : Increases Cancer and Heart disease/Strokes
RISKS IF TAKEN TOO LONG –ESPECIALLY IF DIABETES
Heart Disease
Strokes
Breast Cancer
Hazard ratios for ischaemic heart disease associated with use of hormone replacement therapy stratified on diabetic status.
E Løkkegaard et al. BMJ 2003;326:426
©2003 by British Medical Journal Publishing Group
FEMALE HORMONES
If BAD symptoms – take hormones for 6 months or so.
If Mild – take non-hormones
If no need – don’t need to take at all!!
Exercise, sunshine, friends!
DO MEN HAVE MENOPAUSE?
Recent Publicity
– PADAM, Andropause, etc
Still VERY controversial
MALE MENOPAUSE ??
GIVE TESTOSTERONE ??
MALE MENOPAUSE ??
MALE MENOPAUSE ?? DISAGREE
MALE MENOPAUSE ?? HORMONES USE DECREASED !!
DO MEN HAVE MENOPAUSE? Recent Publicity – PADAM, Andropause, etc
Still VERY controversial
I don’t believe it – Mainly younger men,
Mainly sex (once Viagra – no hormones)
Chinese Eunuchs
RISK : Prostate bigger, Cancer risk
OTHER HORMONES?
Several (Besides Sex Hormones)
Growth Hormone
Thyroid Hormone
Lose Fat, Build Muscle
Reverses the Effects of Aging
Strengthen the Immune System
Improve Sexual Performance
Lower Blood Pressure and Cholesterol
Based on Cutting-edge Scientific Research
Ronald KlatzPresidentAmerican Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (4M)
Medically Proven
GROWTH HORMONE AND AGEING
GROWTH HORMONE
May help : 70 yr old
S Stallone and Others
? Arnold Schwarzenegger
BUT VERY Expensive
Injections
And Risk of Cancer
DO HORMONES HELP?
YES –if you are SICK and
lack the normal Hormone.
NO – if you are NORMAL – Normal Ageing
Exercise, Sunshine, Friends
APOSTLE PAUL’S EXAMPLE
APOSTLE PAUL’S EXAMPLE
Prison
Nearly blind
Hands – no good – bad writing
Old injuries – beaten up –pains
Lonely – many left him, scared of
authorities.
APOSTLE PAUL’S EXAMPLE
Trusts God
“Content” in whatever state I am
Writes: to Timothy, Titus, others
Prays for them – ‘day and night’
Knows he can still help –by Prayer
Knows he is stronger ‘inside’!!
MAKE LIFE WORTHWHILE
THANK YOU
QUESTIONS?
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