© 2008 Jerry Emanuelson
Information sources and nutritional supplement suppliers:
The resources listed here are those personally selected by Jerry Emanuelson. We do not "trade links" or otherwise add links to this site for compensation.
(954) 766-8433 or (800) 544-4440
P.O. Box 229120
Hollywood, Florida 33022
The Life Extension Foundation is clearly the best source of ongoing, up-to-date, information about life extension. Membership in the the Life Extension Foundation includes a subscription to the monthly Life Extension magazine, which is an excellent source of new information on anti-aging medicine. In addition, the Life Extension Foundation has, in recent years, become one of the best sources of life extension supplements at reasonable prices.
An important subscription-based web site is Consumer Lab. This site has test data on the purity and potency of nutritional supplements. For anyone who spends very much money on nutritional supplements, the annual subscription fee is well worthwhile to make sure that you know what you really are buying.
American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine
2415 N. Greenview
Chicago, Il 60614
The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) holds very informative conferences on anti-aging medicine intended for medical professionals, but open to everyone. he major annual conference is held during the second week of December in Las Vegas, Nevada. They hold other conferences at other times in cities around the world.
Access to Medline for searching major medical journals is available online from the National Library of Medicine. Searching through millions of medical journal articles is fast and easy. Abstracts are available online for most of the articles, and the service is free. Highly recommended. Everyone should learn to use this valuable tool.
Many University Health Sciences Centers now offer public access to Medline and other medical information services through their medical libraries.
Medscape also offers free access to Medline on the World Wide Web.
Dr. Cranton's web site has a considerable amount of information on subjects related to life extension.
Another Web site with lots of useful information is Health World Online.
The American College of Advancement in Medicine is an organization of innovative physicians which maintains an informative Web site. The Web site has information on how to obtain a list of member physicians. ACAM members are generally excellent physicians for providing medical supervision for your life extension program. ACAM is an especially important source of information about chelation therapy with EDTA.
Information on developments in nanotechnology:
The Foresight Institute
(publishes newsletters on nanotechnology)
Box 61058
Palo Alto, CA 94306
Also, the entire text of Engines of Creation, the book that introduced the world to the possibilities and ramifications of molecular nanotechnology, is now on the World Wide Web.
There is an interesting interview with Life Extension pioneers Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw at this link.
General Information on the farther reaches of life extension, smart pills, nanotechnology, space settlements and futurism is available from The Extropy Institute
Lots of information about genomics and new discoveries in DNA science can be found in the SNPedia.
Information about cryonics is available from:
Alcor Foundation
(602) 922-9013 or (800) 367-2228
7895 E. Acoma Dr., #110
Scottsdale, AZ 85260 - 6916
A wide range of nutritional supplements appropriate to those practicing life extension techniques are available from:
Vitamin Research Products, Inc.
3579 Hwy. 50 East
Carson City, NV 89701
Phone: (800) 877-2447
Another company selling many products designed by Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw:
Life Enhancement Products
P.O. Box 751390
Petaluma, CA 94975-9846
Phone: (800) 543-3873
Fax: (707) 769-8016
Life Enhancement Products offers a free newsletter called Life Enhancement News. Although the newsletter is oriented directly to information about their products, the information is generic and generally very accurate scientifically (although I disagree with their advocacy of oral chelation, a technique that must be used with great caution and that is clearly inferior to intravenous chelation).
Anyone who orders anti-aging drugs from other countries may want to check out the FDA import detention list. It is interesting to see what the FDA is detaining and what excuses they come up with for their confiscations. Some truly ancient drugs (such as dilantin) are confiscated on the basis that they are new drugs without the necessary paperwork for a new drug. Well over 90 percent of all orders still make it through without any problem.
Anyone with needle phobia should visit The Needle Phobia Page. Needle phobia is a major unrecognized problem in medicine, especially preventive medicine.
Don't be put off by titles that use hyped-up title words like miracle, revolution or magic. These titles are chosen by marketing people at the publisher, often over the objections of the authors.
Terry Grossman, Ph.D. The Baby Boomers' Guide to Living Forever. (Hubristic Press. 2000) [An excellent book on all aspects of life extension. The book does a good job of explaining why it is so important to start a life extension program right now. Dying a year too soon could cost you decades or centuries of healthy life.]
Barry Sears, Ph.D. The Anti-Aging Zone. (Harper Collins. 1998.) [Even if you don't agree with Dr. Sears about the importance of eicosanoids, this is an excellent book on nutrition.]
Craig Cooney, Ph.D. and Bill Lawren. Methyl Magic. (Andrews McMell Publishing. 1999) [This is an excellent book about methylation, a very important factor in health and anti-aging medicine.]
Elmer Cranton, M.D. Resetting the Clock: 5 Anti-Aging Hormones That Are Revolutionizing the Quality and Length of Life. (M. Evans and Co. 1997) [One of very few books that I can recommend without reservation.]
Jennie Brand Miller. The Glucose Revolution : The Authoritative Guide to the Glycemic Index-The Groundbreaking Medical Discovery (Marlowe & Co. 1999) [A good book on the glycemic index, but not on other aspects of nutrition.]
Ward Dean, M.D. and John Morgenthaler, Smart Drugs and Nutrients. (B and J Publications, P.O. Box 483, Santa Cruz, CA 95061.) (1990)
Ward Dean, M.D., John Morgenthaler, and Steven Wm. Fowkes,
Smart Drugs II. (Health Freedom Publications, P.O. Box 2515, Menlo Park,
CA 94026.) (1993)
Alastair Dow. Deprenyl: The Anti-Aging Drug. (Hallberg Publishing
Corp., Delavan, WI 53115.) (1993) (Recently, this book went out-of-print.)
K. Eric Drexler. Engines of Creation. (Anchor Press/Doubleday.
1986)
Michael Fossel, Ph.D., M.D. Reversing Human Aging. (William Morrow. 1996) [An excellent book on the possibilities of reversing aging through telomere therapy.]
Dr. Ronald Klatz with Carol Kahn. Grow Young with HGH (Harper Collins. 1997)
John A. Mann. Secrets of Life Extension. (And/Or Press.
1980) (Out of print.)
Ross Pelton. Mind Food and Smart Pills. (Doubleday.
1989)
Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw. Life Extension: A Practical Scientific Approach. (Warner Books. 1982)
Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw. The Life Extension Companion. (Warner Books. 1984) [Out of Print.]
Durk Pearson and Sandy Shaw. The Life Extension Weight Loss Program. (Doubleday. 1987) [Out of print, and hard to find, but well worth the effort to find a copy.]
Beverly A. Potter and Sebastian Orfali. Brain Boosters: Foods and Drugs That Make You Smarter. (Ronin Publishing. 1993)
William Regelson, M.D. and Carol Colman. The Superhormone Promise. (Simon & Schuster. 1996) [An excellent book on general hormone replacement by a pioneering researcher in the field.]
Julian Whitaker, M.D. Dr. Whitaker's Guide to Natural Hormone Replacement (Phillips Publishing, 7811 Montrose Road, Potomac, MD 20854. Phone (800) 705-5559 [This is a 68-page booklet for $19.95, but it contains very important information that makes it well worth the price.]
Jonathan Wright, M.D. and John Mergenthaler.Natural Hormone Replacement for Women over 45 (Publisher: Smart Publications, P.O. Box 4667, Petaluma, CA 94955) (Published in 1997.)
Jonathan Wright, M.D. and Lane Lenard, Ph.D. Maximize Your Vitality and Potency for Men over 40. (Publisher: Smart Publications, P.O. Box 4667, Petaluma, CA 94955) (Published in 1999.) [You'd never know it from its cumbersome title, but this is an excellent book about testosterone replacement therapy.]
Marla Ahlgrimm and John M. Kells. The HRT Solution. (Avery. 1999) [An excellent book on hormone replacement therapy for women.]
Misc. Supplementary Reading
K. Eric Drexler. Nanosystems. (John Wiley. 1992) [Very technical.]
Ed Regis, Nano the emerging science of nanotechnology: remaking the world -- molecule by molecule. (Little, Brown. 1995)
Roy Walford, M.D. The 120 Year Diet. (Simon and Schuster.
1986)
Roy Walford, M.D. Maximum Life Span. (W.W. Norton.
1983)
Ward Dean, M.D., Biological Aging Measurements: Clinical Applications. (Center for Bio-Gerontology, Los Angeles. 1988)
[This is a technical book for medical professionals.]
Dr. Ronald Klatz and Dr. Robert Goldman. Stopping the Clock. (Keats Publishing. 1996)
Ross Pelton, Ph.D., Taffy Clarke Pelton & Venton C. Vint, M.D.
How to Prevent Breast Cancer. (Simon & Schuster. 1995)
Walter Pierpaoli, M.D. and William Regelson, M.D. The Melatonin Miracle. (Simon and Schuster. 1995)
Russel J. Reiter, Ph.D. and Jo Robinson. Melatonin: Your Body's Natural Wonder Drug.(Bantam. 1995)
Ray Sahelian, M.D., DHEA: A Practical Guide (Avery Publishing Group. 1996)
Ray Sahelian, M.D., Melatonin: Nature's Sleeping Pill.
(Be Happier Press. 1995)
Ray Sahelian, M.D., Pregnenolone: Nature's Feel Good Hormone. (Melatonin/DHEA Research Institute, P.O. Box 12619, Marina Del Rey, CA 90295) (1996)
John Morganthaler and Dan Joy. Better Sex through Chemistry.
(Smart Publications. 1995)
Sheldon Saul Hendler, M.D., The Doctors' Vitamin and Mineral Encyclopedia. (Simon & Schuster. 1990)
Ronald L. Hoffman, M.D., Tired All the Time. (Pocket Books-Simon & Schuster. 1993)
Wesley M. DuCharme, Ph.D. Becoming Immortal. (Blue Creek Ventures, P.O. Box 3266, Evergreen, CO 80439.) (1995)