title: [Hormonal "rejuvenation". Warning your patients from false claims!].
abstract: No intervention, including drugs and hormones, has been proven to slow or even reverse aging. Such promises, as well as the term "anti-aging medicine", are misleading. On the other hand, remarkable progress has been made in the prevention and treatment of age-related diseases. The use of hormones constitutes a potentially new option in the prevention and treatment of age-related diseases, but is not an established therapy. The status of scientific evidence for the treatment of seniors with growth hormone, melatonin, DHEA or testosterone is critically reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Abt. f. Innere Medizin, Bereich Endokrinologie und Diabetes, Krankenhaus Wangen, Oberschwaben-Klinik GmbH. Joachim.Brueckel@oberschwaben-klinik.de
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brückel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016922:Cellular Senescence / Q000187:drug effects; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004967:Estrogens / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008550:Melatonin / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012060:Rejuvenation / Q000502:physiology*; D013739:Testosterone / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D013739:Testosterone; D003687:Dehydroepiandrosterone; D008550:Melatonin