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?