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Contents

S. Jay Olshansky, Leonard Hayflick, and Thomas T. Perls
Introduction: Anti-Aging Medicine: The Hype and the Reality

Carole Haber
Anti-Aging Medicine: The History: Life Extension and History: The Continual Search for the Fountain of Youth

Robert H. Binstock
Anti-Aging Medicine: The History: Anti-Aging Medicine and Research: A Realm of Conflict and Profound Societal Implications

Stephen G. Post
Anti-Aging Medicine: The History: Establishing an Appropriate Ethical Framework: The Moral Conversation Around the Goal of Prolongevity

Leslie Robert
Anti-Aging Medicine: The History: The Three Avenues of Gerontology: From Basic Research to Clinical Gerontology and Anti-Aging Medicine. Another French Paradox

Robin Holliday
Debates: The Close Relationship Between Biological Aging and Age-Associated Pathologies in Humans

Leonard Hayflick
Debates: The Not-So-Close Relationship Between Biological Aging and Age-Associated Pathologies in Humans

Robin Holliday
Debates: Response to Dr. Hayflick

Leonard Hayflick
Debates: Response to Dr. Holliday

Gregory Stock and Daniel Callahan
Debates: Point-Counterpoint: Would Doubling the Human Life Span Be a Net Positive or Negative for Us Either as Individuals or as a Society?

Robert N. Butler, Richard Sprott, Huber Warner, Jeffrey Bland, Richie Feuers, Michael Forster, Howard Fillit, S. Mitchell Harman, Michael Hewitt, Mark Hyman, Kathleen Johnson, Evan Kligman, Gerald McClearn, James Nelson, Arlan Richardson, William Sonntag, Richard Weindruch, and Norman Wolf
Aging: The Reality: Biomarkers of Aging: From Primitive Organisms to Humans

Robin Holliday
Aging: The Reality: The Multiple and Irreversible Causes of Aging

Leonard Hayflick
Aging: The Reality: "Anti-Aging" Is an Oxymoron

L. Stephen Coles
Aging: The Reality: Demography of Human Supercentenarians

S. Mitchell Harman and Marc R. Blackman
Hormones and Supplements: Do They Work?: Use of Growth Hormone for Prevention or Treatment of Effects of Aging

Alan D. Dangour, Victoria L. Sibson, and Astrid E. Fletcher
Hormones and Supplements: Do They Work?: Micronutrient Supplementation in Later Life: Limited Evidence for Benefit

Neal R. Reisman
Anti-Aging Medicine: The Legal Issues: Legal Issues Associated With the Current and Future Practice of Anti-Aging Medicine

Thomas T. Perls
Anti-Aging Medicine: The Legal Issues: Anti-Aging Quackery: Human Growth Hormone and Tricks of the Trade—More Dangerous Than Ever

Huber R. Warner
The Future of Aging Interventions: Current Status of Efforts to Measure and Modulate the Biological Rate of Aging

Robert Arking, Vassily Novoseltsev, and Janna Novoseltseva
The Future of Aging Interventions: The Human Life Span Is Not That Limited: The Effect of Multiple Longevity Phenotypes

Suresh I. S. Rattan
The Future of Aging Interventions: Aging Intervention, Prevention, and Therapy Through Hormesis