December 10, 2008

YOUTHFULNESS AT ANY COST

Interesting article: YOUTHFULNESS: AN AMERICAN OBSESSION, AT ANY COST



An excerpt:

As the baby boomers march toward retirement, Botox, wrinkle fillers and hormones of various kinds have become big business. Medco's latest drug trend report shows, for instance, that human growth hormone use grew almost 6 percent in 2007.
The list for age-defying tactics is endless. Want six-pack abs? There's a surgical procedure to create fake ones. How about drastically cutting your calorie intake to slow the aging process? There's a group of die-hards that swears by it.

WHOLE ARTICLE: HUFFPO