Saturday, December 6, 2008

Youthfulness an American obsession — at what cost? (AP)

Dr. Jeffry Life, right, checks patient Ed Detwiler, a 47-year-old real estate developer, at the Cenegenics Medical Institute in Las Vegas, Monday, Aug. 11, 2008. The clinic specializes in 'age management,' a growing field in a society obsessed with staying young. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - It's one of those photos that make you do a double-take. Dr. Jeffry Life stands in jeans, his shirt off. His face is that of a distinguished-looking grandpa; his head is balding, and what hair there is is white. But his 69-year-old body looks like it belongs to a muscle-bound 30-year-old.


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