Selling the fountain of youth : how the anti-aging industry made a disease out of getting old, and made billions / Arlene Weintraub.

  • Weintraub, Arlene.
Date:
[2010], ©2010
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

New York : Basic Books, [2010], ©2010.

Physical description

ix, 246 pages ; 25 cm

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

"Physician, heal thyself!" -- All for money -- Too tempting to resist -- Homemade sex hormones -- The Hollywood connection -- The invention of male menopause -- Ragtag pharmacists cash in -- Potions galore -- Anti-aging goes mainstream.

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    Medical Collection
    WT11.AA1 2010W42s
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ISBN

  • 9780465017218
  • 0465017215