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Dr. Ron Livesey was fat, tired and out of shape. At 49, he felt that his best years were behind him. ·Ð ¶óÀ̺꼼ÀÌ ¹Ú»ç´Â ¶×¶×Çϸç ÇǰïÇÏ°í ¸öÀÌ º¼ ǰ ¾ø´Ù. 49¼¼¿¡ ±×´Â ÀÚ½ÅÀÇ ÃÖ°í Àü¼º±â°¡ Áö³ª°¬´Ù°í ´À²¼´Ù.
So one day seven years ago, on his way to a medical meeting, he stopped at a doctor's office in Palm Springs, Calif., for his first hormone injections. ±×·¡¼ 7³â Àü ¾î´À ³¯ ÀÇÇÐ ¸ðÀÓ¿¡ °¡´ø µµÁß¿¡ ±×´Â óÀ½À¸·Î È£¸£¸ó Áֻ縦 ¸Â±â À§ÇØ Ä¶¸®Æ÷´Ï¾Æ ÆÊ ½ºÇÁ¸µ¿¡ ÀÖ´Â ÇÑ ÀÇ»çÀÇ »ç¹«½ÇÀ» ã¾Ò´Ù.
Early the next morning, Dr. Livesey was at the meeting, sitting in a darkened auditorium watching slides of technical data. To his surprise, he found himself alert, taking everything in. He continued the hormone treatments. ´ÙÀ½³¯ ¾ÆÄ§ ÀÏÂï ¶óÀ̺꼼ÀÌ ¹Ú»ç´Â ¾îµÎ¿î °Àǽǿ¡ ¾É¾Æ Àü¹®ÀûÀÎ ½½¶óÀ̵å ÀڷḦ º¸¸é¼ ȸÀÇ¿¡ Âü¼®Çϰí ÀÖ¾ú´Ù. ³î¶ø°Ôµµ ±×´Â ÀÚ±â ÀÚ½ÅÀÇ ¸ðµç °ÍÀ» ¹Þ¾ÆµéÀÌ¸é¼ ¹ÎøÇÏ°Ô µÇ¾ú´Ù´Â °ÍÀ» ¹ß°ßÇÏ°Ô µÇ¾ú´Ù. ±×´Â °è¼ÓÇØ¼ È£¸£¸ó Ä¡·á¸¦ ¹Þ°í ÀÖ´Ù.
"People started commenting that I had so much more bounce and energy," he said. He lost 50 pounds - thanks, he said, to diet changes and exercise made possible by the increased vigor. ±×´Â "»ç¶÷µéÀº ´õ ź·Â ÀÖ°í ÈûÀÌ ÀÖ´Ù°í ¸»Çϱ⠽ÃÀÛÇß´Ù"°í ¹àÈ÷°í ÀÖ´Ù. ±×´Â ÀÚ½ÅÀÌ ¸»ÇÏ´Â °Í°ú °°ÀÌ ½Ä»çÀÇ º¯È¿Í Á¡Â÷ °ÈµÇ°í Àִ Ȱ·ÂÀ¸·Î °¡´ÉÇØÁø ¿îµ¿ ´öÅÿ¡ 50 ÆÄ¿îµå¸¦ °¨·®Çß´Ù.
So Dr. Livesey, then an internist in New Hampshire, decided to go into business for himself. With a colleague, Dr. Joseph Raffaele, who went on a similar regimen, he founded Anti-Aging Medicine Associates, a clinic in Manhattan. They are part of a growing movement among doctors to offer a hormone replacement therapy that claims to restore the bodies and energy of youth. ±×·¡¼ ±× ¶§ ´ç½Ã¿¡ ´º ÇÜÇÁ¼Å Áö¿ªÀÇ ³»°ú Àü¹®ÀÇ¿´´ø ¶óÀ̺꼼À̹ڻç´Â ½º½º·Î ÀÌ ºÐ¾ß¿¡ ¶Ù¾îµé±â·Î °á½ÉÇß´Ù. ºñ½ÁÇÑ ºÐ¾ß¿¡ ÀÖ´ø µ¿·áÀÎ ÁÒ¼Á ¶óÆÄ¿¤ ¹Ú»ç¿Í ÇÔ²² ±×´Â ¸ÇÇÏÅÏ Áö¿ª¿¡ ³ëÈ ¹æÁö ÀÇÇÐ Çùȸ¶ó°í ÇÏ´Â º´¿øÀ» ¼¼¿ü´Ù. ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ °ÍµéÀº ÀþÀº ¸ö°ú ¿¡³ÊÁö¸¦ ȸº¹ÇÑ´Ù°í ÁÖÀåÇϰí Àִ ȣ¸£¸ó ´ëÄ¡ ¿ä¹ýÀ» Á¦°øÇÏ´Â ÀÇ»çµé »çÀÌ¿¡¼ Á¡Â÷ ´Ã¾î³ª°í ÀÖ´Â ¿òÁ÷ÀÓÀÇ ÇϳªÀÌ´Ù.
Until recently, most scientists considered anti-aging treatments to be little more than snake oil, provided by hucksters. Now, few doubt that growth hormone and testosterone can reshape aging bodies, potentially making them more youthful. ÃÖ±Ù±îÁö ´ëºÎºÐÀÇ Àü¹®°¡µéÀº ³ëÈ ¹æÁö Ä¡·á¹ýÀº ¿µ¾÷ »ç¿øµéÀÌ Á¦°øÇÏ´Â ¹ì ±â¸§ Á¤µµ·Î »ý°¢Çϰí ÀÖ¾ú´Ù. ÀÌÁ¦´Â ¼ºÀå È£¸£¸ó°ú Å×½ºÅ佺Å×·ÐÀÌ ÀáÀçÀûÀ¸·Î´Â ³ëÈÇÏ´Â À°Ã¼¸¦ ´õ Àþ°Ô ¸¸µé¸é¼ À°Ã¼¸¦ »õ·Ó°Ô ¸¸µé°í Àִٴµ¥ ÀǽÉÀ» °®°í ÀÖ´Â »ç¶÷µéÀº °ÅÀÇ ¾ø´Ù.
But whether they counteract aging is unknown. And their long-term risks are ill defined. So medical experts ask whether it is right to regard aging as a disease, as fierce as a malignant cancer, to be fought with any and all means, tested or not. ÇÏÁö¸¸ ÀÌ·± °ÍµéÀÌ ³ëȸ¦ ¸·´ÂÁö´Â ¹àÇôÁöÁö ¾Ê°í ÀÖ´Ù. ±×¸®°í Àå±âÀûÀÎ À§Ç輺Àº ºÎÁ¤ÀûÀ¸·Î ¹¦»çµÇ°í ÀÖ´Ù. µû¶ó¼ ÀÇÇÐ Àü¹®°¡µéÀº ³ëȸ¦ ÀÔÁõµÇµç µÇÁö ¾Ê¾Òµç ¸ðµç ¼ö´Ü°ú ¹æ¹ýÀ» °¡¸®Áö ¾Ê°í ¸Â¼ ½Î¿ö¾ß ÇÏ´Â ¾Ç¼º Á¾¾ç°ú °°Àº ²ûÂïÇÑ Áúº´À¸·Î °£ÁÖÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ Á¤´çÇÑÁö ¹¯°í ÀÖ´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù.
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