I've been trying to keep up with the e-news about the state of health care these days and I have to say that
there's a bunch of scary stuff out there.  The first article  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/751336?sssdmh=dm1.725211&src=nldne  is entitled "Vitamin E Supplements May Raise the Risk for Prostate Cancer".  Well, I suppose they might, especially
if you take the "dl" or synthetic form of the tocopherols, rather than the "d" or natural form.  In fact, they didn't call it "dl",
they used the technical name - all-rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate, in their study. 

But your intrepid anti-aging expert - that would be me - chased it down, because I wanted to know for both our sakes. 
And I am of that certain age and sex to have a vested (panted?) interest in the outcome.  The point is, most folks
who know about vitamins avoid synthetic forms like the plague, as the idea of synthesizing natural compounds is usually about patenting them, not improving them, which you can't do with natural ones, as God owns the patents.  And their bioactivity is often different.

Anyway, the study's results were somewhat surprising, as previous studies had indicated a protective effect.  But an independent
expert, Dr. James Marshall, chair of the Department of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York said that those studies were a statistical aberration, and should be disregarded.

Well, maybe yes, and maybe no.  But anyway, at the bottom of the article, where they list possible conflicts of interest, I noted this.
"Dr. Klein and Dr. Baker (the lead authors) have disclosed no relevant financial relationships, but several coauthors report
financial relationships with several pharmaceutical companies."

Now, this wouldn't be so scary if I hadn't seen this "Conflicts of Interest Abound in Diabetes Guidelines Committees"
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/751433?src=emailthis shortly thereafter.  And it reads depressingly like it sounds.
"About half the experts serving on the committees that wrote national clinical guidelines for diabetes and hyperlipidemia
over the past decade had potential financial conflicts of interest (COI), and about 4% had conflicts that were not disclosed [1]."

But wait, there's more!  Next, I saw that Sheng Wang, PhD. at Boston University School of Medicine Cancer Research Center,
was found to have falsified data in two research papers, that unfortunately subsequent researchers relied on for THEIR research.
http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-08-05/html/2011-19930.htm

Now I don't want you to lie awake at night, but if I would not expect to do bad things to my body and get bailed out by the medical industry.  Most doctors and researchers are honest, diligent and dedicated, if overworked.  But they really don't do so well with lifestyle diseases, the top four of which, cancer, Type II diabetes, non-communicable lung disease, and cardiovascular diseases, are responsible for 60% of deaths globally -  "What's Killing Us? The 4 Deadliest Diseases"  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/750402?src=ptalk 

In fact, Dr. Téa Collins, Executive Director of The Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Alliance says in this article "they do have common risk factors that are easily modifiable with lifestyle changes -- for example, tobacco control, reduced alcohol consumption, healthy diets, and exercise. When we do this, we pretty much prevent all four, which is a convenient catch-all."

They're not just killing us.  They are AGING us prematurely, and degrading our performance, job and otherwise.  And THAT'S why I'm rebranding myself as your go-to anti-aging guru, because the stuff I do does just that.

So whether you want to live longer, or live better, I'm your guy.  At least if cutting edge stuff doesn't scare you.  And I'm guessing that if the above medical news doesn't scare you, nothing will.