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Popular Science: Radium was once cast as an elixir of youth. Are today’s ideas any better?

By Bill Gourgey

Popular Science: Radium was once cast as an elixir of youth. Are today’s ideas any better?
Health & Medicine
  • Publisher: Popular Science
  • Editor: Marina Galperina
  • Published: June 7, 2022

In 1923, Popular Science reported that people were drinking radium-infused water in an attempt to stay young. How far have we come to a real (and non-radioactive) ‘cure’ for aging?:

Radium was once cast as an elixir of youth. Are today’s ideas any better?

Many thanks to Marina Galperina, Popular Science Managing Editor.


Series: Articles & Essays Tagged with: aging, elixirs, eternal youth, health, immortality, medicine, Popular Science

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