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Immerse yourself in healing 760.773.3899 www.restorehealth.me www.restorehealth.me Ketogenic Weight Loss Functional Medicine Cancer Remission Anti-Aging Live Longer and Healthier — All Naturally Personalized health services offering non-pharmaceutical solutions to reverse disease Joseph Scherger, MD, MPH Medical Director (760) 898-9663 • Indian Wells office@restorehealth.me www.RestoreHealth.me Longevity is one of the fastest growing industries globally with theories and recommendations coming at us in warped speed. Peter Diamandis, MD’s Longevity Guidebook is a wild ride through the current science of extending our lifespan. The book opens with the question, “Has the first person who will live to 150 already been born?” and is devoted to making the answer an unequivocable yes. Dr. Diamandis is a graduate of Harvard Medical School who chose not to pursue a medical specialty, but rather to devote his work to engineering and entrepreneurial endeavors. He earned a BS and MS at MIT studying biology and physics and is best known as the founder and chair of the XPRIZE Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to “accelerating innovation for the benefit of humanity through large-scale, incentivized competitions.” Diamandis is also co-founder of Singularity University whose mission is to inspire and educate leaders to address our world’s greatest challenges. His partner on that project is Ray Kurzweil, director of engineering at Google and considered one of the world’s leading inventors, thinkers and futurists. Diamandis’ previous books reflect his passion and strong belief that we can create a more positive future: Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think (2012), Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth, and Impact the World (2015), The Future is Faster Than You Think: How Converging Technologies Are Transforming Business, Industries, and Our Lives (2020), and Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life and Those you Love (2022). Longevity Guidebook is a description of a medical practice Diamandis founded called Fountain Life. These high-cost longevity clinics are located in Dallas, Orlando, Naples (FL), White Plains (NY), Miami and Houston with more likely to follow. The book begins as one would expect from a wellness advisor with chapters on nutrition, exercise and sleep. He admonishes “Don’t Die from Something Stupid” such as preventable heart disease, stroke or cancer. Where I feel the book goes off target is with the “longevity pharmacy” of medications, supplements and cutting-edge therapies he recommends. Diamandis takes and recommends 75 supplements and medications daily providing a scientific rationale for each in his book. In his clinics, he also recommends and provides an extensive array of laboratory tests and studies, most of which are done every three months. Not surprisingly, the annual cost of participation in this longevity experiment is about $30,000 annually. Extending one’s health span this way would be a full-time job. Diamandis’s Fountain Life is not alone. Humanaut Health, based in Austin Texas, is a similar clinic with three locations and plans to grow. One of my patients recently enrolled in Human Longevity, a clinic in La Jolla, CA, started by Craig Venter, PhD, a pivotal player in the Human Genome Project. There are also a growing number of highcost longevity centers internationally as consumers worldwide continue to seek the answers to eternal health. I recommend Longevity Guidebook to anyone wanting to better understand the unproven limits of the current longevity efforts to push boundaries beyond just a healthy lifestyle. Until we can determine that this model of intensive longevity services works, I do not plan to follow, recommend or provide them. I prefer to follow David Sinclair, PhD, a longevity scientist at Harvard Medical School who recommends a healthy lifestyle and three supplements: nicotinamide (NAD), resveratrol and Metformin. Efforts to biohack aging continue to grow in popularity. We have been doing that since the start of the 20th century when our average human lifespan was in our 40s. How far can we extend healthy life is a most interesting question and I am currently making reasonable efforts to find out. Dr. Scherger is the founder of Restore Health Disease Reversal in Indian Wells, a clinic dedicated to weight loss and reversing chronic medical conditions. To schedule a consultation, call (760) 898.9663 or visit www.restorehealth.me. Diamandis’s Longevity Guidebook By Joseph E. Scherger, MD, MPH Palm Springs Post creators Mark Talkington and Kendall Balchan on their new East Valley venture. Locally owned neighborhood news. Free and from the heart. Desert Health Congratulates Sign up today! thepalmspringspost.com • theindiopost.com For nearly 40 years, Variety Children’s Charity of the Desert has provided programs and services in support of the health, mobility, independence and social inclusion of special needs kids, also providing assistance in underserved communities in the Coachella Valley. Variety has now expanded these programs and services beyond its Palm Desert headquarters to two additional locations in communities that have demonstrated the most need: Desert Hot Springs and Mecca. “In our nearly four decades of service to the Coachella Valley, we’ve found that there are many families who would benefit from our programs and free assessments if they were closer to their homes, particularly those in communities with limited resources,” said Executive Director Heidi Maldoon. “By bringing developmental screenings and other activities directly to those economically vulnerable populations, we know we can make an even greater impact within the region by sharing our mission on a much broader level.” Maldoon added that the organization is grateful to the Desert Healthcare District for their assistance in funding this initiative. Care for children starts with an assessment of needs and Variety is now offering a free developmental screening for children ages 0-5 in both Mecca and Desert Hot Springs. In Mecca, screenings are offered at the Mecca Family & Farmworkers’ Resource Center (91-275 66th Avenue, Suite 600) on Tuesdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. In Desert Hot Springs, screenings are offered at the Desert Hot Springs Family Resource Center (14320 Palm Drive) Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Variety continues to offer free developmental screenings five days a week in Palm Desert (42600 Cook Street, Suite 150). Appointments can be made by calling (760) 773-9800, ext. 4. Walkins are also welcome. Formed in the Coachella Valley in 1987, Variety Children’s Charity of the Desert is a chapter of the international charity with more than 40 chapters around the world. Additional programs and services offered include art workshops and other sensoryfriendly activities, periodical distribution of family needs such as diapers, food and toys, a fall carnival connecting families to resources, an annual bike giveaway, and gifting of specialized mobility equipment throughout the year. For more information, email help@varietyofthedesert.org, call (760) 773-9800 or visit www.varietyofthedesert.com. Variety Expands Services By Andrea Carter July/August 2025 Developmental screenings are one of many services offered.
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