The Promise Of Youth, The Reality Of Aging One in an occasional series on how a rush for a ‘longevity’ pill has triggered hype, hope and investment More Stories <!--/.slab-container --> Dr. Alan Green’s patients travel from around the country to his tiny practice in Queens, N.Y., lured by the prospect of longer lives. Over the past two years, more than 200 patients have flocked to see Green after learning that two drugs he prescribes could possibly stave off aging. One 95-year-old was so intent on keeping her appointment that she asked her son to drive her from Maryland after a snowstorm had closed the schools. Green is among a small but growing number of doctors who prescribe drugs “off-label” for their possible
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