How has DHEA been tested?
Much of DHEAs high reputation in recent years comes from experiments in which mice were fed daily low level doses. Such studies have shown that DHEA can prevent or delay the onset of cancer, hardening of the arteries, lethal viral infections, lowered immunity, obesity, and diabetes. The longest and perhaps most carefully conducted work in humans was published last year in a special issue of the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences devoted to DHEA and aging, eight men and eight women aged 50 to 65 took either 100 milligrams of DHEA or an identical placebo pill each night for three months. For three months after that, they took the opposite pill. This study showed a rise in some chemical markers that suggested improvement in the immune function, though the number of colds and other illnesses was not measured. How has DHEA been tested as a lupus treatment The research was followed up with one on the lupus disease itself. Volunteers took DHEA suggests that this hormone may help treat
