Journal
Straight answers, before you book
What these treatments do, who they suit and what to expect — written by the people who practise them.
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Hormones
What HGH actually costs in Costa Rica
The same Norditropin pen, from the same manufacturer, at roughly a fifth of the U.S. monthly cost. Here is where the difference comes from.
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Travel
Medical travel to Costa Rica: what to expect
Around 50,000 medical tourists arrive each year. What the trip actually looks like, from landing at SJO to flying home on treatment.
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Regenerative
What glutathione actually does
The body's most abundant antioxidant, what the evidence supports, and why it is usually given intravenously rather than swallowed.
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Longevity
Metformin and the longevity question
A sixty-year-old diabetes drug is one of the most studied candidates in longevity medicine. What is actually established, and what is still a hypothesis.
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Weight loss
Tirzepatide: how it differs from semaglutide
Mounjaro and Zepbound work on two gut hormones rather than one. What that changes in practice, and what it does not.
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