Invittion to a discussion with

DR. JOAN VERNIKOS
Former Director of Life Sciences at NASA

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Using Gravity to Slow Down and
Reverse the Aging Process
In her book, The G-Connection: Harness Gravity and Reverse Aging, Dr. Vernikos focuses on the fundamental importance of gravity in maintaining youthful vigor. She applies lessons learned from the experiences of U.S. astronauts and Soviet/Russian cosmonauts in space to ordinary people here on Earth. She offers practical life style changes for people of all ages.

Thursday, April 21, 2005 from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M.
Reception and Book-Signing Will Follow

The Army & Navy Club
901 17th St. N.W., Washington, D.C.

Business Attire (Coat and Tie)
Reservations Required by April 20

For Additional Information Please Call: Maria Papathanassiou (202) 895-1670
Maria Stamoulas (202) 464-0400 Theodora Hancock (703) 685-7442
Or send e-mail to: HAWCDC@Hotmail.com

Joan Vernikos, space life scientist and author, has always been fascinated by the gravity in which we live.

Gravity shapes the way we look, feel, and function. The Space Race made it possible to explore the subject for the first time. The answers led to an astonishing insight for those of us living down here on Earth - the remarkable link between gravity and aging.

Astronauts returning from a mission in near-zero gravity show startling changes we usually associate with old age. Do astronauts grow old in space? Certainly not! After all, they recover. But old people on earth do not - or so we have been led to believe.

The G-Connection challenges this widely-held belief and redefines our concepts of aging. It explains how the lifelong and deliberate use of gravity in our daily lives will slow down and stall the signs of aging.

The G-Connection: Harness Gravity and Reverse Aging
Dr. Joan Vernikos with Robin S. Hosie
Foreword by astronaut and Senator John Glenn

After 30 years of pioneering research with NASA, Joan Vernikos has written the first book to focus on the fundamental importance of gravity in maintaining youthful vigor. In it, she applies lessons learned from the experiences of U.S. astronauts and Soviet/Russian cosmonauts in space to ordinary people here on Earth. Highly practical, the What You Can Do about It's section in each chapter is a comprehensive guide that will help young people, baby boomers, the elderly, and professionals make smart lifestyle choices.

The G-Connection is written in down-to-earth and understandable language. Peppered with firsthand anecdotes from astronauts and interesting stories of Vernikos’s own voyage of discovery, this book is both a fun and credible resource. The excitement for her work and ideas comes across clearly and is contagious. The reader finishes the book knowing what to do differently in his or her daily life to slow down or even reverse the aging process.

Terrific! Echoes my experience! Joe Allen, Ph.D., astronaut, untethered space-walker.

The premise is plausible and the contents thoroughly referenced and well documented. It is written in a flowing style with humor and self-assurance and with language that never patronizes the reader. Ralph Pelligra, M.D., NASA Ames Research Center, Chief Medical Officer, Moffett Field, California.