A combination of medications and medication doses is disclosed whereby age-related changes in systemic inflammation, cancer risk, heart disease risk, CD38 expression, hair color, thymotrophic hormones, immune cell populations, the CD4/CD8 cell ratio, bone marrow density, thymus structure, kidney function, and epigenetic age can be reversed in humans. Surprisingly, agents that accelerate the growth of cells reduce cancer risk, agents that intensify immune responses attenuate age-related inflammation, agents with no prior connection to hair color reverse age-related hair whitening, and a combination of agents that induces IGF-1, a hormone previously thought to drive systemic aging, results in a reversal of systemic aging as documented by an epigenetic clock. Medication combinations useful in the present invention include human growth hormone (GH) or GH releasers, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), and metformin.
