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Defnition o Anti-Aging Medicine

Anti-aging medicine is a medical specialty founded on the

application of advanced scientic and medical technologies for the

early detection, prevention, treatment, and reversal of age-relateddysfunction, disorders, and diseases.

It is a healthcare model promoting innovative science and research

to prolong the healthy human lifespan.

As such, anti-aging medicine is based on principles of sound and

responsible medical care that are consistent with those applied in

other preventive health specialties.

The Basics

The three rules of anti-aging medicine are :

Dont get sic!

Dont get old

Dont die

The longer you live, the better your chances are for living

even longer. This allows you to ta!e ma"imum advantage of

advancements in medicine.

#edical !nowledge doubles every $.% years or less. &ith these

gains in medical !nowledge, we will reach the point where we

will !now how to stop aging, put it on hold, and even

eventually reset the cloc! mechanism of life it self.

Early Detection

'ealt care costs for age (%) population :*

+ost per dayAlheimers Disease ver /001tro!e $23ar!insons Disease /0 - 4%steoporosis ver /56nd stage renal

disease

ver /4

7ung and bronchus

cancers

/0

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+olorectal cancer 28reast cancer ver (3rostate cancer %6arly detection o9ers opportunities to prevent or e9ectively intervene in

disease : 1creening whole body computed tomography +T; scans

#etabolic proles and cancer antigens blood testing;

Stay Slim

besity is the second leading cause of preventable deaths :

Annually...

+auses at least $00.000 e"cess deaths in the increased incidence of varicose veins,

asthma, and hemorrhoids

Avoid Trauma

Trauma !ills more people between the ages of / and 55 than any

other disease or illness :

?early /00.000 people of all ages in the

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#ore than $ million people su9er permanent disabilities.

Dont Smoke

Tobacco use, particularly cigarette smo!ing, is the single mostpreventable cause of death

+igarette smo!ing is..o The most signicant cause of lung cancer and the leading

cause of lung cancer death in both men and women.o esponsible for most cancers of the laryn", oral cavity, and

esophagus.o 'ighly associated with the development of, and deaths from,

bladder, !idney, pancreatic, and cervical cancers.

6nviromental tobacco smo!e...o Is responsible for lung cancers in several thousand non

smo!ers each year E

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less ris! of dementia in the population of study group with highest

leisure activity :o Jmay reduce the ris! of incident dementia, possibly by

providing a reserve that delays the onset of clinical

manifestations of the diseaseK

#ore than physical activity, social

interaction leads to more satisfaction with life :o Type of activity had little relation to e"tent of satisfaction

received. Any pursuit that brought people together proved

benecial for promoting positive self-image and personal

fulllment.