Welcome to the Ageless Society
    In 1993, we convened a meeting of a group of a dozen physicians that, nearly a decade later, has profoundly changed the course of preventive medicine. Recognizing that scientific research was quickly making important discoveries towards identifying the mechanisms of deterioration and vulnerability to age-related diseases, we introduced a new definition of aging. In this new perspective, the frailties and physical and mental failures associated with normal aging are caused by physiological dysfunctions that, in many cases, can be altered by appropriate medical interventions. As a result of this meeting, an innovative odel for healthcare was proposed that focused on the application of advanced scientific and medical technologies for the early detection, prevention, treatment, and reversal of agerelated dysfunction, disorders, and diseases. “Anti-aging medicine” was born.

    Since then, anti-aging medicine has achieved international recognition and is now practiced by thousands of physicians in private medical offices as well as some of the most prestigious teaching hospitals around the world. Many medical schools now include anti-aging in their curriculums and health practitioners attend continuing medical education sponsored by the A4M. Anti-aging medicine is now being embraced as a viable solution to alleviate the mounting social, economic, and medical woes associated with the aging of nearly every nation on the planet.

Vitamins C and E Protect Arteries –
    Taking vitamin C or vitamin E could help to keep your arteries healthy, say researchers from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Dr. Han-Yao Huang and colleagues got participants to follow one of four daily regimens in order to determine what effects the antioxidant vitamins C and E have on lipid oxidation, a process thought to play a key role in the development of the arterial disease atherosclerosis. Participants took either 500 mg of vitamin C alone; 400 I.U. of vitamin E alone; both vitamins together; or an inactive placebo for 2-months. Results showed that both vitamin C and E lowered urine levels of a by-product of lipid oxidation, however taking both vitamins at once was no more beneficial than taking either vitamin alone. The researchers also note that the daily dose of vitamin C used in the study is easily achievable by eating vitamin C-rich foods, however it would be “virtually impossible” to consume the dosage of vitamin E through food alone.

SOURCE/REFERENCE: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2002; 76:549-555

Dietary Supplements Restore Rats Youth –
    Researchers at the Univ. of Berkeley found that rats given acetyl-L-carnitine and alpha-lipoic acid performed better on memory tests and had higher energy levels. Tests also revealed that their mitochondria (energy-producing cell organelles) worked more efficiently. The effect of the supplements on the rats was so dramatic that many researchers were surprised by the results. An increasing body of evidence is indicating that the deterioration of mitochondria plays an important role in aging, thus these researchers believe that they can rejuvenate cells by preventing this deterioration caused by free radicals.

1 “World population prospects: The 2000 revision—highlights,” (ESA/P/WP.165), Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 28 February 2001.

 

 

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