Anti-Ageing Medicines - Medical Science to the Rescue

With the baby boomers generation now demanding more “boom” in their lives, it’s hardly surprising that anti-aging medicine programs are flourishing in most western countries.

Practitioners of this new age medicine argue that if biological aging can be delayed, or even reversed, humans could live longer, healthier lives, without the quality of their later years being impaired by the onset of degenerative diseases.

Anti-aging medical practitioners follow the philosophy that replacing natural hormones as we grow older, combined with a holistic approach to health, will keep people living longer, able to manage painful diseases, and reduce the burgeoning health bill many countries face.

They believe that as your grow older, your body can’t produce its natural level of hormones such as thyroid, estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, DHEA, melatonin and HGH.

As a result, when the production of hormones decreases, so does the body’s ability to repair and regulate itself, which then affects the proper function of the organs.

This, in turn, leads to an acceleration of the aging process, bringing with it the onset of age related degenerative diseases, such as osteoporosis, heart disease, diabetes, menopause, andropause, weight gain, changing body shape, lack of energy and fatigue.
So, your body needs a “top up” of these hormones to keep you feeling young and fit!

Before starting on an anti-aging program, you will be taken through an extensive examination, including a full history, physical, and a variety of tests that may include blood, saliva, hair or urine testing to determine your hormonal, nutritional and biochemical status.

Once you have been assessed for risk of a particular disease, how “well” and how “old” you are, a program will be tailored for you, incorporating the five pillars of anti-aging: diet & nutrition, exercise, hormonal modulation, nutritional supplementation, and stress management.

Some benefits of the program include: a leaner, slimmer body with improved muscle tone, improved skin elasticity a more positive mental attitude, increased energy and stamina, improved memory, better sleep, more libido and better immune function.

None of this is inexpensive though. Disease prevention is a growing and expensive industry with a heavy emphasis on research, but its supporters argue investing in your future health is insurance to keep you well, not pay to get sick!

The future of anti-aging medicine seems unlimited with ongoing work in areas such as stem cell research, which will enable doctors to repair damaged organs, or perhaps even to grow healthy new ones!

Another “futuristic” development in anti-aging medicine has been the use of DNS to discover more about a person’s genes.

Experts predict it won’t be long before DNA testing will be just as routine as having a blood and urine test to determine your susceptibility to common diseases such as diabetes, mental illness, obesity, heart disease, degenerative diseases, auto-immune diseases and much more.