healthcare model promoting innovative science and research to prolong the healthy lifespan in humans. Based on principles of sound and responsible medical care that are consistent with those applied in other preventive health specialties.

The science of anti-aging medicine is truly multi-disciplinary. Not only represented by advances in the fields of biochemistry, biology, and physiology, the field is enhanced by contributions from mind/body medicine, sports medicine, molecular genetics, and emerging medical technologies. Anti-aging medicine is evidence-based, clinically sound health care.

The goal of anti-aging medicine is not merely prolong the total years of an individual's life, but to ensure that those years are enjoyed in a productive and vital fashion. Focuses on the application of high-tech diagnostic and biomedical technologies for the very earliest detection and most aggressive care of disease. This approach has become the hallmark of health promotion efforts aimed at achieving longevity. The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified one of its "ten global health targets for the 21st century" as "to achieve an increase in life expectancy and in the quality of life for all." ["WHO is making a difference through health promotion" Health Promotion International, 1999]

It is predicted that, by the year 2029, advancements in stem cell research, therapeutic cloning, and nanotechnology will be harnessed into applications that improve and extend the human life span. In this manner, anti-aging medicine is anticipated to have a profound and permanent impact on the future of preventative health care.

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