Thanks to advances in pharmaceutical matters, technology, and development of new treatments through the so-called genomic medicine, an increase in the average life span of the world has been reported. In the last 20 years, the average life span increased by 10%, reaching 73.4 years, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO).
The life cycle that includes from our conception to our death, is determined not only by age, but also by cultural aspects, beliefs and personal ideologies. However, it is essential to establish and define the stages of life through biological criteria in order to have a homology. There are different proposals regarding the ages and stages of life, an example of this is the following proposal:
Life in utero and birth, early childhood (0-5 years), childhood (6-11 years), adolescence (12-18 years), youth (14-26 years), adulthood (27-59 years) and old age or senescence (60 years and over).
Old age should not represent a stage of decline in people’s lives. This is why the Japanese Society of Anti-Aging Medicine (JAAM) is working on a very interesting project to extend and improve the quality of life of the elderly. Its objective is to promote a long and healthy life, using a healthy diet, exercises and habits that can contribute to this purpose, also adding innovative medical technologies.
The JAAM anti-aging method
Pala society JAAM, old age is a disease that can be treated. To achieve this, they propose placing special emphasis on the study and understanding of the mechanisms that regulate aging. His primary desire is to extend the average life from 20 to 50%.
One of the sources of motivation for JAAM is the milestone achieved by Japanese Nobel Prize winner Shinya Yamanaka, who developed a regenerative medicine methodology using induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. In this way, a collaboration with the United States has emerged to work together on the so-called “anti-aging medicine.” It requires international collaboration, since it is considered a multidisciplinary science.
A large number of Japanese doctors and scientists have joined this project, currently totaling more than 8,200 members distributed in different areas of knowledge.
Objectives and field of action
JAAM society has established 3 primary objectives:
Carry out the promotion of anti-aging medicine, so that it is included in the basic health services.
Collect and analyze the aging data of the studied populations.
Promote the practice of antiaging medicine.
Within the field of action it can be noted that the JAAM society has an active participation giving conferences at educational and government level, in order to raise awareness of the importance of this type of medicine.
He has also proposed the use of universal markers of aging, with this it will be possible to determine with greater precision the biological age of people, to know what symptoms they manifest and to give the appropriate treatment.
This article was published in the magazine Nature.
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