Editorial: Antiaging Medicine: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Open Access
- 1 October 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Journals of Gerontology: Series A
- Vol. 57 (10) , M636-M639
- https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/57.10.m636
Abstract
THROUGHOUT the centuries, humans have looked for magical ways to extend the lifespan and improve the quality of old age. In the 13th century, Roger Bacon suggested that rejuvenation required good nutrition, regular exercise, and receiving “the breath of a virgin” (1). Many of the modern claims of the antiaging medicine gurus are, like Bacon's virgin's breath, unlikely to rejuvenate but are couched in pseudoscientific terminology to appeal to those desperate to find the mythical fountain of youth.Keywords
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