Anti-aging Medicine

My wife and I are vacationing in Fort Lauderdale at our snowbird's cottage. Today after paying our municipal taxes at the Broward center, and briefly shopping at the massive flea market on Sunrise Blvd., we dropped down to the Life Extension Foundation located on Commercial Blvd. I have been a member of the Life Extension Foundation since 1982 and make my annual pilgrimage to the center. It used to be located on Hollywood Blvd, then on 84th before moving to its present expanded office on Sunrise. I checked at their desk to find when my annual subscription was due (not until April 2007). I then picked up the last 3 issues of the monthly magazine even though I receive them regularly in Winnipeg.
In the Nov/2006 issue I was impressed with the editorial by Dale Kiefer of Dr. Philip Lee Miller. Dr. Miller gave up a busy medical internist practice to establish a Longevity Institute in the California's silicon valley. Prior to the transformation and opening of his anti-aging medical care center he sought advice and training at the Whitaker Wellness Institute. During the interview although Dr. Miller agreed that we will still need hospitals and " crisis intervention approaches" to medicine we also need a "new paradigm " - where anti-aging medicine would be taught in our medical schools. The aim of physicians should not just be curing the disease but also that of restoring function. He calls his approach " integrated functional medicine " .He further emphasizes that anti-aging medicine must go beyond just preventive medicine like regular exercise, proper nutrition and plenty of sleep.
As we age the level of many of our hormones decline and must be restored in a balanced fashion so that our patients can not only add years to their life (longevity) but also life to their years (wellness ).
I also am a disciple of Saul Kent's Life Extension Revolution, and a subscriber to Dr. Whitaker's Wellness Newsletter. For several years I produced a half hour long monthly TV production on Health and Longevity in Winnipeg. I also incorporated some aspects of complementary medicine in my practice.