A New Model for Aging Research

In today's BMJ Dr. Olshansky and others suggested a new model for research on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in which he states"The potential of fundamental research into ageing to contribute practical benefits to improve health at all ages, but particularly at older ages, has been under-recognised by most of the scientific establishment" and "The pursuit of extended healthy life through slowing ageing has the potential to yield dramatic simultaneous gains against many if not all of the diseases and disorders expressed in later life. The most efficient approach to combating disease and disability is to pursue the means to modify the key risk factor that underlies them all—ageing itself."