Longevity medicine

Longevity medicine aims to improve life expectancy in good health, and to maintain physical and mental autonomy for as long as possible.
The term "longevity medicine" is more appropriate than "anti-ageing medicine", which is widely used but has a strong "aesthetic medicine" ring to it.

From the moment we are born, our environment influences our health and longevity. The various stresses to which the body is subjected can accelerate our ageing process if our adaptation system and defences are inadequate.

The World Health Organization (WHO) itself, defined in March 2019 the 2020/2023 objectives for "Healthy Aging" "As the process of developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables Wellbeeing in older age".
The latest statistics (2019 -2021) show just how important this care is for regaining "good years of life".

  • Life expectancy at birth for women: in France (85 years) in Europe (82.8 years)
  • Healthy life expectancy for women: in France (67 years) in Europe (65 years)
  • Life expectancy at birth for men: in France (79.3 years) in Europe (77.2 years)
  • Healthy life expectancy for men: in France (65.6 years) in Europe (64.2 years)

    Thanks to scientific and technological advances, a better understanding of the mechanisms of cellular senescence, hormonal functions, molecular biology and the impact of our environment on gene expression, ageing no longer has to be seen as inevitable. Longevity medicine aims to detect fragility, predict pathological aging and thus prevent it.

Its objective
"successful" aging

To look to the future of mankind in the age of artificial intelligence, we need to practice personalized, preventive and participative medicine, not just curative medicine.

 

"Without Quality of Life, increased longevity is of little interest".
Dr Hiroshu Nakajima, WHO Director-General, 1997