Wellness Corner

One of the things that has taken place as humans start to live longer and longer is that they are more likely to die of specific diseases than of "old age". As a result, the majority of medical research that is done to improve the quality of life for aging adults is focused on how to cure specific diseases related to aging (such as Alzheimer's or diabetes). It can be argued, however, that it would be more effective to combat the general health issue of aging rather than trying to fight specific diseases.

The basic sentiment behind this argument is the belief that curing individual diseases has a limited effect on the number of lives that are going to be improved as a result of success. In contrast, delaying or reversing aging altogether would have a widespread effect and could ultimately lead to the avoidance or reduction of a multitude of the different diseases that are impacted by aging.

Learn more about this argument here.

Question of the Day: Should we be working to cure individual diseases or focusing our efforts on reversing aging?

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