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Largest Scientific Conference of Year To-Date on Anti-Aging Medicine Explores Major Breakthroughs in Human Longevity

Friday, January 21st, 2011

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) August 27, 2005

More than 3,000 delegates participated in the world’s largest scientific conference to-date on the topics of medical intervention to prevent and treat the diseases and disabilities associated with the biological process of aging.

These cutting-edge innovative physicians and health practitioners who are involved in improving and extending the human lifespan represented more than 50 nations around the world.

Taking place from Aug. 18-21, the XIII Annual International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine Summer 2005 Session offered 50 hours of Category 1 AMA/PRA Credits focusing on scientific educational programming in some of the most promising arenas of preventive medicine, including:

Stem cell therapeutics and regenerative medicine

Laser surgery, skin resurfacing, fillers, and other facets of aesthetic medicine

Biomarkers of aging

Obesity and medical weight management

Cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment

Hormone replacement therapy

Vitamin therapies

Cognitive testing and maintenance of mental performance

Comments Dr. Ronald Klatz, A4M founder and President: “The faculty of this event consisted of dozens of high-caliber, world-renowned specialists in their respective scientific fields. The level of academic programming at the XIII International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine remains unparalleled when compared to any other scientific conferences in preventive medicine and/or biotech around the world.”

The XIII Annual International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine’s Summer 2005 Session was sponsored by The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M; http://www.worldhealth.net), the academic leader in a worldwide movement in life enhancement and life extension that involves more than 50,000 physicians in 80 countries. The A4M is a non-profit medical society dedicated to the advancement of technology to detect, prevent, and treat aging related disease and to promote research into methods to retard and optimize the human aging process. A4M is also dedicated to educating physicians, scientists, and members of the public on biomedical sciences, breaking technologies, and anti-aging issues. A4M is a leading world provider of medical education, as its scientific promotion of anti-aging medical technologies will train more than 30,000 physicians via their two dozen separate physician education programs over the next 12 months worldwide. A4M seeks to disseminate information concerning innovative science and research as well as treatment modalities designed to prolong the human lifespan.

At the XIII Annual International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine’s Summer 2005 Session, a three-hour Panel Discussion shared “New Discoveries and Cutting-Edge Innovations in Medicine and Healthcare from America’s Top Medical Journalists/Investigators and Newsletter Publishers.” At this panel, key topics included freedoms in healthcare choices and the return to a focus on patient care.

Awards were presented to two distinguished physicians in recognition of their outstanding service to humanity:

Presentation of the Medical Humanitarian Award by Dr. Robert Goldman, A4M Chairman, to Dr. Henry Heimlich, inventor of the lifesaving Heimlich Maneuver

Presentation of the Lifetime Education Award by Dr. Robert Goldman, A4M Chairman, to Dr. William Lane, founder of the I.W. Lane College of Integrative Medicine

Today’s mature adults control more than trillion in wealth in the United States [Harvard Business Review, March 2004], or 70 percent of all US wealth. Further, they bring in trillion in annual income and account for 50 percent of all discretionary spending.” [Associated Press, March 7, 2004]. At the co-located Chicago Anti-Aging Exposition, more than 300 corporate booths displayed the latest technologies from the medical and biotech market aimed at improving and/or extending the human lifespan. The United States market for anti-aging products and services exceeds .5 billion (2004). Growing at an average annual growth rate of 9.5 percent, this market will reach nearly billion by 2009. [Business Communications Company, Inc., February 2005.] Companies with products and services in the .7 billion appearance products and services market also were represented.

Remarks Dr. Robert Goldman, A4M Chairman: “This is the largest event of its kind in the world, and very much an interdisciplinary event as the program includes facets from endocrinology, spa medicine, plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine, sports medicine, and other fields of preventive healthcare. The XIII International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine Winter 2005 Session is anticipated to be double in size  6,000 attendees and 600 corporate booths, representing the most innovative advancements in life enhancement and life extension medical technologies.”

The XIII International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine Winter 2005 Session and co-located Las Vegas Anti-Aging Exposition will take place 9-12 December 2005 at The Paris Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada USA. For program details and online registration, visit http://www.worldhealth.net/event. For exhibit and sponsorship opportunities, contact the A4M Sales Department at (561) 392-7791 or send fax to (561) 338-1873.

The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, Inc. (“A4M”) is a non-profit medical society dedicated to the advancement of technology to detect, prevent, and treat aging related disease and to promote research into methods to retard and optimize the human aging process. A4M is also dedicated to educating physicians, scientists, and members of the public on biomedical sciences, breaking technologies, and anti-aging issues. A4M believes that the disabilities associated with normal aging are caused by physiological dysfunction which in many cases is ameliorable to medical treatment, such that the human lifespan can be increased, and the quality of one’s life enhanced as one grows chronologically older. A4M seeks to disseminate information concerning innovative science and research as well as treatment modalities designed to prolong the human lifespan. Anti-Aging Medicine is based on the scientific principles of responsible medical care consistent with those of other healthcare specialties. Although A4M seeks to disseminate information on many types of medical treatments, it does not promote or endorse any specific treatment nor does it sell or endorse any commercial product.

Source: The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M), Chicago, IL

Contact: Catherine Cebula

Phone: (877) 572-0608

Website: www.worldhealth.net/event

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50,000 Physicians & Scientists from Global Educational Affiliates Urge Emergency Action to Cease the Criminalization of Advanced Preventive Medicine

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

Washington, DC (PRWEB) April 21, 2008

For the first time in the history of the United States, Congress is allowing non-physicians to dictate the indications for a drug, effectively eliminating and criminalizing the physicians’ sovereign right to prescribe according to conscience. Misguided and potentially dangerous pending Congressional legislation aims to ban the American public’s access to nutrients, drugs, and hormone therapies and retard the advancement of preventive healthcare in the United States by a decade or more.

ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS:

Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine – China; Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine – Iberia; Academy of Healthy Aging; Academy of Optimal Aging; Academy of Successful Aging; American Academy of Age Management; American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M); American Academy of Longevity Medicine; American Board of Anti-Aging & Regenerative Medicine; American Board of Anti-Aging Healthcare Professionals; American College of Anti-Aging Sports Medicine Professionals; American College of Longevity Medicine; American Society of Longevity Medicine; Anti Aging Research and Education Society, Turkey; Anti-Aging Medicine Specialisation; Argentine Academy of Anti-Aging and Aesthetic Medicine ; Asia Pacific Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine; Asian Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine; Asia-Oceania Federation of Anti-Aging Medicine (AOFAAM); Asociacion Mexicana de Medicina; Antienvejecimiento y Longevidad; Asociacion de Medicine Anti-Aging Y Estetica Argentina; Association for the Development of Orthomolecular Nutrition; Association Tunisiene de Medecine Esthetique et de Cosmetologie; Associazone Medici Italian Anti-Aging; AustralAsian Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A5M); Belgian Society of Anti-Aging Medicine (BELSAAM); Brazilian Society of Anti-Aging; Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery; British Anti-Ageing Medical Association; British Longevity Society; British Society of Anti-Ageing Medicine; Center for Study of Anti-Aging Medicine – UDAYANA University, Indonesia; China World Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine; Chinese Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine/A4M China; Chinese Society of Cosmetic Surgery and Anti-Aging Medicine; Croatian Academy of Anti-Aging & Aesthetic Medicine; Dutch Society of Anti-Aging Medicine; European Academy of Anti-Aging and Aesthetic Medicine; European Academy of Quality of Life and Longevity Medicine (EAQUALL); European Organisation for Scientific Anti-Aging Medicine; European Society of Anti-Aging Medicine (ESAAM); Fellowship Academy of Anti-Aging & Regenerative Medicine; French Society of Anti-Aging Medicine; German Hormone Society; German Society of Anti-Aging Medicine (GSAAM); German Society of Hemotoxicology; Gerontological Society of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Greek Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine; Hellenic Academy of Antiaging Medicine; Hong-Kong College of Anti-Aging Medicine; Indonesian Anti-Aging Society; Indonesian Society of Anti-Aging Medicine; International Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine; International Academy of Longevity Medicine; International Association of Anti-Aging Medicine of Ukraine; International Fitness Professionals Association; International Hormone Society (IHS); Italian Society of Longevity Medicine; Japan Anti-Aging Medical Association; Japan Anti-Aging Medical Spa Association (JAMSA); Japan Society of Clinical Aesthetic Anti-Aging Medicine; Japanese Society for Aesthetico-Medical Technology; Japanese Society of Clinical Anti-Aging Medicine (JSCAM); Kazakhstani Society of Mesotherapists; Korea Anti-Aging Academy of Medicine (KA3M); Korean Anti-Aging Medical Association; LatinoAmerican Federation of Anti-aging Societies; Malaysian Menopause Society; Middle East Academy for Medicine of Ageing; Neurological Research Institute; Peruvian Society of Anti-Aging and Longevity Medicine; Polish Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine; Polish Society of Anti-Aging Medicine; Romanian Association of Anti Aging Medicine; Romanian National Institute of Gerontology and Geriatry; Russian Academy of Scientific and Longevity Medicine; Sociedad Argentina de Medicina Anti Aging; Sociedad de Medicine Antievejenimiento y Longevidad de Gran Canaria; Sociedad Espanola de Medicina Antienvejecimiento y Longevidad; Sociedad Espanola de Medicina y Cirugia Cosmmetica; Sociedad Italiana de Cirurgia Estetica; Sociedad Venezolana de Anti-Envejecimiento y Longevidad; Sociedade Brasileira de Antienvelhecimento; Societe Francaise de Chirurgie Esthetique; Society for Anti-Aging & Aesthetic Medicine Malaysia (SAAAMM); Society for Anti-Aging and Aesthetic Medicine Malaysia; Society for Anti-Aging Medicine (Singapore); South African Academy of Anti-Aging & Aesthetic Medicine (SA5M); Spanish Society of Anti-Aging; Taiwanese Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine; Thai Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine; Thai Association of Anti-Aging Medicine; World Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (WAAAM); World Academy of Longevity Medicine; World Anti-Aging Medical Association; World Society of Anti-Aging Medicine (WOSAAM)

Imminent Restrictions on Access to hormone replacement THerapies and Nutritional Medicine:

There has never previously been a time when an FDA-approved drug was prohibited for off-label use. As more than 50% of all drugs are prescribed off-label, this is a dangerous and chilling precedent which only jeopardizes the integrity of physician choice and ultimately will cause harm to thousands of patients who desperately require new and innovative treatments for the degenerative diseases of aging.

Misguided and potentially dangerous pending Congressional legislation aims to ban the American public’s access to nutrients, drugs, and hormone therapies and retard the advancement of preventive healthcare in the United States by a decade or more. HR 4911, introduced by Representative Stephen Lynch (D-MA), and Senate Bill 877, sponsored by Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), seek to classify HGH as a Schedule III Controlled Substance. Senate Bill 2470, sponsored by Senator Grassley (R-IA) aims to restrict the sale of DHEA.

If passed, these new restrictions could stagnate or halt vital life-saving research by clinicians practicing advanced preventive medicine, also known as anti-aging and regenerative medicine. If put at criminal risk, doctors and scientists will abandon their commitments to innovative life-enhancing, life-extending science, with a certainty of increasing preventable disease, disability and deaths for millions of Americans.

The above Endorsing Organizations observe that a calculated campaign, lacking in scientific basis and brimming with political motivations, takes place at a critical crossroads of medicine and science when lifespans are at an all-time high and poised to jump another 5 to 10 years in the coming decade. A staged controversy has been orchestrated against hormone therapies (including Adult Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy and Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy), nutritional medicine, and compounding pharmacies, ultimately culminating in an attempt to discredit the new science of anti-aging and regenerative medicine.

Further, as noted by the World Chairman of the International Medical Commission overseeing sports drug testing in over 170 nations, a deliberate agenda to politicize anti-aging and regenerative medical therapies inaccurately suggests that anabolic steroid abuse in young athletes is equivalent to hormone replacement therapies in adults with documented hormone deficiencies. This is a wrongful and outright distortion, a lie, and this deception seeks to confuse the public in an attempt to denigrate the clinical specialty of anti-aging and regenerative medicine.

In fact, aging-related hormone deficiencies, including Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency (AGHD), are just one aspect of the multi-modal specialty of anti-aging and regenerative medicine. Physician-prescribed HGH is legal and approved by the US government. The therapeutic use of Human Growth Hormone (hGH) for AGHD is well within established international medical guidelines and is well documented both by hundreds of published studies in medical journals and textbooks, physicians’ patient treatment experiences, and backed by fifty years of clinical experience. Replacement is conducted at physiological levels, administered by licensed, trained physicians, and monitored by routine laboratory testing throughout the course of therapy. To-date, in tens of thousands of patients over several decades, no deaths or permanent morbidity has been reported in the treatment of Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency.

In addition, it is important to note that customized medications prescribed by licensed physicians and are prepared by compounding pharmacies fill a void in healthcare today. Compounding pharmacies dispense Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy (BHRT) to treat deficiencies, as determined by laboratory testing and qualified medical expertise. A recent FDA ruling has stopped wholesalers from selling estriol, which will soon render compounding pharmacies unable to dispense it.

Hormone therapies (including Adult Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy and Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy), nutritional medicine, and compounding pharmacies serve an important role in improving both the quality and quantity of life in millions of Americans today.

Stop the unjust crirminalization of physician prescribed hormone replacement therapies and nutritional medicine. There are no villains or evil-doers in the community of law abiding patients and their caring and compassionate physicians and pharmacists who are dedicated to keeping American men and women healthy, vital, and in optimal physical and mental performance throughout advancing age.

CALL TO ACTION

Your future health, and the freedoms to choices in healthcare, are at-risk. Take the following four steps to halt the biased, politically driven proposed Congressional legislation.

1. LOG ON to the International Hormone Society website and:

a. REVIEW the IHS Position Statement on Growth Hormone: https://ucprx.com/images/customer/gh-ihs_letter_to_us_senate.pdf

b. CAST your Support of Hormone Replacement Therapies:

Patient Petitions: http://intlhormonesociety.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=53

Physicians Consensus: http://intlhormonesociety.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=71

2. JOIN the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists’ Response to the FDA’s Campaign to Restrict Women’s Access to Bio-Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy: http://www.iacprx.org/site/PageServer?pagename=P2C2001secBHRTatRisk

3. VIEW Previously issued White Papers and Official Statements of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M): http://www.a4minfo.net/truth

4. EXERCISE your right to be heard by your government:

A. Contact your House Representative (online form at https://forms.house.gov/wyr/welcome.shtml ) with your objection to the Human Growth Hormone Restriction Act of 2007 (HR 4911), sponsored by Rep. Stephen Lynch

B. Email Your Senator (look-up at http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm ) to object to the Controlling the Abuse of Prescriptions Act of 2007 (S 877), sponsored by Senator Charles Schumer

C. Email Your Senator (look-up at http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm ) and voice your objection to the Dehydroepiandrosterone Abuse Reduction Act of 2007 (S 2470), sponsored by Senator Charles Grassley

Take action now to avert the stagnation or cessation of vital life-saving research by clinicians practicing advanced preventive medicine.

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Anti Aging Medicine Needs Qualified Physicians

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Encino, CA (PRWEB) October 12, 2004

In 1996, the leading edge of the “baby boomer” generation hit 50 years of age. In 2014, the back edge of the same group will be reaching 50. Since 1996, the NIH has documented the growth in demand for alternative and complementary medicine. In 1996, it was Billion Dollars with projections of 0 Billion dollars by 2007. This growth is being fueled by the recognition of the improvement in Quality of Life issues with the use of Hormonal replacement therapies, exercise, supplementation, and nutrition.

The American Academy of Anti Aging Medicine has stewarded the training and support of those physicians who saw the need for additional training to become proficient in the art of Anti Aging Medicine. To date there are less than 700 physicians worldwide, that have completed the didactic training and testing to achieve the status of a Diplomat of the American Board of Anti Aging Medicine.

The Millennium Health Centers, Inc, an educational corporation, provides hands on training programs for Anti Aging Medicine in addition to a Turn Key – Anti Aging Medical Practice System. The MHC works closely with the American Academy of Anti Aging Medicine (A4M) to direct qualified physicians to become members and Diplomats in the academy.

At the present time, there are limited openings for qualified physicians to be trained in this expanding field of Anti Aging Medicine. If you would like to consider moving from insurance dictated Illness Medicine to the independent Wellness Community of Anti Aging Medicine, please Email the Millennium Health Centers, Inc or their Practice Development Division, The Millennium Health Group located in Encino California.

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Largest Scientific Conference of Summer 2006 on Advanced Preventive Medicine Draws 3,000 Physicians, Health Professional, and Industry Executives

Sunday, January 9th, 2011

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) July 28, 2006

More than 3,000 delegates participated in the largest scientific conference of Summer 2006 focusing on advanced preventive medicine and cutting-edge clinical and research breakthroughs in preventing and treating the diseases and disabilities associated with the biological process of aging. More than 40 nations around the world were represented by this group of innovative physicians and health practitioners who are unified by a mutual mission of improving and extending the healthy human lifespan.

This event, the largest scientific conference of the Summer 2006 on advanced preventive medicine, served as a forum on clinical & research breakthroughs in anti-aging medicine. Taking place from 14 to 16 July, the 14th Annual International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine Summer 2006 Session, co-sponsored by the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M), offered 53 hours of Category 1 AMA/PRA Credits focusing on scientific educational programming in some of the most promising arenas of preventive medicine, including:

~ Bio-identical hormone replacement therapy

~ Nutritional therapies

~ Aesthetic medicine and non-invasive skin rejuvenation

~ Laboratory testing and diagnostics for anti-aging medicine

~ Environmental toxins and clinical detoxification

~ Biological age markers assessment

Comments Dr. Ronald Klatz, A4M founder and President: “At this event, the A4M assembled more than 70 internationally renowned speakers who presented the latest, most current data in their respective scientific fields. Continuing our tradition of educational excellence, the level of academic programming at the 14th International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine Summer 2006 Session is unparalleled when compared to any other scientific conferences in preventive medicine and/or biotech around the world.”

Highlights of the Summer 2006 Congress program included:

~ Joseph Maroon, MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (Pennsylvania), on “The New Genetic Science of Aging; increasing the Quality and Length of Life”

~ Thierry Hertoghe, MD, President of the European Academy of Quality of Life and Longevity Medicine (Belgium), on “Melatonin, Growth Hormone, Thyroid, DHEA, and Estrogen Corrective Therapies to Prevent or Reverse Coronary Insufficiency: The Data”

~ Ron Rothenberg, MD, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, on “Advances in Clinical Anti-Aging Medicine: Nutrition and Hormones”

~ Russell Reiter, PhD, University of Texas, on “Melatonin Update with Special Emphasis on Its Cancer-Inhibiting Effects”

~ Eugene Shippen, author of “The Testosterone Syndrome,” on “Hormonal Relationships to Cardiovascular Diseases: Literature Update 2006″

~ Sharon McQuillan, MD, anti-aging physician from Florida, with a Primer on Aesthetic Medicine

~ Mark Gordon, MD, anti-aging clinician from California, on “Traumatic Brain Injury Hormonal Deficiency Syndrome”

~ Eric Braverman, MD, anti-aging physician from New York, on “Hormones and the Aging Brain”

The 14th Annual International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine’s Summer 2006 Session was sponsored by The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M; www.worldhealth.net), the academic leader in a worldwide movement in life enhancement and life extension that involves more than 50,000 physicians in 80 countries. The A4M is a non-profit medical society dedicated to the advancement of technology to detect, prevent, and treat aging related disease and to promote research into methods to retard and optimize the human aging process. A4M is also dedicated to educating physicians, scientists, and members of the public on biomedical sciences, breaking technologies, and anti-aging issues. A4M is a leading world provider of medical education, as its scientific promotion of anti-aging medical technologies will train more than 30,000 physicians via their 30 separate physician education programs over the next 12 months worldwide. A4M seeks to disseminate information concerning innovative science and research as well as treatment modalities designed to prolong the human lifespan.

At the Chicago Anti-Aging Exposition, a separate but co-located event to the 14th Annual International Congress Summer 2006 scientific conference, 300 corporate booths displayed the latest technologies from the medical and biotech market aimed at improving and/or extending the human lifespan. The United States market for anti-aging products and services exceeds .5 billion (2004). Growing at an average annual growth rate of 9.5%, this market will reach nearly billion by 2009. [Business Communications Company, Inc., February 2005.] Companies with products and services in the .7 billion appearance products and services market also were represented.

Remarks Dr. Robert Goldman, A4M Chairman: “The Annual International Congress Sessions are collectively the largest event of its kind in the world. A4M is proud of the interdisciplinary nature of our academic programming, as we feature experts lecturing on the most contemporary topics in endocrinology, spa medicine, plastic surgery and aesthetic medicine, sports medicine, and other fields of preventive healthcare. The 14th International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine Winter 2006 Session is anticipated to be double in size  6,000 delegates and 700+ corporate booths, representing the most innovative advancements in life enhancement and life extension medical technologies.”

MARK YOUR CALENDAR: The 14th International Congress on Anti-Aging Medicine Winter 2006 Session and co-located Las Vegas Anti-Aging Exposition will take place 7-10 December 2006 at The Venetian Hotel & Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada USA. For program details and online registration, visit www.worldhealth.net/event. For exhibit and sponsorship opportunities, contact the A4M Sales Department at (561) 392-7791.

The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, Inc. (“A4M”) is a non-profit medical society dedicated to the advancement of technology to detect, prevent, and treat aging related disease and to promote research into methods to retard and optimize the human aging process. A4M is also dedicated to educating physicians, scientists, and members of the public on biomedical sciences, breaking technologies, and anti-aging issues. A4M believes that the disabilities associated with normal aging are caused by physiological dysfunction which in many cases are ameliorable to medical treatment, such that the human lifespan can be increased, and the quality of one’s life enhanced as one grows chronologically older. A4M seeks to disseminate information concerning innovative science and research as well as treatment modalities designed to prolong the human lifespan. Anti-Aging Medicine is based on the scientific principles of responsible medical care consistent with those of other healthcare specialties. Although A4M seeks to disseminate information on many types of medical treatments, it does not promote or endorse any specific treatment nor does it sell or endorse any commercial product.

SOURCE: The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M), Chicago, IL

CONTACT: Catherine Cebula

PHONE: (877) 572-0608

FAX: (978) 742-9719

WEBSITE: www.worldhealth.net/event

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Related Anti Aging Press Releases

Ronald Klatz, M.D. Hailed by BusinessWeek as “Leading Light” in Medical Innovation: American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M) Gains Nod from Mainstream Media

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Chicago, IL (PRWEB) March 16, 2006

This year, the first Baby Boomers are turning 60. In large part, Boomers are responsible for the explosive growth of the longevity movement and the spinoff anti-aging marketplace. The anti-aging industry, valued at .5 billion (2004), is growing at an average annual growth rate of 9.5%. By 2009, the anti-aging marketplace will reach nearly billion. [Business Communications Co., Inc.]

The 20 March 2006 issue of BusinessWeek features a Special Report series covering anti-aging medicine. In a related Online Extra, BusinessWeek features an excerpted interview by Science Editor Arlene Weintraub with Ronald Klatz, M.D., President of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M), the academic leader in a worldwide movement in life enhancement and life extension that involves more than 50,000 physicians in over 80 countries.

In its Online Extra, BusinessWeek refers to Dr. Klatz as “The Guru of Anti-Aging,” and acknowledges that he coined the phrase “anti-aging” more than a decade ago. In 1993, a dozen physicians convened to discuss scientific breakthroughs making major inroads in identifying the mechanisms of deterioration and vulnerability to age-related diseases. These medical pioneers, led by Dr. Klatz, and A4M co-founder Robert Goldman, M.D., D.O., Ph.D., introduced a new definition of aging. Explains Dr. Klatz: “In this new perspective, the frailties and physical and mental failures associated with normal aging are caused by physiological dysfunctions that, in many cases, can be altered by appropriate medical interventions. As an extension of this redefinition, we proposed an innovative model for healthcare that focused on the application of advanced scientific and medical technologies for the early detection, prevention, treatment, and reversal of age-related dysfunction, disorders, and diseases. ‘Anti-aging medicine’ was born.”

In the 14 years that have since followed, anti-aging medicine has achieved international recognition. Anti-aging medicine is now practiced by thousands of physicians in private medical offices as well as some of the most prestigious teaching hospitals around the world.    Many medical schools now include anti-aging in their programs and physicians have clocked hundreds of thousands of hours of advanced medical education to train in this new medical specialty. Acknowledging the social, economic, and medical dilemmas anticipated to arrive with a rapidly growing aging population worldwide, anti-aging medicine has also garnered important recognition from leading public policy groups and members of academia.    Universally, those involved in healthcare or those whose fields of expertise intersect with healthcare issues support anti-aging medicine as a healthcare model promoting innovative science and research to prolong the healthy lifespan in humans. Public policy organizations and government agencies are now embracing anti-aging medicine as a viable solution to alleviate the mounting social, economic, and medical woes otherwise anticipated to arrive with the aging of nearly every nation on the planet.

BusinessWeek aptly refers to Dr. Klatz as “a leading light in the anti-aging medical movement.” Serving as President of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, Dr. Klatz oversees continuing medical education for more than 30,000 physicians at 26 physician education programs taking place in 2006 in venues around the world. He also is Medical Advisor to The World Health Network, at www.worldhealth.net, the Internet’s leading anti-aging portal, which receives more than 16 million hits a month and distributes a free electronic newsletter covering the latest anti-aging medical breakthroughs to 300,000 subscribers.

The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, Inc. (“A4M”) is a non-profit medical society dedicated to the advancement of technology to detect, prevent, and treat aging related disease and to promote research into methods to retard and optimize the human aging process. A4M is also dedicated to educating physicians, scientists, and members of the public on biomedical sciences, breaking technologies, and anti-aging issues. A4M believes that the disabilities associated with normal aging are caused by physiological dysfunction which in many cases are ameliorable to medical treatment, such that the human lifespan can be increased, and the quality of one’s life enhanced as one grows chronologically older. A4M seeks to disseminate information concerning innovative science and research as well as treatment modalities designed to prolong the human lifespan. Anti-Aging Medicine is based on the scientific principles of responsible medical care consistent with those of other healthcare specialties. Although A4M seeks to disseminate information on many types of medical treatments, it does not promote or endorse any specific treatment nor does it sell or endorse any commercial product.

SOURCE: The American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine (A4M), Chicago, IL

CONTACT: Catherine Cebula

PHONE: (877) 572-0608

FAX: (978) 742-9719

WEBSITE: www.worldhealth.net

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Powerful New Anti-Aging Diet | Healthy Life

Monday, December 27th, 2010

What many women in particular fail to realize that when it comes to anti-aging , an anti-aging diet is far more important and effective than those anti-aging skincare products available in the market today. To appreciate the importance …

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The Dangers Of Anti-Aging Medicine | Akira Daily News

Saturday, December 11th, 2010

Boise, ID Action Image by 350.org Greetings! Wow, what a day! So, thankful to have participated in Boise. We were a small group, but were huge in spirit.

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