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Anti-aging medicine: can old age be defeated?
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
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The idea of eternal youth and anti-aging pills still haunts the human mind. And this is a very big health hazard that a person exposes himself to when he is looking for a means that would help him stay young forever.
Under the influence of advertising, the demand for the services of various rejuvenating wizards is increasing. So what is anti-aging medicine really? A global panacea or pure scam?
Anti-aging medicine is one of the most progressive directions in health science, which has both fans and opponents.
This popular trend was founded in 1992 by American doctors who created the Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine.
Over the entire period of existence of anti-aging centers, one thing has become clear - specialists selling promises to stop the aging process in the body do it very well.
This business is very successful – over the last ten years, the income of such centers has grown like mushrooms. The main source of income is women and their age-related problems, such as insomnia, problems in sexual life and lack of energy.
An extremely controversial issue is the use of bioidentical hormones in anti-aging medicine, which, as explained in clinics, are very effective due to the bioidentical nature of estrogen and progesterone obtained from soy or rapeseed. However, there is an assumption that these hormones are much more dangerous than those synthesized in the laboratory. Specialists also have similar doubts about antioxidant vitamins, which supposedly reduce the effects of oxidative stress.
The cell therapy used in some Swiss clinics is no less questionable than the two previous procedures. According to one of the employees of such a clinic, patients signed a contract in which they waived claims in case of side effects.
Psychological theories look at the aging process from several angles. Some believe that it is caused by changes in behavior, adaptability to life, and motivation. Others believe that the more physically active a person is, the less susceptible he or she is to the influence of time, and still others theorize that a calm perception of old age and a philosophical attitude toward death allow a person not to get nervous waiting for the inevitable and to live peacefully, enjoying the world around them.
In any case, aging is a natural process that no therapy can stop or even slow down.
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