Is the present anti-aging treatment effective?

Is the present anti-aging treatment effective?
At present, propagate anti-aging treatment and products and prevail very much, the scientific Americans (ScientificAmerican) that publish in June At the magazine, the intersection of Olshansky and the intersection of Professor,etc. and 51 international old and feeble article that top scientist deliver jointly of research field of university, Illinois State of U.S.A., warn, have any evidence can verify, sell, resist aging, intervene products, can slow down, prevent from or reverse the human one to be old and feeble at present. In the past period of century, change and progress of medical science of living environment highlight human life-span extension. The appearance of the macrobiotic clinic and prosperity of Internet have provided the chance for relevant enterprise and promoted its products to the consumers of all age brackets. Author of article this point out while the public is deceived, a lot of biologist step up the intersection of research and old and feeble characteristic, the research briefs on process that the method slows aging and quality of making the life better finally. And face and sell the enterprises against old and feeble products and increase, the scientist calls upon the public to watch out for the medical danger that the so-called anti-aging treatment brings. For example a lot of Americans have not realized FDA sanction the nutritive tonic and does not need strict test, such as antioxidant. See www.sciam.com/explorations/2002/051302aging in relevant contents. These tonics except to the too old and feeble to have fact of any influence, will share together with medicine, these products do not have side effect that any warning statement may cause. The scientists warn, hormone additive sold in the anti-aging clinic has potential dangers, besides there are rare disease and their doctor that propose leaving employinging, should not use these products. The scientists point out, some intervention methods of extension life, it is worth further studying that taking in or gene changes such as limiting heat, but they summarize and say, main goal and efforts to lengthen life-span of the biomedical research should not lengthen the life, and should lengthen the time of people's healthy life.

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