Help with research paper! Is aging a disease?

[Rogue Warrior]

The anti-aging clinics and peddlers for HGH procursers say "science now considers aging a disease." Did they just pull this info out of their ass or is there some validity to it.

I need to know how the conclusion "aging is a disease" came about? I always thought aging was a natural process. Please send web sites to help me bring the matter to rest. I'm doing a paper. Thanks!!!

 

[bullett]

Good, maybe us old fuckers can get some government money.......that is until they find a cure...

 

[guards]

It came from the medicalization of life.


Look at some of the different medical models and you will find the answer you are looking.

thank god for a liberal arts education

 

[notoriousQQ]

Dr.: You have a disease, you are going to die.

15 year old Patient: Oh no, what's wrong with me, how long do I have?

Dr.: Well son, I hate to tell you this, but, you are aging, and at this rate, you have probably 70 mores years to live. Hopefully if we medicate you heavily they will be enjoyable.

 

[BIG_I_69]

its all about money ... if aging is labelled a disease and not a natural process then you can make a good profit by selling various drugs to "cure" it

 

[john937]

My GP runs a HGH trial clinic. You have to be involved in some sort of government "study" since HGH is not generally approved for treatment of "old age".
I read some of the lit in his office and asked some questions.
He explained most symptoms of aging are related to decreased hormone production over time.
DHEA, Testosterone, Estrogen, HGH all peak production in the 20's and it's downhill thereafter.
So the idea, is to supplement the hormones and delay the decline.
You still get old, but you look and feel a hell of a lot better.
He says he's seen wheel chair patients get up and walk after HGH supplementation. Vision improves, wrinkles decrease, muscle mass increases, fat lose, memory improve, balding regenerates...
Problem is, it's expensive, cause the pharmacuetical companies still have a current pantent running.
That patent is due to expire in about two years, so look for cheaper cost generics, and this field will explode.

 

[Rogue Warrior]

I do believe money is the root of all this. Still I'm unable to locate the founder of the concept "aging is a disease." All I found through advertisements is that science is now saying aging is a disease. I need a name of a person, and of what scholarly journal if any.

Perhaps there is none which leads me to my original belief that no authority referred to as aging being a disease. Its all bullshit to allude people to buy into some bogus product.

 

[Silent Method]

In one regard, this is simply a word problem.

One of the current definitions of disease is "a condition of the living animal or plant body or of one of its parts that impairs normal functioning." That's pretty damn broad I agree, but linguists, or those wishing to scare you into buying their product for fear of death, can make good argument that the word disease is not limited to infections or disorders, and that aging, being a condition that will impair normal (ideal?) functioning can technically be called a disease.

However, I think "disease" should be limited to abnormal conditions, of which aging is certainly not. No doubt, the intention of the word is being perverted.

 

[hanselthecaretaker]

aging is a natural process in which the body of any living creature degenerates. Some people are obsessed with altering or altogether stopping this process. Hope this helps.

 

[Drifter]

To put it simply aging is caused by oxidization (sp?). So as long as we are breathing air we will age.

 

[Silent Method]

To put it simply aging is caused by oxidization (sp?). So as long as we are breathing air we will age.

Please take a cell biology course. Oxidation is just one sliver of the aging process.

 

[Baby Gorilla]

Hard call....

I don't think something like the aging process is a disease, but it might be seen as one.

Fact #1....we can genetically live to a potential of 120 years.

Fact #2....we generally don't make it.

Why? Some is lifestyle and diet. Live healthy, and you'll likely gain some years. Some is environment. Dirty air and water is just slow poisoning.

The side of aging that can be retarded or eliminated by lifestyle changes, proper biochem (vitamins/minerals/hormones) balance, and such should be treated like a disease. However, we all age...that we must accept with dignity. How "healthy" you'll be in the end is a crapshoot of genetics and how your life goes.

 

[Optimus B]

at the end of your chromosomes are things called telomeres. every time your dna is replicated, a little piece of the telomere isn't replicated and it's this that causes aging. normal cells can replicate approximately 55 times (the hayflick limit) before they cease to replicate and hence you die. tumor cells have telomerases that can ensure that their telomeres remain and so they are essentially immortal. if you could ensure that your telomeres remain intact via a telomerase or a better dna polymerase, then you could prevent aging.

 

[Silent Method]

if you could ensure that your telomeres remain intact via a telomerase or a better dna polymerase, then you could prevent aging.

Or create something worse than cancer.

Ahh, you've had a bit of cell bio...

 

[Bull69]

Eight years ago I did a senior seminar on anti-aging treatments. Aging has never been classified as a disease. Dr. Stuart Walt ran an anti-aging clinic in the late sixties in Southern California. He tried unsuccessfully to get aging declared a disease by AMA but was unsuccesful. I believe it is coined as a disease by the clinics today as a marketing strategy.

 

[Silent Method]

Eight years ago I did a senior seminar on anti-aging treatments. Aging has never been classified as a disease. Dr. Stuart Walt ran an anti-aging clinic in the late sixties in Southern California. He tried unsuccessfully to get aging declared a disease by AMA but was unsuccesful. I believe it is coined as a disease by the clinics today as a marketing strategy.

Good info for this guy. Of course that was 8 years ago...

 

[scott825]

I thought there was some type of rare aging disease,but maybe not.

Aging is mostly Genetic then comes lifestyle,diet,exercise,happieness & sleep.I am 31 & look much younger.I take tons of vitamins(antioxidants) work out regularly,drink lots of water,do a cycle 1-2 times a year & try not to get stressed about little things at my full time job,Cause I am surrounded by alot of negative & miserable people.I even work at a Bar one night a week cause it is not only fun but I believe laughter & being around much youger people keeps me younger minded & happier.It has kinda became an obsession with me but I guess its atleast a good one.

My only downfalls are that I go out on Saturday nights drinking with my friends,sometimes work in a not so healthy(toxic) enviroment at my regular job & sometimes do not sleep enough.But im going to the doctor about the sleep issue.

 

[Optimus B]

Or create something worse than cancer.

Ahh, you've had a bit of cell bio...

just a tad

 

[Code]

Aging is caused by the hayflick limit.

Of course the Hayflick Limit is the catalyst for Driscoll's Firmament.

 

[scott825]

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