Paradigm shift of medical policy The methodology "delaying aging and not causing disease"

ByVanessa Kay

A new company for the purpose of improving health and human well-beingCalicoThe announcement of the establishment of the establishment of the survey results that may change the future medical policy as if to respond to it was announced. There, it is not a research or a treatment which is individually carried out for each disease as seen in the present medical treatment, but measures to keep good health of people by delaying aging due to human aging at a more fundamental place It is said that bringing merit is more advantageous.

Delayed aging is better investment than cancer, heart disease
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131007162357.htm


This announcement is based on the American health journal "Health AffairsIt was published in the magazine. The magazine is also called "Bible of Health Policy" from the Washington Post, the United States, and it is said to have great influence.

If you can slow the aging rate with aging, the proportion of healthy people over the age of 65 will increase by at least 5% each year over the 30 years from 2030 to 2060, and in 2060 the number of healthy seniors will increase We estimate that 11.7 million people will increase. We also expect to be able to reduce medical expenses by 1.25% by increasing the proportion of healthy people, and that we can benefit greatly in the long run.

◆ Increasing aging population and medical problems
Over the next 50 years, the elderly population in the US is expected to double more than the current 43 million to 106 million people. And about 28% of them are said to have health problems. Dana Goldman, the director of the University of Southern California · Schaeffer Center who studies health policy and economics, Dr. Dana Goldman, who is the lead author of the report, said, "By developing an individual countermeasure for each disease for the past 50 years Although I have lengthened the longevity, although I am able to live long as a result, I have increased the case of sending my old age while having a health problem.If the research to delay the aging itself by aging progresses "It will be possible to prevent the occurrence and progression of diseases like this," even if we continue the method of "reducing cancer incidence by 25% in the next few decades" He points out that there are few benefits in terms of both health and cost.

S. Jay Olshansky of the University of Illinois, a member of the research team, talks about this new way of medical care. "Any small findings on delaying aging will have a major impact on health and quality of life (quality of life). This methodology is a fundamentally new way of thinking about people's health, It confronts the fundamentals of the problem lying in common to all pathologies.It should start this research right now.I do not know which mechanism is related to delaying aging and probably several There should be a solution, but first it is necessary to recognize it as "worth the effort". "

ByGareth Williams

From the study of genes common to longevity people over 100 years old, the way to delay aging is gradually becoming evident. Also, at the animal experiment level, we were able to confirm signs of stopping aging by methods such as drugs and calorie restriction.

◆ Benefits and cost of slowing aging speed
So, what kind of merit can be expected for the new method? The report explains the case where a 51-year-old patient suffers from a cancer or heart disease. In the conventional method, it is possible to add a lifetime by 1 year on average, whereas if the method of delaying aging is adopted, it is possible to lengthen the life span by two years or more, and further the health condition during that period We are trying to keep a good condition.

In addition, it is estimated that there will be an economic merit of 7.1 trillion dollars (about 690 trillion yen) over the next 50 years due to this policy change. At the same time, however, despite a decrease in medical expenses per capita, it also states that it will not lead to a reduction in the total medical expenses as the population aged 65 and over will increase.

By401 (K) 2012

"By shifting from the traditional policy of concentrating research on a specific disease basis to a method that slows down the rate of aging and fundamentally avoids the occurrence of disease, people's health status is improved, social relations We believe that we will be able to continue to have a significant benefit here and that benefits will extend to future generations.Finally it will be a big challenge, I think that it will be realized by finding an economic value that can not be neglected, "Goldman said, urging the shift to new measures.

ByAndi Jetaime