How Aging Works and How To Stop It
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Aging is a concept familiar to all of us. It claims the most lives yearly and weakens us severely as we get older. Aging itself does not “kill” people, rather, it weakens our immune systems until they stop working well enough to protect us from diseases. This is why conditions like Alzheimer’s or dementia become much more deadly at old age. Currently, modern medicine is working on fixing the problems caused by aging, but not aging itself. But by stopping the aging process, many diseases such as Alzheimer’s, cardiovascular disease, and dementia would be solved in the process as well. In addition, staying youthful also has the benefit of being less susceptible to diseases that aren’t related with age, as your body and immune system are overall stronger. With recent scientific breakthroughs, new potential therapies in the fight against aging have been discovered.
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