Can We Lower Our Biological Age?
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Dr. Andrea Maier unpacks the future of longevity medicine, revealing how personalized tools, digital monitoring, and age-slowing therapies can reduce biological age and extend healthspan. She explores how science is shifting from treating aging to proactively managing it.
About the episode:
Dr. Andrea Maier, a pioneering expert in aging research, discusses the emerging field of longevity medicine. She explores the distinction between biological and chronological age, emphasizing the potential to extend healthspan and delay age-related diseases. Dr. Maier highlights personalized interventions, lifestyle modifications, and advances in digital health monitoring that contribute to reducing biological age. The episode also examines genomic and epigenomic therapies, as well as the role of supplementation and geroprotectors in potentially slowing aging processes.
About the series:
Atria’s Vanguard Symposia is a lecture series where some of the world’s most compelling researchers translate leading-edge science into medicine. In each episode, top experts share breakthrough science about preventive health care, dive deep into headline-grabbing topics, and take you beyond the buzzwords to explain the latest in longevity science. Our show will arm you with practical information and the tools of discernment to cut through the hype and understand what matters most.
Atria Health and Research Institute aims to accelerate a global shift from reactive sick care to proactive, preventive health care. We work at the forefront of science and technology and we believe a collaborative approach to modern medicine can extend healthy life for all.
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