Dr. Richard Cheng, M.D., Ph.D. will start a series of regular online interactive presentations, sharing with you his 4o+ years medical experience on
How to Live a Healthier, Happier and Longer Life.
We need both the general and the specific anti-aging medicine measures to live a healthier, happier and longer life.
The dream to live a healthier, happier and longer life dates back at least to the beginning of recorded civilization. The vast majority, if not all, of us do not die at the end of natural lifespan, but die of chronic diseases.
Common chronic diseases cut short our lifespan by an estimated ~40 years or so. If one does not suffer from any diseases, one is expected to live to ~120 years of age, then dies of “true natural aging”.
So anti-aging medicine is about the study, prevention, treatment and reversal of chronic diseases. If we can prevent, reduce or slow down this chronic disease driven aging process, then we can extend life-expectancy beyond an average of ~80 years, up to ~120 years. I consider this as the general anti-aging medicine.
The specific anti-aging medicine is the effort to “tweak” our “natural aging process” to extend the estimated natural aging beyond 120 years, once we succeed in preventing chronic diseases to achieve expected lifespan of ~120 years.
We need both the general and the specific anti-aging medicine measures to live a healthier, happier and longer life.
Most, if not all, chronic and acute diseases are due to multifactorial causes. Take Covid-19, an acute viral infection, for example. It’s well known that most people contracted Covid-19 show no or mild symptoms. Only a very small percentage of patients develop severe disease. Why?
Whether you develop Covid-19 disease and how severe are your clinical symptoms depend more on your immunity.
The Balance of Covid-19 Virus and Your immunity
determines Your Clinical Disease
