Aging experts now say the best way to deal with disease is to slow the aging process.

The group, which is composed of scientists from the U.K. and the U.S., believe medicine has been moving in the wrong directions.  Those directions were on curing disease and preventing disease.

Now the emphasis should be on slowing the aging process.  The experts know as our bodies age they become more susceptible to disease.  Slow the aging clock down and you  can delay disease. 

This is a fascinating breakthrough, not only in the idea, but in the execution of a new way of thinking.

Why should we accept Alzheimer's, arthritis and heart disease as our future if we don't have to?

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