Position Statement on Human Aging
Abstract
A large number of products are currently being sold by antiaging entrepreneurs who claim that it is now possible to slow, stop, or reverse human aging. The business of what has become known as antiaging medicine has grown in recent years in the United States and abroad into a multimillion-dollar industry. The products being sold have no scientifically demonstrated efficacy, in some cases they may be harmful, and those selling them often misrepresent the science upon which they are based. In the position statement that follows, 52 researchers in the field of aging have collaborated to inform the public of the distinction between the pseudoscientific antiaging industry, and the genuine science of aging that has progressed rapidly in recent years.
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- Authors
- Olshansky, S. J., Hayflick, L., & Carnes, B. A.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- Venue
- The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2002-08-01
- Volume
- 57
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- B292-B297
- ISSN
- 1079-5006 (ISSN-L)
- 1758-535X
- OpenAlex
- W1994903896
- Cited by
- 202
- References
- 6
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 8 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 12
- FWCI
- 9.90
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- The Journals of Gerontology Series A (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Chung-Hsing University
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Aging (AG-00894-01, R55AG013968, AG13968-01)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Aging and Gerontology Research
- Keywords
- human aging, pseudoscience, scientific evidence, consumer health claims, aging research
- MeSH terms
- Aged, Aging, Female, Forecasting, Geriatrics, Humans, Life Expectancy, Life Style, Longevity, Male, Primary Prevention, Quality of Life, Research, Guidelines as Topic
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