A rift in business, science of aging
[12 January 2004 - Los Angeles Times] Some see aging as a disease to be cured. But many doctors cite a lack of research and question the motives behind a growing movement -- Dr. L. Stephen Coles, a physician and researcher at UCLA Medical School who for years has studied centenarians, made a radical statement to the audience that had gathered last month for the annual conference of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. There is no such thing as anti-aging medicine, he declared to the organization he has belonged to for a decade. The good news, he added, is scientists may achieve real breakthroughs that could lead to longer and healthier life spans � in 20 to 30 years. ...