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What if just one medical treatment could stave off heart disease, cancer and Alzheimer’s?
First human studies of anti-aging drugs are getting underway.
Aging isn’t considered a disease by the FDA.
Idea is to get a potential drug approved first under more traditional protocols.
The longer they will draw from Social Security and other government benefit programs.
But healthier people will require less medical care in the final years of their lives.
Might backfire by encouraging people to skimp on healthy habits like eating right or exercising.
