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Posted on Aug 02, 2004, 9 a.m.
By Bill Freeman
The latest SAGE Crossroads webcast is a discussion on the relative merits of aiming at cures for specific diseases (such as Alzheimer's) versus aiming to understand - and ultimately prevent - the aging process that causes those diseases. This is a facet of the great and ongoing "prevention versus cure" debate in medicine - I'm sure we've all heard both sides by now.
The latest SAGE Crossroads webcast is a discussion on the relative merits of aiming at cures for specific diseases (such as Alzheimer's) versus aiming to understand - and ultimately prevent - the aging process that causes those diseases. This is a facet of the great and ongoing "prevention versus cure" debate in medicine - I'm sure we've all heard both sides by now. While we should certainly try to both prevent and cure, I believe that the balance in public and private research funding has tipped too far towards cures. The SAGE Crossroads debate is predominantly about public (US federal) research funding, and I comment further on the issues raised at Fight Aging!
View the Article Under Discussion: http://www.sagecrossroads.net/public/webcasts/16/index.cfm
Read More Longevity Meme Commentary: http://www.longevitymeme.org/news/
View the Article Under Discussion: http://www.sagecrossroads.net/public/webcasts/16/index.cfm
Read More Longevity Meme Commentary: http://www.longevitymeme.org/news/
