Ageing & Longevity
By Dr. Natalie Krapivensky MBBS, FRANZCP, PhD
With the increasing successes in medical procedures and early identification of potential medical problems, Australians are living longer, healthier lives. And we are taking care of ourselves in so many different ways because we recognize that if we take care now, then our futures will be a lot more comfortable.
Time marches on relentlessly and with our life expectancy increasing, the earlier we start taking care of ourselves the longer we will be able to maintain health and vitality.
Think back over recent years. What have you changed in your life extend the healthy functioning of your body in the future?
- It could be increased exercise to maintain and improve heart function...
- It may be a changed diet to improve fat, carbohydrate and chemical intake...
- Perhaps you are taking vitamins, supplements and health foods as preventative measures...
- or you may have regular treatments to improve your looks and how you feel about yourself.
It is not so long ago that breast self examination was introduced, or sun screens to prevent skin cancers, or men were encouraged to have their prostates checked, or that natural and alternative medical therapies were covered by medical insurance.
There are many examples, and the simple fact is�as we age, our bodies become less efficient in our everyday functions and we have proactively engaged new things in our lives to improve our future.
Now think back on what you have done to improve the future performance of your brain.
In most cases the answer is... not a lot.
The brain ages like every other organ in our body and diminishes in performance as we go older and there are a range of simple things that we can do to extend the longevity of healthy brain performance.
However because self examination is not generally possible we often have to wait until function deteriorates to an extent where function is impaired before we decide to engage in any proactive activity.
This does not have to be the case.
MMBC have non intrusive evaluation processes which can identify potential issues before they become problems and can show numerous examples where early intervention has extended healthy brain function.
Prevention vs Cure
For every medical condition prevention is better than cure. This is why in the last 10 years we have seen more new preventative treatments than over the previous 100 years.
We only need to look at the range of products available in pharmacies to see such brands the many brands that provide preventative supplements which were once only found in health food stores or from natural medicine practitioners.
Similarly there are many new medical procedures which have been introduced to provide early identification of potential medical concerns.
Over the last decade our understanding of the brain has increased exponentially and we now have ways to identify potential problems before they present as symptoms of sub-optimal brain function.
At MMBC we practice prevention and cure, and have had great success in designing programs tailored to individual requirements.
