Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
This lecture is part of the IHMC Evening Lecture series.
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People are living longer, but also are suffering with multiple chronic diseases and conditions — and the exploding cost of managing those conditions — in the final and least productive years of life. In the first lecture of 2023, Dr. Alexander Fleming talked about efforts to understand how we can extend our productive, healthy years — a concept he calls healthy longevity. Fleming touched on geroscience, a discipline that looks to understand the biological roots causes of aging and disease in order to target and treat those. It’s a focus that could improve our own lives and reduce the financial and societal burden of unhealthy aging.
This lecture is part of the IHMC Evening Lecture series.
ihmc.us/life/evening_lectures
People are living longer, but also are suffering with multiple chronic diseases and conditions — and the exploding cost of managing those conditions — in the final and least productive years of life. In the first lecture of 2023, Dr. Alexander Fleming talked about efforts to understand how we can extend our productive, healthy years — a concept he calls healthy longevity. Fleming touched on geroscience, a discipline that looks to understand the biological roots causes of aging and disease in order to target and treat those. It’s a focus that could improve our own lives and reduce the financial and societal burden of unhealthy aging.
