Let’s Start Anti-Aging Medical Practice

Our clinic is a regular insurance medical institution, and we conduct medical treatment incorporating anti-aging concepts within our regular practice. Of course, as part of our free medical services, we also offer various anti-aging check-ups, limited intravenous therapies, sales of supplements, etc. In this article, we would like to present the current situation of our clinic and hope it will serve as a gateway for many doctors to enter the field of anti-aging medicine [1]. Our clinic is located in a residential area of Shizuoka City and is a specialized insurance medical institution for gastrointestinal diseases, conducting about 7000 endoscopic examinations annually. Currently, not only patients with gastrointestinal diseases but also many patients with lifestyle-related diseases, including dementia, visit our clinic. The ultimate needs of patients are cancer prevention, adult disease prevention, and further, dementia prevention. The basics of lifestyle, nutrition, and exercise therapy for these diseases are common and are essentially anti-aging medicine. Even if we tell patients that “doing this will prevent disease” in their daily lives, they often don’t listen. However, when we explain that “doing this will lead to anti-aging,” they become motivated. In this way, the term “anti-aging” itself has a “charisma,” and we are convinced that promoting anti-aging medical practice will lead to the prevention of all diseases. As we approach a longevity society, we have listed our clinic’s treatment goals in Table 82.1.