Welcome to the website of Heales – the Healthy Life Extension Society.
Here you can learn about the society’s current projects and upcoming events as well as finding out about the science of life extension. You can take a look at our Power point presentation.
Each day 100,000 people die due to the effects of old age. Aging is responsible for 90% of deaths in the richest countries and two-thirds of deaths in the world. It doesn’t just cause innumerable deaths, it is also the source of horrible suffering – Alzheimer’s Disease, muscular atrophy, damage to vision and hearing, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis…
The only way to prevent these illnesses linked to aging is to attack the root cause – that is aging itself. It is time to start working towards solutions to this universal human tragedy.
Heales raises awareness of new developments in the area of biogerontolgy (the science of aging). We promote and support anti-aging research. Our newest initiative to support scientific research is the creation of a peer-reviewed journal called the Heales Journal of Biogerontology (HJB).
www.healesjournal.org
This site is mainly written in French and Dutch.
