Dr. Chopra serves as Educational Director for the Chopra Center for Well Being in La Jolla, Ca. He is 52, married to Rita with two children in their 20's. We are beginning to conquer mankind's oldest enemy - aging and death. Anti-aging medicine is the next great model of health care for the new millennium. This model is based on the very early detection, prevention and reversal of aging-related diseases.
All disease fall into four categories.
Ninety percent of all healthcare dollars are spent on extraordinary care in the last two to three years of life. A grand total of fifty percent of the US healthcare budget is spent on the degenerative disease of aging. If we really want to make an impact on health care in the country and in the world, we must focus on degenerative diseases of aging. We can alter this dreadful course by prevent, delaying, or reversing the diseases associated with aging. In 23.5 years, we will know 128 times more and in 27 years our information base will have expanded by 248 times.