By Cedars Sinai News –
Cedars-Sinai has opened a new clinic focused on helping patients improve their long-term health.
Healthcare professionals in the Healthspan Clinic concentrate on the prevention and treatment of age-related illnesses and disabilities like cognitive decline and impaired mobility. The clinic is open to patients 18 and older.
“Aging is the leading risk factor for developing multiple chronic conditions that diminish quality of life,” said Sara Espinoza, MD, medical director of the Cedars-Sinai Healthspan Clinic and a Gerontological Society of America fellow. “This unique clinic offers scientifically backed science with clinically proven treatment and lifestyle recommendations that can improve health and wellbeing—now—and as individuals age.”
While advancements in medicine like antibiotics, vaccines and childbirth care have increased the average U.S. lifespan, physician-scientists at Cedars-Sinai are more concerned with keeping patients healthy—not merely alive. The medical term is “healthspan,” and the clinic’s experts say their goal is to help adults stay healthy and independent as long as possible.
