Rethinking aging: Why ‘healthspan’ matters as much as lifespan
Mayo Clinic physicians are working hard to change how clinicians and patients think about aging. A new publication in Mayo Clinic Proceedings outlines a new framework for “healthspan” — the years of life spent in good health, with preserved function, cognition and independence. The paper, coauthored by Christina Chen, M.D., a Mayo Clinic physician in internal medicine and…
