"The last thing you ever want to do……" — S. Jay Olshansky
"The last thing you ever want to do is extend the period of frailty and disability and make people unhealthy for a longer time period. So lifespan extension in and of itself should not be the goal of medicine, nor should it be the goal of public health, nor should it be the goal of aging science."
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S. Jay Olshansky
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