At 11:52 PM 10/12/01 -0700, Technotranscendence wrote:
>With the FDA the problem is that labeling something a disease or not a
>disease for them has policy implications -- not labeling something a disease
>is akin to saying it's a nonproblem -- while for most people, I think, it
>would seem to be something different. I bet this standard is only applied
>to life extension claims. After all, broken bones are not diseases (in most
>cases), yet we do treat them.
Imagining people for whom, absent extensive and new medical treatment, it
is somehow known that they will age to death by about 60, I can easily see
the masses supporting a "cure". It seems to me that the issue isn't with
the mechanics of aging vs. "disease", but with transcending "normalcy" as
opposed to returning to it.
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