22-Apr-12, 2:14 PM | Euan Paulo C. Aonuevo, InterAksyon.com

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MANILA, Philippines - Anti-aging need not be cosmetic.

This is according to a boutique medical-cum-wellness center, which promises to change Filipinos' views on health care.

The LifeScience Center for Wellness and Preventive Medicine is promoting anti-aging medicine as an alternative to the disease-based approach of the medical community.

"It is something that we never had in the Philippines before. It is something that should be a cornerstone of medical practice. It is how you know which patients will respond to which medications, which patients could get which disease," said Benedict Francis Valdecanas.

This runs counter to the perception that anti-aging medicine is purely aesthetics, especially in a country where the practice has been associated with celebrity-focused, and -endorsed, cosmetic surgeries.

Valdecanas said anti-aging medicine uses some of the most advanced scientific and medical technologies to provide "customized" medication, allowing individuals to slow down their internal clocks.

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