Question 365 of 433
What is a “longevity clinic”?
The short answer
A cash-pay medical business that sells testing, treatments, and coaching aimed at extending healthy life. There is no official definition, no specialty board, and no required standard.
Industry analysts put the market in the billions of dollars and growing quickly. A 2025 editorial in a scientific journal on aging described the field fairly: programs cost from about $10,000 to more than $100,000 a year, there are no standardized protocols, the “biological age” tools they rely on are not validated, and most operate apart from the scientists who actually study aging.
That does not mean every clinic is bad. It means the label tells you nothing. You have to look at the menu.
“This book is for education. It is not medical advice, and reading it does not make you my patient or create a doctor-patient relationship.” From the book’s medical disclaimer. Full disclaimer
DESCRIPTIVE INDUSTRY OVERVIEW — A clinic label does not establish clinical quality or efficacy.Evidence grade (draft mapping)CObservationalPart 25, Q365 · Part sources
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