Since 1980, Bill Faloon and the Life Extension Foundation have identified pioneering approaches to preventing and treating age-related diseases.
These avant-garde advances were meticulously chronicled in Life Extension’s publications many years before conventional physicians recognized them. To inform supporters about these potentially life-saving therapies, Bill Faloon compiled a 1,500-page medical reference book titled Disease Prevention and Treatment, now in its fifth printed edition.
To educate the public about Life Extension’s innovative medical protocols, Bill Faloon has appeared in hundreds of media outlets, including The Phil Donahue Show, The Joan Rivers Show, Tony Brown’s Journal, ABC News Day One, and Newsweek magazine. A review of what Bill Faloon and the Life Extension Foundation have accomplished over the past 37 years reveals how significantly conventional medicine has lagged behind life-saving scientific advances.
Bill Faloon has authored books criticizing actions by FDA regulators, including Pharmocracy, which examines how regulatory decisions and medical policies can negatively impact public health and the economy, and explores potential reforms. In 1980, few scientists believed that anything could be done to prevent the degenerative effects of aging.
To counter this misconception, William Faloon pointed to scientific studies available at the time showing that it was possible to prevent certain age-related diseases and slow the aging process — at least in animal models. He argued that if sufficient funding were committed to research, therapies to slow human aging could be developed, potentially leading to one of the greatest revolutions in medical history.
Controversy came at a high cost. The federal government raided his facilities twice, initiated an 11-year criminal investigation, and incarcerated him and Saul Kent in 1991. When the FDA conducted its first armed raid in 1987, the Life Extension Foundation had approximately 4,000 members.
Following publicity generated by the FDA’s actions, membership grew to 25,000 by the time the criminal indictments were dismissed in 1995. Today, LEF has over 300,000 supporters and distributes its monthly Life Extension Magazine to its members. Support for the nonprofit Life Extension Foundation is at an all-time high, as many recommendations published by Life Extension in the early 1980s have since gained scientific validation and broader acceptance within the medical community.
Bill Faloon’s current priority is accelerating regenerative medicine research. Based on published findings in animal models and preliminary human data, there may already be methods capable of systemically reversing aspects of biological aging. Bill Faloon provided updates on these rejuvenation initiatives during his Healthy Masters talk on December 2, 2017.
