The company's Lokahi Longevity Protocol™ comprises comprehensive imaging, a broad array of diagnostic tools, and a personalized, physician-guided regimen with the goal of extending healthspan and reducing inflammaging
HONOLULU, Feb. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Lokahi Longevity today opened its flagship medical clinic focused on the detection of potentially fatal health threats including those affecting the brain, critical cardiovascular issues, and silent cancers. Lokahi Longevity's age-related diagnostic tools and medical interventions are designed to slow aging and extend "healthspan" — the number of years lived in optimal health — with a special emphasis on reducing inflammaging, which drives most chronic disease.
Inflammaging is the low-grade inflammation that develops as people age and is considered a key factor in the aging process. It can contribute to the development of age-related diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, arthritis, and cancer. Lokahi Longevity is located within the Honolulu Kapiolani Medical Center with services delivered through the Athena Clinic.
"Through interventions grounded in science, our mission is to minimize undetected health risks and age more slowly, becoming biologically younger. Aging is individually modifiable, so we have every reason to be optimistic," said David G. Watumull, co-founder and chairman of Lokahi Longevity. "Science has now developed deep insights into health and the aging process. Through precision medicine and expert physician guidance, we can now manage and administer regimens tailored to the characteristics of each individual."
Hawaii: A Global Nexus for Geroscience and Cutting-Edge Longevity Research
The NIH-funded Honolulu Heart Program, initiated in 1965, yielded crucial insights into the factors influencing lifespan and healthspan. This pioneering research, conducted at Honolulu's Kuakini Medical Center, led to the discovery of the role of the FOXO3 gene, a master regulator of aging and disease resistance, in humans. Individuals with a highly activated FOXO3 gene are significantly more likely to live healthy, vibrant lives into their 100s. FOXO3 genotyping is included in the Lokahi Longevity Protocol™.
Lokahi Longevity builds upon this rich history of scientific discovery that has established Hawaii as a center in geroscience – the rapidly evolving medical field that translates the latest research into practical interventions to help people achieve their longevity goals.
The Lokahi Longevity Protocol™
The Lokahi Longevity Protocol™ is a personalized, multi-faceted approach to extending healthspan, guided by an expert longevity physician who creates a personalized longevity plan for each patient. It begins with a comprehensive assessment using comprehensive imaging technology and advanced diagnostics to identify undetected disease, potential health risks, and areas for improvement. These tools go well beyond standard medical tests to provide a detailed picture of the patient's biological age and overall health.
A Lokahi physician analyzes the results and collaborates with the patient to create a customized plan, including referral to top specialists if appropriate. This longevity plan incorporates science-backed interventions and ongoing support to help the patient achieve their longevity goals. The Lokahi Longevity Protocol™ specifically focuses on brain health, vascular health, joint and muscle function, and immune health by reducing the chronic, low-grade inflammation that leads to chronic disease, or "inflammaging."
The Importance of Early Detection
Advanced imaging technologies such as MRI, CCTA (coronary computed tomography angiography), and multi-cancer early detection screening can detect symptom-less health threats. These may include brain aneurysms, vulnerable soft plaques that could cause a heart attack, blood vessel occlusion, and early cancers. These threats are real and have substantial morbidity and mortality.
For example, according to the Brain Aneurysm Foundation, 1 in 50 people have an unruptured brain aneurysm and approximately 30,000 Americans suffer a rupture each year. A ruptured brain aneurysm is fatal in 50% of patients. Early detection of unruptured aneurysms allows potentially life-saving treatment with medication, endovascular procedures (stenting), or surgery.
Medical Team
- Robert Peterson, MD: A renowned expert in longevity medicine, Dr. Peterson serves as Lokahi's medical director. He is the author of the comprehensive textbook, "Longevity from Head to Toe." As the founder of Athena Clinic in Honolulu, he has helped develop innovative protocols for anti-aging and disease prevention, including a personalized mRNA cancer therapy at the Hainan Disu medical center in China. He is also affiliated with anti-aging clinics in Japan and Vietnam.
- Terry Shintani, MD, JD, and MPH, a Harvard-trained nutritionist, has been featured in Newsweek, CNN, CBS News, ABC national radio, and Dateline NBC. He holds a unique place in the Islands as an active health advocate and nutritionist among the underserved and Native Hawaiian communities. His Instagram profile, drshintainiforyourhealth, has close to 200,000 followers. He is the author of "Peace Diet: Reverse Obesity, Aging, and Disease by Eating for Peace, Mind, and Body." He was formally designated a "Living Treasure" in 2006 by the Hongwanji Mission in Hawaii, a program modeled after Japan's famed Living National Treasure program.
Scientific Advisory Board
- Brian Kennedy, PhD: Internationally recognized for his research in the basic biology of aging, Dr. Kennedy is a visionary committed to translating research discoveries into new ways of delaying, detecting, preventing, and treating human aging and associated diseases. He is currently director of the Centre for Healthy Longevity at National University of Singapore and was formerly the CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
- Tim Donlon, PhD: A board-certified medical geneticist and genomicist (ABMGG), Dr. Donlon has authored more than 130 peer-reviewed scientific publications on the biology of aging, genomics, biomarkers of chronic diseases, and geroscience, including important studies on the genetics of FOXO3 gene resilience and longevity.
"We are at an exciting juncture in longevity medicine," said Dr. Peterson. "Just as we eradicated the threat of many infectious diseases in the 20th century, we are now on the verge of overcoming age-related diseases like cancer. Early detection and personalized interventions, informed by advanced diagnostics like those offered at Lokahi, have the potential to be truly transformative."
"We believe everyone deserves to live a longer, healthier life," added Watumull. "Lokahi Longevity is committed to making that a reality by empowering individuals to take control of their healthspan."
Exclusive Hawaii Longevity Retreat
Lokahi Longevity is planning an immersive longevity retreat in Summer 2025 called "Longevity Revolution." This luxury retreat in Honolulu will feature the world's top longevity scientists and physicians. Over four days, it will provide 25 participants with privileged access to world-class longevity experts' latest longevity knowledge and insights.
For more information, visit lokahilongevity.com or contact Shirley Gines, co-founder and CEO of Lokahi Longevity, at [email protected] or (702) 518-9888.
About Lokahi Longevity
Lokahi Longevity is a geroscience medical clinic in the rapidly evolving biosciences field that translates cutting-edge research into practical health interventions to help people achieve their healthspan goals. We help our patients actualize a purposefully younger life. We seek to detect early disease and add years to an individual's healthspan with our science-driven Lokahi Longevity Protocol™ that combines the most advanced medical imaging and diagnostics. Our concierge care includes physician-guided therapeutic inflammaging interventions and health coaches for sleep and nutrition. Lokahi is the Hawaiian word for harmonious community, which imbues the company's vision for healthy individuals and, thereby, healthy communities. To learn more, visit lokahilongevity.com.
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