Interviews

How do we stay energetic, resilient, and healthy in the face of a demanding daily routine? While traditional longevity research often focuses on purely measurable laboratory values, one factor is increasingly coming into focus: regulatory capacity. It is our body’s ability to respond flexibly to stress and to actively restore balance time and again.

In modern medicine, we often repair damage only after it has already occurred - a reality that Prof. Dr. Thomas Kälicke encounters daily as Chief Physician of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery. But what if the key decisions for healthy aging could be made decades earlier?