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Abstract

As a member, I highly value the International Biophilia Rehabilitation Academy's(IBRA) short but valuable achievements in propagating rehabilitation medicine and techniques. The Academy has a rather unique multi focus on the scientific, clinical, and practical aspects of rehabilitation and, in particular, on antiaging strategies. As a medical scientist and a clinician, my interest focuses on respiratory rather than physical rehabilitation. Respiratory rehabilitation seems currently underestimated as a means of increasing longevity through increased delivery of oxygen to tissues and counteracting hypoxia creeping up on, due to old age and disease. Respiratory health also includes specific physical respiratory exercise which requires continued emphasis in old patients' care and in public health policy.