Practitioner Course

Essential Anti-ageing Medicine

Getting older is inevitable, "getting old" does not have to be. Discover how to easily help your patient's delay aging.
Format

Online Course
1 lesson

Availability

12 Months OR Subscriber Pass

Duration

1.5 hours total

Presenter

Dr Catherine Darley

About this course

Research is increasingly indicating that sleep is a critical, yet often overlooked, pillar of anti-ageing medicine that can significantly influence the trajectory of cellular, hormonal and metabolic ageing. Ageing is often defined as the progressive accumulation of physiological changes over time, leading to an increased susceptibility to disease. While getting older is inevitable, "getting old" does not have to be.

A common misconception in clinical practice is that older adults simply require less sleep. However, current evidence suggests that sleep need does not reduce with age; rather, there is an impaired ability to register or generate the necessary sleep. This presentation, led by Dr Catherine Darley, explores the complex relationship between sleep architecture and biological longevity.

Dr Darley details the macro and micro-level changes in sleep seen in ageing, from advanced sleep timing and increased fragmentation to the 75–80% reduction of slow-wave sleep in the prefrontal cortex. You will gain deep insight into how sleep deprivation directly impacts biological markers, including the shortening of telomeres and the acceleration of epigenetic ageing. From this presentation you will be able to create a sleep schedule for your patients and reduce their rate of ageing.

What you receive:
  • A personalised certificate of completion including continuing education hours
  • Clear protocol explanations from some of the world's top practitioners
  • Clinical pearls for improved practice results
  • Access to your audio and video recordings via the App Store
  • A downloadable PDF of the presenter’s slides
  • Links to all referenced research papers and useful clinical handouts
  • Access to the community hub where you can get answers to your questions

From this course you will learn

  • How to identify and describe the macro-level sleep changes associated with ageing, such as longer sleep-onset latency and reduced NREM-REM cycles.
  • The role of sleep in growth hormone secretion and the specific anti-ageing actions of melatonin.
  • How sleep disorders and chronic sleep deprivation contribute to the shortening of telomeres and cellular senescence.
  • The impact of sleep on the glymphatic system and its role in clearing metabolic waste from the central nervous system to potentially mitigate neurodegeneration.
  • Practical, evidence-based sleep health interventions and lifestyle modifications to promote healthy ageing in your patients.
  • How comorbidities such as obesity, chronic pain and nocturnal urinary frequency alter sleep regulatory mechanisms.


What's in this course

Your Presenter

Dr Catherine Darley

Dr. Catherine Darley is a pioneer in integrative sleep medicine, specialising in how sleep functions as a critical pillar of anti-ageing and cellular repair. As the founder of the Institute of Naturopathic Sleep Medicine, Inc., she teaches that while chronological ageing is inevitable, "getting old" is not—provided we optimise the body’s nocturnal restorative processes.

Dr. Darley’s expertise lies in the intersection of sleep architecture and biological markers of age, from telomere maintenance and glymphatic waste clearance to the anti-ageing actions of melatonin. By addressing age-related sleep fragmentation and hormonal shifts, she empowers clinicians and patients to slow the trajectory of metabolic and epigenetic ageing.

A dynamic speaker and published researcher, Dr. Darley is dedicated to the philosophy that restorative sleep is the ultimate medicine for extending healthspan and maintaining physiological youth.
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