The effects of aging aren't recognized as a disease. I'm all for changing that and treating aging as a disease. That's the distinction I'm making. Barring diseases and injuries, the human lifespan hasn't been extended. The average lifespan has been extended because we can treat diseases and injuries -- that is wonderful. The lifespan of a healthy person -- how long a disease- and injury-free person can live -- hasn't changed, and that's medicine's blind spot I was talking about.
