1: What if there was a drug that would reduce our risk of dying by 14 percent?
How popular would that drug be?
The good news is that we don’t have to wait. That drug exists. And it goes by the name “exercise.”
“Going from zero weekly exercise to just ninety minutes per week can reduce your risk of dying from all causes by 14 percent,” Peter Attia, MD … continue reading
1: Alzheimer’s disease is scary. Many of us fear dementia more than death itself.
We “would rather die from cancer or heart disease than lose our minds, our very selves,” Dr. Peter Attia observes in his influential book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity.
Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases have “causes we still do not fully understand, and for which we lack effective treatments,” he notes.
“Despite the … continue reading
1: Up until the late 1960s, doctors and scientists believed that “senile dementia” was not a disease, but just a normal consequence of aging.
Then, three British psychiatrists, Garry Blessed, Bernard Tomlinson, and Martin Roth, “examined the brains of seventy patients who had died with dementia,” Dr. Peter Attia writes in Outlive, “and found that many of them exhibited the same kinds of plaques and tangles” that Alois … continue reading
1: “Most people tend to go to the doctor when they are sick or think they might be,” Peter Attia writes in his powerful book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity.
He refers to this approach as Medicine 2.0, which treats disease once it occurs.
Peter practices Medicine 3.0, focusing on preventing or reducing the risk of disease.
“Nearly all my patients first come to see me … continue reading
1: The wife of a close friend of Dr. Peter Attia was diagnosed with breast cancer.
“Sandra (not her real name) had been diagnosed with breast cancer six years earlier,” Peter writes in his book Outlive. “It had already spread to her lymph nodes and her bones. Because of her poor prognosis, she qualified for a clinical trial of an experimental PI3K-inhibitor drug, in combination with standard therapies.”
What … continue reading
1: “Our first and most obvious wish is to avoid getting cancer at all,” Peter Attia writes in his powerful book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity.
“But cancer prevention is tricky,” Peter notes, “because we do not yet fully understand what drives the initiation and progression of the disease with the same resolution that we have for [heart disease].”
Peter defines the four deadly diseases that will … continue reading
1: The bad news?
The ten-year survival rate for someone with Stage IV cancer is essentially the same now as it was fifty years ago, Peter Attia writes in his book Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity.
Stage IV or metastatic cancer occurs when the cancer cells break away from the primary tumor and travel to form new tumors in other parts of the body.
And what is … continue reading
1: “Most of what we know about human life we know from asking people to remember the past,” Robert Waldinger and Marc Schulz write in The Good Life: Lessons from the World’s Longest Scientific Study of Happiness.
The only problem with this approach?
People’s “memories are full of holes,” the authors write.” Just try to remember what you had for dinner last Tuesday, or who you spoke with on … continue reading
1: Dr. Peter Attia can still remember the magazine cover he read in the waiting room while his friend and colleague Michael underwent surgery.
Michael was in his early forties. He had been diagnosed with a very large colon tumor that required immediate surgery.
“Michael is the kindest soul I think I’ve ever known,” Peter writes in his terrific book Outlive, “and his brilliance and with could make the … continue reading
1: 1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
This week, we’ve been exploring the ideas in Peter Attia‘s powerful book Outlive. Peter writes about The Four Horsemen: heart disease, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, and type … continue reading
